An MCP server that provides PDF translation service
An MCP server that provides PDF translation service. Exposed over MCP by the huoshui mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.
An intelligent PDF translation assistant that specializes in academic papers with mathematical formulas. Built using the FastMCP framework and powered by PDFMathTranslate-next, it provides comprehensive translation capabilities with context-aware assistance.
Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at huoshui-pdf-translator on PyPI and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:
Installation — The Installation tool exposed by this servertranslate_pdf — Translates PDF documents while preserving mathematical formulas and layoutpdf_get — The pdf_get tool exposed by this serverwarm_up_translator — Downloads required assets and models. Run this first to avoid timeoutscheck_translation_tool — The check_translation_tool tool exposed by this serverPlenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Huoshui's toolset — Installation, translate_pdf, pdf_get and 2 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by huoshuiai42; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
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| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Installation | The Installation tool exposed by this server. |
| translate_pdf | Translates PDF documents while preserving mathematical formulas and layout. |
| pdf_get | The pdf_get tool exposed by this server. |
| warm_up_translator | Downloads required assets and models. Run this first to avoid timeouts. |
| check_translation_tool | The check_translation_tool tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"huoshui-pdf-translator": {
"command": "uv",
"args": ["tool", "run", "huoshui-pdf-translator"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
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