Pig Latin Translator

Turn ordinary English into Pig Latin instantly. Paste or type any text and the translator rewrites each word using the classic playground rules, keeping your punctuation, numbers, capitalization and line breaks exactly where they were.

How to use it

1. Type or paste your text into the input box.
2. The Pig Latin translation appears in the output box as you type.
3. Copy the result or download it as a text file.

The rules it follows

Pig Latin transforms each word based on its first letter:

• Words that start with a consonant move the whole leading consonant cluster to the end of the word and add ay. So hello becomes ellohay, and string — which starts with the cluster str — becomes ingstray.
• Words that start with a vowel simply get way added to the end. apple becomes appleway and egg becomes eggway.
• Words with no vowels (like some abbreviations) just get ay appended.

Capitalization is preserved: a word that started with a capital letter stays capitalized after translation, so Hello becomes Ellohay. Punctuation, digits and spacing are never altered — only the letters of each word are rearranged, so Hello, world! becomes Ellohay, orldway!.

Which "vowel" convention does this use?

There are a few competing Pig Latin conventions. This translator adds way to vowel-starting words (the most common variant), not yay or ay. Consonant clusters are treated as a single unit and moved together, which is why chair becomes airchay rather than hairc-ay.

Can it translate Pig Latin back to English?

No. Pig Latin is a one-way transformation for practical purposes — the ay/way endings and the moved consonant clusters are ambiguous, so there is no reliable way to recover the original text automatically. Use it for fun, word games, and light text obfuscation rather than as a reversible cipher.

Is my text private?

Yes. The translation runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded or stored anywhere.