diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fd69c45f..9a71bb71 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ i18n/*.qph
 
 # Documentation
 /docs/build/
+/docs/source/locales/**/*.mo
 /novelwriter/assets/help/
-/novelwriter/assets/manual.pdf
+/novelwriter/assets/manual*.pdf
 *.qch
 *.qhc
 .~lock.*
diff --git a/docs/source/locales/authors_fr.conf b/docs/source/locales/authors_fr.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..08eaa7d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/locales/authors_fr.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# French translation authors, one name per line
+Karduin
diff --git a/novelwriter/assets/manual_fr_FR.pdf b/novelwriter/assets/manual_fr_FR.pdf
deleted file mode 100644
index b2ee5e21..00000000
Binary files a/novelwriter/assets/manual_fr_FR.pdf and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/pkgutils.py b/pkgutils.py
index cd097a7f..492b9a41 100755
--- a/pkgutils.py
+++ b/pkgutils.py
@@ -213,6 +213,12 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     cmdUpdateDocsPo.add_argument("lang", nargs="+")
     cmdUpdateDocsPo.set_defaults(func=utils.assets.updateDocsTranslationSources)
 
+    # Build Docs i18n Files
+    cmdBuildU18nDocs = parsers.add_parser(
+        "docs-lrelease", help="Build the translated PDF manual files."
+    )
+    cmdBuildU18nDocs.set_defaults(func=utils.assets.buildDocsTranslationAssets)
+
     # Build Manual
     cmdBuildManual = parsers.add_parser(
         "manual", help="Build the help documentation as a PDF (requires LaTeX)."
diff --git a/utils/assets.py b/utils/assets.py
index 902c0c20..0124aad4 100644
--- a/utils/assets.py
+++ b/utils/assets.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
+import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import zipfile
@@ -284,6 +285,39 @@ def updateDocsTranslationSources(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     return
 
 
+def buildDocsTranslationAssets(args: argparse.Namespace | None = None) -> None:
+    """Build the documentation i18n PDF files."""
+    print("")
+    print("Building Docs Manuals")
+    print("=====================")
+    print("")
+
+    docsDir = ROOT_DIR / "docs"
+    locsDir = ROOT_DIR / "docs" / "source" / "locales"
+    pdfFile = ROOT_DIR / "docs" / "build" / "latex" / "manual.pdf"
+    locsDir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+
+    build = [i.stem for i in locsDir.iterdir() if i.is_dir()]
+    for code in build:
+        data = (locsDir / f"authors_{code}.conf").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+        authors = [x for x in data.splitlines() if x and not x.startswith("#")]
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        env["SPHINX_I18N_AUTHORS"] = ", ".join(authors)
+        exCode = subprocess.call(
+            f"make -e SPHINXOPTS=\"-D language='{code}'\" clean latexpdf",
+            cwd=docsDir, env=env, shell=True
+        )
+        if exCode == 0:
+            print("")
+            pdfFile.rename(ROOT_DIR / "novelwriter" / "assets" / f"manual_{code}.pdf")
+        else:
+            raise Exception(f"Build returned error code {exCode}")
+
+    print("")
+
+    return
+
+
 def cleanBuiltAssets(args: argparse.Namespace | None = None) -> None:
     """Remove assets built by this script."""
     print("")