Geyi for researchers
For anyone who reads foreign-language literature daily, the pain is not any single paper — it is the loop: export the PDF, translate it elsewhere, drag the result back, then work out how to reattach it. Three papers a day means running that three times.
Upload a paper to start translating
Geyi folds the loop into the library itself. The Zotero plugin submits a translation from a right-click, and the result attaches to the same item as a properly named child rather than landing in your downloads folder.
Done inside Zotero
- Right-click an item or its PDF attachment, choose translate, confirm the target language and pipeline, and submit.
- When the cloud job finishes, the translation attaches back to the original item with figures, formulas and references in place.
- Your personal glossary applies automatically to plugin jobs — no picking a list again inside the plugin.
- Long documents queue in the cloud with progress in the item sidebar, and closing and reopening Zotero does not lose the job.
- Zotero 7 through 9 on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Older material and unusual layouts
Archives, photocopies and vertically set journals keep their text inside the image, where ordinary translation tools cannot reach it. Geyi recognises before translating, converts vertical text to horizontal, and corrects the reading order of spreads and multi-column pages.
When you need the original rather than a translation, document extraction costs 4 credits a page and returns horizontal, editable Word, PDF, TXT or Markdown.
One account, one balance
The plugin and the web app share an account and a credit balance, so it is drawn from the same pool either way. Plugin jobs appear in the web history, and glossaries and preferences are managed on the web with immediate effect.
A workflow for research teams
- Select papers you have permission to process or appropriately redacted material; use document translation or Zotero to support reading.
- Extract text or convert it to Markdown for notes, keeping outputs associated with the source.
- For a research presentation, use paper-to-PPT to prepare a draft, then verify equations, tables, citations and conclusions against the paper.
Scope and enquiries
These steps use existing individual tools, without a commitment to shared lab workspaces, institutional procurement or research-data compliance certification. Current plugin membership conditions apply; verify facts and conclusions against the source.
See it in action
The first three pages of NASA’s magnetic-gear paper are processed through layout-preserving and reflowed bilingual pipelines, showing two columns, a specification table, captions and alternating English and Simplified Chinese paragraphs.
Layout-preserving translation, page 1: the title, abstract, two-column introduction and footnote are translated into Chinese and stay where they were; the two-column structure is kept.
Layout-preserving translation, page 2: the two-column text and the caption and row labels of Table 1 (specifications) are translated into Chinese in their original positions; the table rules are kept.
Before
The prototype’s response was measured at output speeds between 124 rpm and 744 rpm for a controlled output torque of 10 Nm (8% of the prototype’s maximum torque). After correcting for tare losses, the prototype’s efficiency was found to decrease from 90.0% to 83.0% as speed increased.
After
在受控输出转矩为10 Nm（原型机最大转矩的8%）的条件下，测量了该原型机在124 rpm至744 rpm输出转速范围内的响应。校正空载损耗后发现，随着转速升高，原型机的效率从90.0%降至83.0%。
Abstract excerpt (layout-preserving output, not hand-edited): units, figures and the glossary terms for “tare loss” and “torque” are applied consistently.
Generated through Geyi’s pipeline, then checked against the source and edited for display. These are excerpts; translations are in Simplified Chinese. · Source: Dynamic Testing of a High-Specific-Torque Concentric Magnetic Gear, Justin J. Scheidler, Zachary A. Cameron, Thomas F. Tallerico (NASA Glenn Research Center), 2019 (U.S. Government work, not subject to copyright: the NTRS record's copyright determination is GOV_PUBLIC_USE_PERMITTED, and the footnote on page 1 states “This is a work of the U.S. Government and is not subject to copyright protection in the U.S.” All three authors are NASA Glenn Research Center research engineers.)
Frequently asked questions
Is the original PDF modified?
No. The translation is a newly generated PDF attached to the same item as a child; the original attachment is untouched.
What if I translate the same paper twice?
The plugin asks whether to overwrite, save as a new version, or cancel, and different outputs never overwrite each other.
Does the plugin need separate credits?
No — it shares one account and balance with the web app.
Which Zotero versions are supported?
Zotero 7 through 9 on Windows, macOS and Linux. Zotero 6 and earlier use a different add-on mechanism and aren't supported.
Are unpublished manuscripts safe?
The privacy policy sets out what is collected, how long it is kept and who can reach it; access and deletion requests go to support@geyi.net and are answered within 30 days.
Can academic accuracy be guaranteed?
High precision reduces drift substantially through its verification pass, but check key conclusions against the original.
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Geyi is a proprietary AI document platform owned and operated by Nayuta Technology and Culture Company Limited.