Convert Chinese pdf file to epub

aspfun · 02-08-2011, 05:07 PM

Can someone help me to convert Chinese pdf file (fonts are not embedded) into epub file so that I can read it in Sony prs-350?

Sylver · 02-08-2011, 11:40 PM

That depends on several things: 1. if the text in the PDF file is exportable permission/security-wise and encoding-wise; if yes, export the text to a .txt file, then convert to UTF-8 encoding, then import the txt file to Calibre to convert to epub.
Even if the text is exportable, it's possible that hard line breaks and header/footer also get exported, and if these are in Chinese, it's hard to use regular expression to remove, so the result may not flow as well as English text and it may look quite ugly on the screen.

02-08-2011, 05:07 PM	#1
aspfun Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: SONY PRS-350	Convert Chinese pdf file to epub Can someone help me to convert Chinese pdf file (fonts are not embedded) into epub file so that I can read it in Sony prs-350?

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02-08-2011, 11:40 PM	#2
Sylver Addict Posts: 234 Karma: 40 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: The Nook, iPad	That depends on several things: 1. if the text in the PDF file is exportable permission/security-wise and encoding-wise; if yes, export the text to a .txt file, then convert to UTF-8 encoding, then import the txt file to Calibre to convert to epub. Even if the text is exportable, it's possible that hard line breaks and header/footer also get exported, and if these are in Chinese, it's hard to use regular expression to remove, so the result may not flow as well as English text and it may look quite ugly on the screen.