Manga page: vertical Japanese into English
- 待って！ → Wait!
- どこへ行くの？ → Where are you going?
- もう時間がない… → There's no time left...
Three vertical speech bubbles, lettered in English the way a translated manga is, with the art and screentone untouched.
Translate Text in Image
Translate text in image files without retyping a word: pick a language and every line is read, translated and written back in its own font, size and color. The rest of the picture stays exactly as it was, at full size.
Detect language
Each line is written back in its own style. Names, prices and links stay as they are.
Only edit pictures you own or have permission to edit.
Try one of these
- 4 credits a picture, all lines
- Original size, other pixels untouched
- 19 languages, source found for you
- PNG or layered PSD
How to Translate Text in an Image in 3 Steps
No retyping and no design file: translate text in an image in about half a minute.
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Add your picture
Upload or paste a menu, label, poster, sign, screenshot or manga page as JPG, PNG or WebP.
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Pick the language
Choose the language to translate into. The language in the picture is found for you; add a note if something should stay as it is.
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Translate and download
In about 30 seconds every line is translated in place. Download a PNG at the original size or a PSD with each line on its own layer.
Examples
Translate Text in Image Examples
Every picture here was made with our own image model, then run through this AI image translator: Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Spanish into English, and an English menu into Chinese.
Seoul café at night: Korean signs into English
- 달빛 커피 → Moonlight Coffee
- 오늘의 디저트 → Today's Dessert
- 따뜻한 라떼 4,500원 → Warm Latte 4,500 won
A neon sign, a lit window sign and a chalkboard, each translated in its own light and hand.
Café menu: English into Chinese
- Coffee → 咖啡
- Espresso → 浓缩咖啡
- Oat Milk Latte → 燕麦拿铁
- +6 more lines
Nine lines and two headings in one run; the café's name and every price stay as they were.
Flamenco poster: Spanish into English
- NOCHES DE → NIGHTS OF
- Festival de verano en Sevilla → Summer festival in Seville
- 12 – 14 de julio • Plaza Mayor → July 12 – 14 • Plaza Mayor
A bold retro title and two smaller lines, in the poster's own lettering over the illustration.
Lunar New Year sale: Chinese into English
- 新春大促 → Lunar New Year Sale
- 全场满200减50 → Get 50 off on orders over 200 storewide
- 活动时间：1月20日-2月5日 → Event period: Jan 20 - Feb 5
Gold brush calligraphy becomes a gold brush-script English title; the longer offer line is set to fit.
Matcha pouch: Japanese label into English
- 抹茶ラテ → Matcha Latte
- 宇治抹茶使用 → Uses Uji Matcha
- 砂糖不使用 → No sugar added
- +1 more line
The title, the badge and the small print on a product photo, set in the label's own green type.
What This AI Image Translator Does Best
Like any image translation, it is strongest on clear, sharp text. Here is what to expect.
Works best
- Menus, labels, packaging, posters and signs
- Manga and comic bubbles, vertical Japanese included
- Chinese, Japanese and Korean into English, and back
- Short to medium lines: titles, items, offers and captions
Harder
- Tiny or blurry text, less than about 12 pixels tall
- Pages of small print, like a whole document (over 30 lines)
- A translation much longer than its line, which is set smaller
- Wordplay, slang and sound effects with no clear match
The translation comes from an AI model, so check names, numbers and anything important before you print. A line you want worded differently is one click away.
Why Translate Text in Image Here
An image text translator that changes only the words, in the lettering that was there.
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Only the text changes
Other image translators redraw the whole picture or cover the text with plain boxes. We lay the result back over your original and keep the new pixels only where lines were, so faces, products and backgrounds keep their exact pixels at full resolution.
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The same font, size and color
Each translation is written in the style of the line it replaces: weight, color, perspective and texture, from neon signs to brush calligraphy. A longer line is set a little smaller to fit.
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Chinese, Japanese and Korean
Translate image text to English from Chinese, Japanese or Korean, vertical manga bubbles included, or the other way round, among 19 languages.
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Every line in one run
Up to 30 lines are read and translated together for one price. Brand names, prices and web addresses stay as written.
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A PSD with each line on a layer
Download a Photoshop file with your original at the bottom and every translated line on its own layer, ready to hide, move or retouch.
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Change any line
The result lists every line as original and translation. Want other wording? Press the pencil next to a line and rewrite just that one in Edit text in image.
Tips for Translating Pictures
Five things that make every translation come out right.
Translate an image to English, or into 19 languages
The language in the picture is detected for you. Pick the language you want, English by default, and run. Text that is already in that language is left alone.
Only need to read a sign? Use your phone's camera
If you just want to understand a menu or a sign, a camera translator shows the meaning on screen. This tool is for when you need the picture itself in another language, to print, post or sell with.
Brand names and prices stay as they are
Names, prices, numbers and web addresses are kept as written. To keep more, say so in the note, for example: keep the title in English.
Translate manga and comic pages
Each speech bubble is translated as one line and lettered to fit the bubble, across it for English. Clean scans at full size work best; sound effects drawn into the art stay as they are.
Download a PNG or a layered PSD
The PNG is the finished picture at its original size. The PSD keeps your original as one layer and each translated line as another, so you can adjust the lettering in Photoshop.
Who Translates Text in Images
From online shops to comic fans, people need pictures in another language every day.
Online sellers
Put product photos, labels and banners into the language of each market you sell in.
Restaurants and cafés
Offer the same menu board in English, Chinese, Japanese or Spanish for visitors.
Marketing teams
Localize posters, social posts and ads without sending every file back to a designer.
Manga and comic readers
Read a page in your own language with the art left as it was drawn.
Translate Text in Image FAQ
Quick answers about translating the words in a picture.
Translate Text in Image Now
Add a picture, pick a language and get every line translated in the original lettering in about 30 seconds.