Source: EnglishAmerican comic books
Full-color issues and graphic novels with all-caps lettering, captions and big sound effects. Translate English comic books into Spanish, Portuguese, French, Hindi and more.
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Comic Translator
Read any comic in your language.
Upload a comic page and the AI translates every balloon, caption and sound effect, then letters the translation back in the same style. Comic books, European albums, newspaper strips and webcomics, in 50+ languages.
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What Is a Comic Translator?
A comic translator is an AI tool that reads the text on a comic page and replaces it with a translation, right where the original sat. It handles speech balloons, narration captions, sound effects and the signs drawn into the scene, and it keeps the art untouched.
Machine translation apps copy the words out of the page. A comic translator puts them back: each line goes into its own balloon in the lettering style of the book, so the page still reads like a comic.
- Speech balloons
- Captions
- Sound effects
- Signs
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The comic translator reads the language and layout of each book on its own, so one tool covers comics from every tradition.
Source: English
Source: FrenchEuropean albums
French bandes dessinées and Italian fumetti in clean album layouts. Read Franco-Belgian and Italian comics in English or your own language.
Source: EnglishComic strips and webcomics
Newspaper strips, four-panel gags and webcomic pages. The punchline stays in the last panel, and short balloons keep their timing.
Source: Japanese, Korean, ChineseManga, manhwa and manhua
Japanese, Korean and Chinese comics work too, including vertical Japanese text. Each has its own translator with tools for that format.
Translate Comics to Spanish, French, Hindi and 50+ Languages
Pick the language you read and the comic translator letters the whole page in it. The same page below, in seven of them.
- English comic books into Spanish, Portuguese, French, German or Hindi
- Foreign comics into English with the source language detected automatically
- Non-Latin scripts such as Hindi, Japanese and Chinese lettered in their own fonts
Every Piece of Text on the Page
A comic page carries more text than its balloons. The comic translator finds each kind and treats it the way a letterer would.
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Narration captions
Boxed narration at the top of a panel is translated as narration and stays inside its box.
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Signs in the scene
Shop signs and labels drawn into the background are translated when they matter to the story.
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Speech balloons
Dialogue is translated with the speaker and the scene in mind, then fitted to the balloon without spilling over the art.
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Sound effects
Lettered sound effects get a translation in the same loud style, so the action still lands.
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All-caps lettering
Western comics are lettered in capitals. Translations keep the clean comic lettering instead of plain typed text.
12345Comic Strip Translator: Before and After
A four-panel strip run through the comic translator from English to Spanish. Drag the slider to compare: each balloon keeps its place, and the thought bubble in the last panel stays a thought bubble.
- Short gags keep their timing across the panels
- Thought bubbles, whispers and shouts keep their look
- Works for newspaper strips and webcomic pages
Translate a Whole Comic Book at Once
Comic readers keep their books as CBZ files. Give the comic translator a whole issue as ZIP or CBZ, up to 100 pages, and read every page translated in order.
- ZIP and CBZ archives with JPG, PNG or WEBP pages
- Pages stay in reading order from cover to back page
- Download the translated issue as images or as a ZIP
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24 pages
123Names kept the same across the issue
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Use It in Your Browser, No App Needed
The comic translator runs on the website, on a phone, tablet or computer. Nothing to install.
Upload pages
Drop in screenshots, scans or saved pages from any device. Phone photos of a printed comic work too.
Upload an issue
Send a ZIP or CBZ and get the whole book back translated.
In development
Browser extension
Translate comics while you read them on a website, with the same account and credits.
How to Translate Comics with AI
Three steps from a foreign comic to a page you can read.
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Upload your comic
Add one page, several pages, or a ZIP or CBZ of the whole issue.
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Choose your language
Set the language you want to read. The source language is detected for you, or pick it yourself.
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Read and download
The translated pages appear as they finish. Compare them with the original, then download images or a ZIP.
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Translate raw mangaManhwa Translator
Translate Korean manhwa into 55 languages with names and honorifics kept the same every chapter.
Translate manhwaWebtoon Translator
Translate webtoon screenshots and full-length strips from any app into 55 languages.
Translate a webtoonComic Translator FAQ
Is the comic translator free?+
Yes, you can translate your first page free without signing up. Creating an account adds free credits for more pages, and credit packs cover whole issues and series.
Can I translate an English comic book into Spanish?+
Yes. Leave English as the source language, choose Spanish as the target and upload the pages. Portuguese, French, German, Hindi, Tamil and 50+ other languages work the same way.
Can it translate comics into English?+
Yes. Upload a French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean or Chinese comic, choose English, and the comic translator detects the source language for you.
Does it keep the comic lettering?+
Yes. Translations go back into the original balloons and caption boxes in comic lettering, and sound effects keep their loud style. The artwork itself is not changed.
Is there a comic translator app or extension?+
You do not need an app: the comic translator works in the browser on Android, iPhone, iPad and computers. A browser extension for reading comics on websites is in development.
Can I upload PDF or CBR comics?+
PDF, yes: upload the PDF and its pages are translated in order. Pages also work as JPG, PNG or WEBP, and whole issues as ZIP or CBZ. A CBR file can be converted to CBZ with any comic reader.
How many pages can I translate at once?+
Up to 100 pages in one upload, either as separate images or in one ZIP or CBZ archive.
Does it translate adult comics?+
No. Adult content is not supported, and pages with explicit content are rejected by the translation service.
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