# How to translate a document from English to Portuguese

To translate a document from English to Portuguese, upload the PDF, scan or photo to LoreAI, choose Portuguese and download an editable Word file with headings and tables in order. For an office in Brazil, a foreign document is translated in Brazil by a tradutor público juramentado[1]. LoreAI's file is the working translation you read and share.

## Who translates English documents into Portuguese

Mostly Brazilian and Portuguese families in the US and the UK, and people moving the other way. A school report or a medical letter for grandparents in Minas Gerais. An English diploma and transcript for a job in Lisbon. A US lease, bank statement or employment letter that a relative or a lawyer in Brazil needs to read.

In each case the reader wants a document they can open, edit and forward. LoreAI reads the English, including scans and phone photos, and returns Portuguese as a Word file.

## How to translate an English PDF to Portuguese with LoreAI

1. **Type your email at the top of this page.** The 6-digit code we send opens LoreAI with Portuguese already chosen. Your first document is free, up to 3 pages and 3 MB.
2. **Upload the document.** A PDF with text, a scanned PDF, or JPG and PNG photos of each page.
3. **Keep Portuguese as the target.** English is detected automatically.
4. **Download the Word file.** Headings, lists and tables come back in the order of the original, as Portuguese you can edit.

## Brazil or Portugal: a handful of words differ

Grammar and most vocabulary are shared, but a reader notices a few spellings and words. Read the file once with your reader's country in mind and adjust them in Word.

*Words that differ between Brazilian and European Portuguese*

| English | Brazil | Portugal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| registry | registro | registo |
| contact | contato | contacto |
| bus | ônibus | autocarro |
| cell phone | celular | telemóvel |
| high school | ensino médio | ensino secundário |

## Dates, money and numbers

- **Numeric dates**: LoreAI keeps 03/02/2026 as written. A Brazilian or Portuguese reader takes it as 3 February, so add the month in words
- **Amounts**: A sum such as 1,250.50 stays as printed. Portuguese writes the decimal with a comma, so name the currency in words next to it
- **Names**: Kept exactly as on the English document, including middle initials
- **Tables**: A transcript or a pay table comes back as a Word table with every row

## Using an English document in Brazil

Brazil's foreign ministry states that for a foreign document to have legal effect in Brazil it also has to be translated in Brazil by a tradutor público juramentado[1]. These sworn translators are appointed by the Junta Comercial of their state after a public exam, and Brazilian embassies and consulates do not translate documents[1]. The original is apostilled in the issuing country first[1]. Brazil has been a party to the Apostille Convention since August 14, 2016[2].

LoreAI is not a sworn translation service. Its Portuguese Word file lets you and your family read the document now, and gives the tradutor juramentado a clear copy to work from.

## Using it in Portugal

Portugal has been a party to the Apostille Convention since February 4, 1969[2], so a US public document headed there usually travels with an apostille from the state that issued it. Rules for the translation itself depend on the office that receives it, so ask the university, employer or conservatória which form it accepts before you pay for one.

## Questions people ask

### Can I translate an English PDF to Portuguese for free?

Yes. LoreAI translates your first document free, up to 3 pages, scans included.

### Does LoreAI translate scanned English documents?

Yes. It reads the scan with OCR first, then translates, and returns an editable Word file.

### Who does a tradução juramentada for Brazil?

A tradutor público juramentado registered with a Junta Comercial in Brazil[1].

### How do I go the other way, Portuguese to English?

See [translate a Portuguese document to English](https://www.loreai.org/translate-pdf/portuguese-to-english).

## Sources

1. [Embaixada do Brasil em Dublin (gov.br): Tradução juramentada (Portuguese)](https://www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/embaixada-dublin/setor-consular/informacoes-uteis/traducao-juramentada), accessed November 6, 2026
2. [HCCH: Status table, Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents](https://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/status-table/?cid=41), accessed November 6, 2026

By Matt Mountain · Updated November 6, 2026