STEP 01Step 1 — Upload your image
Drag a JPG, PNG or WEBP file into the AI image translator (up to 16 MB). Photos, screenshots, manga pages and scanned PDFs all work. The clearer the text, the better the translation.
AI IMAGE TRANSLATOR · FREE · 30+ LANGUAGES
AI image translator — translate image to English in five seconds.
Imya.ai's free AI image translator reads text in any photo, manga page, menu or PDF screenshot and rewrites it into 30+ languages — keeping the original fonts, layout and background so the translated image still looks like the real thing.
★ 4.9 / 5·1.2M+ images translated·30+ languages supported·Private · 24h auto-delete
JA → EN
JP MANGA → EN
ZH → ENFree AI Image Translator
Translate text in any image while keeping the original fonts and layout. Try the demo or upload your own photo.
Demo · Korean → EnglishTry sample translations
1.2M+ images translated4.9★ from 8,200 users30+ languagesNano Banana Pro + Flux 2Layout-preserving translation24h auto-deleteNo watermark on paid plansWorks on manga, menus, signs, PDFsTrusted by 120k+ travelers1.2M+ images translated4.9★ from 8,200 users30+ languagesNano Banana Pro + Flux 2Layout-preserving translation24h auto-deleteNo watermark on paid plansWorks on manga, menus, signs, PDFsTrusted by 120k+ travelers
WHO USES IT
Who reads with the AI image translator
The AI image translator reads the text inside any picture and rewrites it in another language — bubbles stay round, prices stay glued to dishes, signs keep their drop shadow. Travelers, manga readers and archivists use the AI image translator for the foreign-language images that have been sitting in their camera roll for years.
01 · TRAVELERS & DINERS
Read every menu, sign and street in the wild
Tokyo subway exits, Roman trattoria chalkboards, Seoul pharmacy signs, Beirut street names. Snap a photo and the AI image translator returns the same frame in clean English — prices stay aligned with dishes, exit numbers stay glued to platforms, chef's specials keep their chalk texture. No more pointing at the menu and hoping the waiter understands.
- Read handwritten chalkboards, painted signs and printed menus
- Keep prices aligned with dishes and times glued to platforms
- Auto-detect the source language across 30+ scripts
- Save the translated photo to share with travel companions
- Free daily quota — no app install, no signup wall on the demo
02 · MANGA & WEBTOON READERS
Read every chapter, even the ones nobody translated
The AI image translator preserves speech bubbles, sound effects and panel reading order. Drop a manga page, doujinshi or webtoon in and get back a finished English page — bubbles stay round, sound effects keep their angle, panel order stays intact. Scanlation teams use the AI image translator as a first pass so they spend hours on craft instead of typesetting.
- Detect and re-render speech bubbles in matching fonts
- Preserve sound effects, panel order and gutters
- Handle vertical webtoons and horizontal manga layouts
- Work on doujinshi, indie comics and decades-old scans
- Cut scanlation typesetting time from hours to minutes
03 · ARCHIVISTS & RESEARCHERS
Read the documents OCR engines give up on
Old French postcards, German wartime letters, Polish family Bibles in cursive, Russian engineering journals nobody scanned for OCR. The AI image translator reads handwriting and pre-war fonts that ordinary tools choke on, then renders a clean English transcription beside the original. Genealogists, PhD students and family archivists use it to recover stories that have been sitting in shoeboxes for decades.
- Handle cursive, calligraphy and pre-war fonts
- Read faded ink, water damage and folded paper
- Produce side-by-side originals and English transcriptions
- Cover French, German, Polish, Russian, Yiddish, Italian and more
- Uploads auto-delete after 24h — keep private letters private
THREE STEPS
How to translate an image with AI
No software to install, no account to create. Upload, pick a target language and download — usually in under five seconds.
STEP 01
STEP 02Step 2 — Pick a target language
Choose from 30+ target languages — English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Arabic and more. The AI image translator auto-detects the source language, or set it manually for mixed-script pages.
STEP 03Step 3 — Download the translated image
Preview the before/after side by side. If you like it, hit Download — the AI image translation comes out as a PNG or WebP at the same resolution as the original, with fonts and layout preserved.
LANGUAGES
Translate image to English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and 30+ more
The AI image translator handles every major script — Latin, Cyrillic, CJK, Arabic, Devanagari, Thai, Hebrew. Hover any pill below to see its English name.
