Importing your work
You can start a document from anywhere you’d start one — the dashboard, the upload dialog, or a starting point.
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What can I import, and from where?
- Files: DOCX, EPUB, PDF, MD or TXT, or a scan, a photo of a page (PNG, JPG, WebP, TIFF) or a comic (.cbz), via the dropzone or the upload dialog. For a PDF or a picture the dialog asks how it should come back: see PDFs, scans and comics.
- Notion — connect once via OAuth, pick a page, import it as a document.
- Google Drive — connect via OAuth, pick a Doc or supported file.
- Paste — any text, through Paste content next to Upload file on the dashboard. Text copied from Google Docs, Word or a web page keeps its paragraphs, headings, lists, tables, links, bold and italics. Transept detects the format and shows it under the text box as Format: Auto (…), where you can change it. The title is filled in from the first line and is optional. A strings or data file (JSON, PO, XLIFF, .strings) pasted as text loses its keys, so upload it as a file instead.
Can I apply a workflow while importing?
Importing from Notion or Drive while using a starting point applies that type’s settings (category, styleguide, hints) to the imported document — so it arrives already configured.
Is there a limit on how long a document can be?
No — Transept has no length limit on documents. A 200-page book and a one-page memo go through the same pipeline, split into blocks the same way.
Why doesn’t the Notion picker show the pages inside my page?
Notion’s search only returns shared top-level pages and databases by title — it never lists the sub-pages nested inside a page. Click the Open chevron on the parent page’s row to step inside and browse, or paste the parent page’s URL. If even the parent is missing from the list, open it in Notion and share it with Transept via ••• → Connections.
Why isn’t my file showing in the Google Drive picker?
The picker hides unsupported types. Check that the file is a Google Doc, DOCX, EPUB, MD, TXT, or PDF.
Can I import an EPUB e-book?
Yes. Upload the .epub like any other file. Every chapter comes in, in reading order, with each paragraph, heading, and list item as its own block, and the book’s title and table of contents come in too. The cover, images, fonts, and styles stay in the stored book, and Export as EPUB puts them back around your translation. A book with DRM can’t be imported, because its text is encrypted: use a DRM-free copy.
Does importing a document cost credits?
Importing, pasting and setting a document up are free. The one exception is a PDF, a scan or a comic brought in as Same pages or Rebuilt pages: AI prepares its pages so the translation can be written onto them, at the layout fee the upload dialog shows before you upload. Brought in as Text only, it is free like any other file. See PDFs, scans and comics.
Can I import a scan, a photo of a page or a comic?
Yes. Upload a scanned PDF, a picture (PNG, JPG, WebP or TIFF) or a comic archive (.cbz), up to 300 MB. Each picture becomes a page, and AI reads the text from the image. See PDFs, scans and comics.
Still stuck? Ask Literess in the app, or write to support@transept.ai.