Translate Chinese Images to English
Upload a photo, scan or screenshot containing Chinese and get an English translation, with the extracted Chinese characters shown alongside for reference.
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Upload an image and click Translate Image
The extracted text and its translation will appear here.
Translating Chinese to English — What to Expect
Both Simplified and Traditional characters are read without you selecting a variant. The accuracy ceiling here is set by image resolution rather than by the translation step: Chinese characters pack a lot of detail into a small space, and characters that differ by a single stroke become indistinguishable in a low-resolution photo — which then produces a confidently wrong translation. Check the extracted Chinese panel against the image before relying on the English. Chinese is dense, so a short line of characters often expands into a much longer English sentence.
How It Works
Upload the image
Drag and drop or click to select any image containing Chinese text — a photo, scan or screenshot.
Text is read as Chinese
The AI is told the source is Chinese, so it transcribes the text in its own script before translating.
Get English output
The original Chinese and the English translation appear side by side. Copy either one.
Chinese to English — Frequently Asked Questions
Does it read Simplified and Traditional Chinese?▼
Both, automatically. You don't need to specify which variant is in the image — the characters are recognised either way and then translated into English.
Why is the translation sometimes wrong in a confident-sounding way?▼
Because translation happens after extraction. If a character was misread — common with low-resolution images, since many characters differ by one stroke — the translation of that wrong character reads perfectly fluently. Always check the extracted Chinese panel.
Can it translate Chinese menus and signs?▼
Yes, and these are among the most common uses. Get close enough that the characters fill a good portion of the frame; distant shots of signage lose the stroke detail that recognition depends on.
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