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Raw Manga Translator
Read Japanese manga in English, right on the page.
Upload a page from a Japanese volume, a scan or a phone photo. The raw manga translator reads the vertical text and furigana, translates the dialogue and sound effects, and letters English back into the original bubbles.
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Raw Manga Translator: Before and After
A Japanese page with vertical dialogue and a narration box, translated into English in one pass. Drag the slider across the page to compare.
- Vertical Japanese turned into horizontal English
- Every line placed back in its own bubble
- Screentones and line art untouched
What Is a Raw Manga Translator?
Raw manga means manga in its original Japanese, as printed in Japan, before any translation. A raw manga translator turns those pages into English on the page itself: it reads the Japanese, translates it and letters the English into the same bubbles.
Raw pages are harder than plain text. Dialogue runs top to bottom and right to left, small furigana sit beside the kanji, and sound effects are drawn into the art. This translator reads all of it and leaves the art as printed. Korean originals are manhwa; for those, use the manhwa translator.
- Japanese originals
- Vertical text
- Furigana
- Sound effects
BindingVertical JapanesePage edgeAnatomy of a Raw Manga Page
Five things on a Japanese page that ordinary translators miss, and how each one is handled. Tap Show translation to see the English page.
- 1
Vertical dialogue
Read top to bottom, column by column, then lettered as horizontal English inside the same bubble.
- 2
Furigana
The small kana beside 灯里 give its reading, あかり, so the name comes out as Akari instead of a guess.
- 3
Sound effects
The clang of the shrine bell, ガラン, becomes an English sound effect in the same spot.
- 4
Handwritten asides
Small notes outside the bubbles, like ハァハァ for heavy breathing, are translated too.
- 5
Right-to-left order
Panels are read right to left, so lines that answer each other stay in the right order.
12345Translate Scans and Phone Photos of Raw Manga
Photographed a page of a Japanese volume, or scanned a whole one? Yellowed paper, a slight tilt and screentone grain are no problem. Pages at least 600 pixels on the short side work; 1200 pixels or more reads best.
- Scans and phone photos
- Tilted or yellowed pages
- Up to 8192 pixels per side
Consistent Names Without an Official Translation
A raw series has no official English names yet. The raw manga translator saves the names you choose, like 灯里 as Akari, and uses them the same way on every page and chapter, together with your choice for honorifics.
- Names spelled your way, every chapter
- Keep -san and -senpai, or turn them into English
- Recurring terms translated the same each time
Glossary · Shrine story
Honorifics
| Japanese | English | |
|---|---|---|
| 灯里（あかり）Name | Akari | |
| 宮司さんHonorific | Guji-san | |
| 先輩Honorific | senpai | |
| お守りTerm | charm |
Used on every page of every chapter you upload.
Switch Between the Raw and the English in One Tap
Check any line against the Japanese whenever you want. Readers use it to confirm a name, and Japanese learners read the original first and the English after.
- One tap between original and translation
- Same page, same position
- Handy for learning Japanese
Where to Use the Raw Manga Translator
Single pages in the browser, whole chapters as one file.
Whole chapters
Pack a chapter into one ZIP or CBZ file and get every page back in reading order.
How to Translate Raw Manga to English
From a Japanese page to an English one in three steps.
- 1
Upload the raw pages
A page, a scan, a phone photo or a ZIP or CBZ chapter, up to 100 pages.
- 2
Keep Japanese to English
The source is already Japanese and the target English. Open the glossary to set names and honorifics.
- 3
Read and check
Read the English pages in order and tap to see the Japanese whenever you want.
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Raw Manga Translator FAQ
Is there a raw manga translator extension or app?+
You do not need one: the tool runs in any browser on your phone or computer. Upload a page and read it in English right away. A browser extension is on the way.
Can I translate raw manga on my phone?+
Yes. Take a photo or a screenshot of the page, open the raw manga translator in your phone browser and upload it.
Is the raw manga translator free?+
Your first page is free without an account, and signing up adds 5 free credits, one page each. Credit packs start at $5.90 for 100 pages.
Can it translate raw manga into languages other than English?+
Yes. English is the default, and you can pick any of 55 target languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, French and Indonesian.
Where can I download raw manga?+
We do not provide raws. The tool translates raw pages you already have, from volumes you own or legal sources; it does not search for, host or share manga.
Does it translate adult manga?+
No. Adult content is not supported. Pages flagged as adult are not translated and the credit is returned.
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