Translate a picture without retyping a word.
Upload a menu, a label or a screenshot and translate image text in place. LazyKiwi reads every line, rewrites it in the language you pick, and puts it back where it was, at the same size, on the same background.
BEFORE
AFTER ✨What it is
Image in, translated image out.
This is not a document converter, and it is not a box you paste sentences into. You hand it a picture and you get the same picture back with words you can read. The layout holds: a menu still reads course by course, a jar label still has its ingredients in the right panel, and the notice on the wall is still on the wall. Nothing is retyped by you, and nothing is redesigned.
How it works
Your result in three steps
Upload the picture
A phone photo of a menu, a screenshot of a chat thread, a scan of a leaflet or a page out of a comic. One image is all you need.
Choose your language
Pick the language you want to read it in. You don't have to work out what language the picture is already in first.
Generate & download
Check that every line landed where you expect it, run it again if a caption was skipped, then download the translated image.
Layout kept
Image translation that leaves the design alone
The translated words go back into the block they came from, at a matching size, in a matching color, on the background that was already there. The picture still works as the thing it was: a menu you can order from, a label you can check, a sign you can follow.
- Same position, same font style
- Background and colors preserved
- No text boxes pasted over the top
Anything with words on it
A photo translator for menus, labels and manuals
Point it at whatever has you stuck. The set menu taped to a restaurant window, the ingredient list on an imported jar, the care symbols on a jacket tag, the train timetable on the platform, the instruction sheet that came in the flat-pack box.
- Menus, signage and timetables
- Product labels and packaging
- Manuals and instruction sheets
Panels and bubbles
A manga translator that keeps the page intact
Speech bubbles are the hard case. The art has to survive, the bubble has to keep its shape, and the words have to sit inside it rather than over it. The translation is set into the bubble it came from, so the page still reads as a page.
- Text set inside the bubble
- Art and line work untouched
- Works on scans and screenshots
Why LazyKiwi
Built to look like the original
Seconds, not squinting
No copying foreign characters into a search box one glyph at a time, and no waiting for someone bilingual to reply.
It still looks like the artefact
The menu still looks like a menu and the page still looks like a page, so you can send it on and be understood.
Private by default
Your images are processed securely, used only to produce your result, and never sold or published.
Free to start
No credit card. Translate an image of your own and judge the result before you pay for anything.
No design skills
No Photoshop, no font hunting, no rebuilding the label by hand. The image comes back finished.
Yours to use
The translated image is yours to put in a report, a listing or a group chat, as long as you had the right to use the original picture.
FAQ
Questions, answered
How do I translate image text online?+
Upload the picture, choose the language you want, and download the result. The words come back translated in the same position and style, so you get an image, not a wall of text. It is free to try with no credit card.
Is the AI image translator free?+
Yes. You can upload a picture and translate it for free, with no credit card. Paid plans are there for volume, not for finding out whether it works.
Which languages does it handle?+
The widely used ones, in either direction, including the languages people photograph most: Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Arabic. Rarer languages and scripts with little printed material are less reliable.
Are my uploads private?+
Your images travel over an encrypted connection, are used only to produce your translation, and are never sold or published.
Use cases
Where people translate a picture
Travellers and diners
The menu has no pictures and no English on it. Photograph it at the table, translate it, and order the thing you actually wanted. Station boards, museum labels and parking signs work the same way.
Shoppers and importers
An ingredient list on an imported jar, the care symbols on a jacket tag, the spec sheet on a boxed appliance. Read the label before you buy it, wash it or plug it in.
Students and remote teams
A lecture slide photographed on a phone, a supplier's chat thread grabbed as a screenshot, a handbook page that only exists on paper. Translate the screenshot and read it like everyone else on the call.
More answers
More about translating images
Can I translate a screenshot of a chat or an app?+
Yes, and it is one of the most common uses. A supplier's messaging thread, a banking app in a language you don't read, an error dialog that appeared mid-install. The translation is set into the same bubbles and buttons, so you can still tell who said what and which one is the confirm button.
What if the text is tiny or handwritten?+
That is where it struggles. Dense small print, such as a full page of terms shot from a metre away, loses characters before the AI ever sees them. Heavily stylised handwriting is read the way a stranger would read it: sometimes right, sometimes not. Shoot closer, in even light, and fill the frame with the part you actually need.
Will the translated words still fit the space?+
Usually, though not always exactly. A German or Finnish sentence often runs longer than the Japanese or English it came from, so a line that fitted on one row can wrap onto two, and a tight button or a small speech bubble may push the type down a size. The meaning survives; the line breaks will not always match the original.
Is this an official or certified translation?+
No. It is a visual translation, meant to help you understand what is in front of you: read the menu, follow the manual, get the gist of a form. For anything that has to stand up legally or medically, such as a certificate, a court filing or a prescription, use a certified human translator.
Read what the picture says.
Upload one image, pick your language, and get the same picture back in words you understand. Free to try, no credit card.
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