diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3dec0dcee..86ec052ac 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ RUN python3 -m spacy download el_core_news_sm \
 COPY . /ingestors
 WORKDIR /ingestors
 RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -e /ingestors
+RUN argospm update && argospm install translate-en_es
 RUN chown -R app:app /ingestors
 
 ENV ARCHIVE_TYPE=file \
diff --git a/ingestors/support/pdf.py b/ingestors/support/pdf.py
index 5bf7bd41c..3295e3811 100644
--- a/ingestors/support/pdf.py
+++ b/ingestors/support/pdf.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import argostranslate.translate
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 import logging
 import os
@@ -67,7 +68,8 @@ def extract_pages(self, pdf_model: PdfModel, entity, manager):
             page_entity.make_id(entity.id, page_model.number)
             page_entity.set("document", entity)
             page_entity.set("index", page_model.number)
-            page_entity.add("bodyText", page_model.text)
+            text_es = argostranslate.translate.translate(page_model.text, "en", "es")
+            page_entity.add("bodyText", text_es)
             manager.apply_context(page_entity, entity)
             manager.emit_entity(page_entity)
             manager.emit_text_fragment(entity, page_model.text, page_entity.id)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d35195495..3da736211 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ requests[security]==2.28.2
 pymupdf==1.21.1
 
 sentry_sdk==1.26.0
+argostranslate