translate-pptx

Translate PPTX

Use the slideforge MCP server to translate an existing PowerPoint deck without re-creating it from scratch. Every shape, chart, table, and embedded image stays exactly where it was — only the text content changes.

When to trigger

Any request to translate, localize, or change the language of a PowerPoint file. Examples:

• "Translate this deck to German"
• "Can you localize this presentation into Spanish?"
• "Convert my PPTX from English to French"

Tools used

• translate_deck — main tool
• upload_asset with purpose=translate — if the user uploads a file rather than passing a URL or job_id

Workflow

If the user has a prior slideforge job (preferred)

{
  "target_language": "de",
  "job_id": "<previous slide or deck job_id>"
}

No file transfer needed — fastest path.

If the user pastes a public URL to a PPTX

{
  "target_language": "de",
  "pptx_url": "https://example.com/deck.pptx"
}

If the user uploads a file

First upload via upload_asset:

{
  "purpose": "translate",
  "data": "<base64-encoded .pptx>",
  "filename": "my-deck.pptx",
  "target_language": "de"
}

Returns a job_id; poll or set include_preview to get the result inline.

Supported languages

32 languages, grouped by script family. source_language is auto-detected by default; override if needed. No CJK or RTL scripts yet.

Script	Codes
Latin	en, de, fr, es, it, pt, nl, sv, da, no, fi, is, pl, cs, sk, hu, ro, hr, sl, et, lt, lv, tr, ca, gl, id, vi
Cyrillic	ru, uk, bg, sr
Greek	el

Full names: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Icelandic, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovenian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Turkish, Catalan, Galician, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Greek.

Useful options

• include_notes: true — translate speaker notes (default false)
• include_tables: true — translate table cells (default true)
• concise_mode: true — prefer shorter translations when text boxes are tight (e.g., German is ~30% longer than English; enable to keep layouts clean)