Manga Translator by IMGTrans

Manga Translator by IMGTrans is an image editing tool. A manga-focused image translator offered as a web upload tool and a Chrome extension. It detects speech bubbles, removes the original text, and typesets translations in 100+ languages while keeping the artwork intact.

Manga Translator by IMGTrans is an image translation tool built for comics. It reads the text in raw manga, manhwa, manhua and webtoon pages, removes it, and sets translated dialogue back into the speech bubbles. It comes in two forms: a web translator that accepts uploaded images, and a Chrome extension that translates pages while the reader browses supported comic sites, so panels do not have to be downloaded first. The web translator takes JPG, JPEG, PNG and WEBP files up to 10 MB, and images can also be pasted from the clipboard. The user picks a source language and a target language from a list of more than 100, then downloads the result. A daily usage counter on the page (shown as 0/10 free today) suggests a cap on free translations, and recent tasks stay in the browser for 24 hours. The site says no signup is needed. Batch processing is offered for translating whole chapters, which matters for scanlation work. Under the hood the tool combines manga OCR that finds speech bubbles and sound effects, text removal, inpainting that rebuilds the artwork behind the lettering, and automatic typesetting that resizes and reflows text to fit each balloon. The homepage also claims context-aware translation and vertical reading support for long strip comics. The Chrome extension lists sites such as MangaDex, Webtoon, Pixiv, Comico, Cycomi, Kakao Page, MangaNato and Shonen Jump+. The audience is mostly readers who want raw chapters in their own language, plus scanlators who need quick previews and a first pass at typesetting. Compared with general image translators or phone camera tools, it is specialised for comic layouts, and it competes with other manga OCR and scanlation utilities. Quality on stylised lettering and handwritten effects will vary by page, so output used for publishing should still be checked by a human editor.