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Image Translator

Third-party service

Upload a photo of a sign, menu, label or screenshot and get an AI translation of the text it contains into another language.

Input

Drop an image or browse
One file · JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, HEIF

Read and translated server-side with AI — this uses credits per image.

Output

Text found in image
Translation
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Guides

Upload a photo of a sign, menu, label, screenshot or document page, and the Image Translator reads whatever text is in it with AI and translates it into a language you choose.

How to use it

  1. Upload an image — a photo, screenshot, sign, menu, or a page you've scanned or photographed.
  2. Pick a target language from the list.
  3. Click Translate. The AI reads the visible text in reading order, then translates it.
  4. Review Text found in image (the original transcription) alongside the Translation — copy either, or download the translation as a .txt file.

Why show the original text too?

Most image translators only show you the translation, so there's no way to catch a misread word or a mistranslated name. This tool surfaces exactly what it read off the image first, so you can spot-check the source before trusting the translation.

What if the image has no text?

If nothing legible is found, the tool returns an error instead of a blank result — no credit-consuming run should silently produce nothing useful. Try a clearer, better-lit photo, or crop closer to the text.

Is my image uploaded anywhere?

Yes — unlike most tools on this site, this one sends your image to our AI provider to read and translate it (that's how it works: no client-side OCR library can also translate). Nothing is stored after the request completes.

Which languages are supported?

The same fixed language list as Translate PDF — a broad set spanning Latin, Cyrillic, CJK, Arabic, Hebrew, Devanagari and Thai scripts, chosen for what's actually widely spoken rather than the full ISO list.

Looking for a different translation tool? Translate PDF translates a whole PDF's text content, and the Image Caption Generator describes a photo instead of transcribing it.

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Use it from code

From 24 credits per call

REST API

curl -X POST https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/image-translator \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "file": "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAa…",
    "targetLanguage": "Spanish"
  }'

Swap in your own key from your account. The tool's fields are the body — no wrapper.

Ask an AI agent

Use the IOTools `image-translator` tool (Image Translator) on this input:

YOUR_INPUT_HERE

Paste this at any agent connected to the IOTools MCP server, then add your input.

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