- EnglishEnglish
- 简体中文Chinese (Simplified)
- 繁體中文Chinese (Traditional)
- 日本語Japanese
- 한국어Korean
- EspañolSpanish
- FrançaisFrench
- DeutschGerman
- ItalianoItalian
- PortuguêsPortuguese
- NederlandsDutch
- РусскийRussian
- العربيةArabic
- हिन्दीHindi
- বাংলাBengali
- Tiếng ViệtVietnamese
- ภาษาไทยThai
- Bahasa IndonesiaIndonesian
- Bahasa MelayuMalay
- TürkçeTurkish
- PolskiPolish
- УкраїнськаUkrainian
- עבריתHebrew
- TagalogTagalog
Japanese → English
Chinese → English
Korean → English
Arabic → English
FEATURES
What makes this the best AI image translator
Imya.ai built the AI image translator for people who care about output quality, not just OCR accuracy.
Translate up to 20 images at once
Drop a folder. The batch AI image translator queues every file, shows live progress, and outputs a zip of translated images keeping the same filenames.
AI image translator Chrome extension
Right-click any image on the web and translate it in place. The Chrome extension uses the same AI image translation engine and works on Amazon Japan, Mercari, Coupang and dozens of foreign-language sites.
Cleaner layouts than Google Translate
Google Translate's camera mode overlays text on top of the original, often clipping and overlapping. The Imya AI image translator inpaints the background and re-renders the translation in the same typographic style.
VS
Imya.ai AI image translator vs other tools
We benchmarked the AI image translator against the five tools people search for most.
Feature | Imya.ai★ Recommended | Google Translate | Sider | Smartcat | Transmonkey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free image translation | Yes — daily credits | Yes (camera) | Limited | Trial only | Trial only |
| Layout preserved | Yes | Partially | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Manga / comic mode | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Batch translation | Up to 20 | No | No | Paid | Paid |
| Chrome extension | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Auto-delete uploads | 24h | Unclear | Unclear | Stored | Stored |
REVIEWS
What users say about the AI image translator
4.9 stars from 8,200 reviewers across Twitter, Reddit and Product Hunt.
“I write a thesis that cites old German engineering journals. Every OCR tool I tried ruined the diagrams. The Imya AI image translator was the first one that kept every footnote where it belonged. It is honestly the best AI image translator for scanned PDFs.”
S.L.
PhD Student
“I import Korean cosmetics. Before this AI image translator I retyped every spec sheet by hand. Now I upload the photo, get the English version, and ship it straight to my Amazon listings. The image translator pays for itself in a week.”
M.K.
Cross-border seller
“Japan-only RPGs used to be impossible. I screenshot a menu, run it through the AI image translator and the English overlays sit right on the buttons. It's the fastest way to translate screenshot text I've ever used.”
R.T.
Gamer
PRICING
Free AI image translator + affordable upgrades
Most AI image translators charge $10–25/month. Imya.ai is free for the first daily credits and never watermarks paid output.
Smartcat $25/mo · Sider $10/mo · Imya AI Image Translator — Free.
See pricing →FAQ
AI image translator — frequently asked questions
Is the AI image translator really free?
Yes. The free AI image translator gives you daily credits with no card and no signup wall on the demo. Paid plans unlock batch mode, premium models and watermark-free exports.
Can the AI image translator handle manga and comics?
Yes — manga is one of the most common use cases. The AI image translator detects speech bubbles, sound effects and panel order, then renders English dialogue inside the same bubbles. It is widely used by scanlation teams who want a head start on cleaning and typesetting.
What languages does the AI image translator support?
30+ source and target languages including English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, Bengali, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Turkish, Polish, Ukrainian, Hebrew and Tagalog.
Does the AI image translator work on PDFs?
Yes. Upload a PDF page as an image or use the dedicated PDF AI image translator mode. The tool preserves diagrams, tables and figure captions while replacing only the body text.
Will the AI image translator keep the original layout?
Yes. Layout preservation is the whole point of an AI image translator. The tool inpaints the original text region, then re-renders the translation in a matching font, color and size. Signs stay sign-shaped. Bubbles stay round.
Is there an AI image translator Chrome extension?
Yes. The AI image translator Chrome extension lets you right-click any image on the web — Amazon Japan, Mercari, Coupang, manga sites — and translate it in place. The extension uses the same engine as the online AI image translator.
Can I batch translate images?
Yes. The batch AI image translator processes up to 20 images at once and returns a zip with the same filenames. Useful for product catalogs, manga chapters and scanned PDFs.
How accurate is the AI image translation versus Google Translate?
Imya.ai's AI image translator typically beats Google Translate on layout quality because it inpaints the original text region instead of overlaying translated text on top. Translation accuracy is comparable for common languages and noticeably better for manga, signs and handwriting.
Is my image private?
Yes. Uploads are encrypted in transit and auto-deleted after 24 hours. The demo on this page does not send your image to any server — it runs entirely in your browser.
Is there an open-source AI image translator alternative?
Several open-source AI image translator projects exist on GitHub, mostly for manga (manga-image-translator). They are great for hobbyists but require local GPU setup. Imya.ai is the zero-install online AI image translator if you just want to translate images right now.
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