How to translate text in an image with ImageLingua
A step-by-step guide to uploading an image, choosing a language, reviewing the translation, and downloading the result.
A screenshot, menu, sign, or Japanese image is more than a block of text. Words sit beside prices, icons, faces, borders, and spacing that help people understand the picture. ImageLingua is made for that kind of source material: upload the whole image, choose a target language, and get a translated image you can review and download. It is useful when copying words into a separate translator would lose the visual context that makes the message clear.
Translate the image as an image
ImageLingua works from the complete uploaded picture. You do not need to draw boxes around each phrase or rebuild a menu, poster, or screen in a separate editor. It aims to preserve the arrangement of names, prices, labels, buttons, and notes while changing the language. The result is a translated image to compare with the original.
This is useful when layout carries meaning. A price belongs to a particular dish, a warning belongs to a button, and a small note can change how an instruction should be read. Keeping the page together gives you a clearer starting point for review and for sharing the result with another reader.
Use one tool for screenshots, menus, and Japanese image text
A screenshot translator can help with an app setting, device message, game screen, or support conversation that exists only as pixels. A menu translator keeps dish names, prices, and section headings together. A Japanese image translator helps when kanji, kana, Roman letters, numbers, and symbols appear in the same photo or screen. All three use the same ImageLingua upload and language controls.
The context tells you what to check next. On a menu, compare prices and ingredient notes. In a screenshot, compare labels, warnings, and action buttons. In a Japanese image, look again at names, dates, quantities, and terms that might have more than one natural translation. The tool makes the visual page easier to read; your review gives it the final context.
A short workflow from source image to reviewed result
Start with the clearest version of the image you have. A sharp source is easier to read than a compressed crop or a blurry photograph. The current public tool accepts JPG and PNG files up to 10 MB and 20 megapixels. Keep related panels together when their order explains the message. If you have several unrelated pages, translate them one at a time so each result is simple to compare with its source.
- Choose or drop a JPG or PNG image into the upload area.
- Select one of the 15 target languages.
- Sign in with Google if prompted, then start the translation.
- Compare the result with the original and download it after checking the important text.
Start with one free translation
Sign in with Google for one free image translation per account. Use it on an image that matters to you, such as a menu you need to read or a screenshot you need to explain. The same account can view its recent images in My images while they remain available.
Images and translated results are private to the account that created them and are available for up to seven days. If you need more translations, see the available one-time image packs on the Pricing page.
Choose the language for the next reader
ImageLingua currently offers 15 target languages: English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Russian. Choose the language the next reader needs. A Japanese menu for an English-speaking traveler may need English, while an English interface shared with a customer in Japan may need Japanese.
Mixed-language images deserve a quick second look. Brand names, currency symbols, URLs, keyboard shortcuts, and proper names may need to stay recognizable even when the surrounding text is translated. The source language is detected from the image, while the target language is chosen in the tool.
Keep the original nearby for important details
A translated image is a useful visual reference, especially for orientation, sharing, and everyday tasks. Before you rely on it, compare names, prices, dates, quantities, URLs, and action labels with the original. This one review step is usually faster and safer than treating a translated picture as a replacement for its source.
For a support handoff, a travel plan, or a guide, keep the original and translated versions together. The next reader can then see both the wording and the place where it appeared. The focused guides below show how the same workflow applies to screenshots, menus, and Japanese image text.
Image translation FAQ
Which image files can I upload?
The public tool accepts JPG and PNG images up to 10 MB and 20 megapixels.
Which target languages are available?
Choose from 15 target languages, including English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Russian.
Do I need to sign in?
Yes. Sign in with Google before starting a translation. You can choose an image first, and the browser keeps it through sign-in when it can do so safely.
Should I check the translated image?
AI can mistranslate text or change visual details. Compare important names, prices, dates, quantities, links, and action labels with the original before sharing the result.
Can I download the result?
After a result is ready, you can download the original and translated image. Recent images also appear in My images while they remain available.
What kinds of images is this useful for?
Use it for visual text such as screenshots, restaurant menus, signs, posters, and Japanese image text where layout helps explain the content.