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Is LLM PDF Translation Too Expensive? Testing a New pdf2zh-next Workflow: Kimi for Terminology + DeepSeek for Body Text

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Are LLM translation costs too high? This article tests the latest terminology-extraction feature in pdf2zh-next and compares Kimi K2 with DeepSeek V3/V3.2 in real use. It explains how a separated workflow and DeepSeek’s disk-cache mechanism can preserve academic terminology accuracy while sharply reducing token cost.