# Translate documents to multiple languages with Google Drive: n8n workflow

> Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Gmail, Google Drive and Notion. 27 steps, 2 branches: large, and worth reading before you trust it...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/translate-documents-to-multiple-languages-with-google-drive (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Translate documents to multiple languages with Google Drive

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Gmail, Google Drive and Notion. 27 steps, 2 branches: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large

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**27 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**3** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 12 Service 14

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **Google Drive Trigger** Google Drive trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Error Handler** Code *Logic*
- 3 **Merge Configuration** Merge *Logic*
- 4 **Configuration (Edit Here)** Set *Logic*
- 5 **Send Error Notification** Gmail *Service*
- 6 **Detect File Format** Switch *Logic*
- 7 **Download PDF** Google Drive *Service*
- 8 **Download DOCX** Google Drive *Service*
- 9 **Download TXT** Google Drive *Service*
- 10 **Download Markdown** Google Drive *Service*
- 11 **Extract Text from PDF** Extract From File *Service*
- 12 **Extract Text from DOCX** Extract From File *Service*
- 13 **Read TXT File** Extract From File *Service*
- 14 **Read Markdown File** Extract From File *Service*
- 15 **Format Text Data** Set *Logic*
- 16 **Split by Language** Split Out *Logic*
- 17 **Translate a language** Deep L *Service*
- 18 **Generate Filename** Set *Logic*
- 19 **Code in JavaScript** Code *Logic*
- 20 **Create Translated File** Write Binary File *Service*
- 21 **Save to Google Drive** Google Drive *Service*
- 22 **Check if Notion Enabled** If *Logic*
- 23 **Record in Notion** Notion *Service*
- 24 **Merge Results** Merge *Logic*
- 25 **Aggregate Translations** Aggregate *Logic*
- 26 **Prepare Notification** Set *Logic*
- 27 **Send Gmail Notification** Gmail *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 27, with 2 branches
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Gmail, Google Drive, Notion
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail, Google Drive and Notion accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 27 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 27 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Ftranslate-documents-to-multiple-languages-with-google-drive)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Gmail#library)[Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Drive#library)[Notion](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Notion#library)

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