{
 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-23",
 "id": "lxsssssss-pdf-translate--render-html-translation-to-vector-pdf",
 "repo": "lxsssssss/pdf-translate",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/lxsssssss/pdf-translate",
 "repo_slug": "lxsssssss-pdf-translate",
 "title": "Turn a translated HTML layout into a vector PDF with overflow checks",
 "page_title": "How to turn a translated HTML layout into a vector PDF with overflow checks with PDF Translate",
 "summary": "Render HTML with Playwright into a selectable, searchable PDF and stop if any page overflows.",
 "who": "A developer or agent operator who already has a translated HTML file laid out with CSS @page rules and needs a print-ready PDF.",
 "problem": "Longer translated text can overflow the page height and push content onto extra blank or broken pages when printed.",
 "outcome": "A vector PDF that keeps text selectable, or a failed run that reports the overflow so the HTML can be fixed before a PDF is written.",
 "steps": [
  "Clone the repository with `git clone https://github.com/lxsssssss/pdf-translate.git` and enter it with `cd pdf-translate`.",
  "Install dependencies with `pip install -r requirements.txt` and `playwright install chromium`.",
  "Place your translated HTML file in the project folder and name it input.html.",
  "Render it in strict mode with `python scripts/render_pdf.py input.html output.pdf --strict-overflow`.",
  "If the command exits with code 2, fix the reported overflow in the HTML and run the render command again."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "In the pdf-translate repository, render <input.html> to <output.pdf> using scripts/render_pdf.py with --strict-overflow. If the exit code is 2, edit the HTML to remove the reported page overflow and render again. Verify that output.pdf exists and has the expected page count before finishing.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code",
  "codex",
  "cursor"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "30 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The renderer takes an HTML file as input, so the translation and layout into HTML must already exist; the README does not describe a command that produces that HTML from a PDF.",
 "category": "Work and operations",
 "tags": [
  "Work and operations"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "Python with pip installed",
  "Git to clone the repository",
  "Playwright Chromium installed with `playwright install chromium`, or Microsoft Edge on Windows",
  "The original PDF to translate or audit",
  "An AI agent or language model that can write HTML and run Python commands, if you want the translation step done for you"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.9,
 "evidence": [],
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