Free Manga Translator

Japanese manga OCR · English typesetting

Vertical Japanese manga translator.Japanese panels to English.

Translate vertical Japanese speech bubbles and captions into editable English while keeping the page layout and reading flow easy to review.

1 Add pages2 Recognize text3 Process & export

Quick answer

How do you translate vertical Japanese manga?

Upload the Japanese manga page, keep Japanese as the source and choose English as the target. The tool recognizes vertical dialogue, groups related text within the page and renders editable English in the matching area.

Source
Vertical and horizontal Japanese text
Target
Editable English lettering
Reading flow
Text stays associated with its page area
Export
PNG page or chapter ZIP

Designed for manga pages

From source image to readable result.

A

Vertical speech bubbles

Recognize Japanese columns that need to be read from top to bottom and translated as one dialogue region.

B

Raw manga screenshots

Translate a complete raw page or crop a single panel when you only need one scene.

C

English lettering that fits

Resize and reposition English text to suit narrow Japanese bubbles before download.

How it works

Translate in three clear steps.

  1. 01

    Add a Japanese page

    Choose a raw manga scan, screenshot or panel image.

  2. 02

    Translate to English

    Process the page with Japanese selected as the source language.

  3. 03

    Review every bubble

    Check the reading flow, adjust the English lettering and export.

FAQ

Vertical Japanese manga translator. questions

Can it translate vertical Japanese speech bubbles?

Yes. Vertical Japanese text is recognized and converted into editable English lettering.

Does it preserve manga reading order?

Detected text remains tied to its page region so dialogue can be reviewed in context.

Can I translate a full Japanese manga chapter?

Yes. Add up to 20 pages, process them in order and download the translated pages as a ZIP.

Do I need to create an account?

No. The translator works without registration, page credits or a watermark.

Choose your workflow

Translate the page you actually have.

Start with an image task or open a translator already set to your language pair.