Marketing & localization teams
Japanese raw manga speech bubbles
Translate dialogue across shonen and seinen panels while locking dramatic katakana sound effects across action sequences.
안녕!HI!
Manga & Comic Panel Translator
Translate Manga
Upload raw manga pages or cropped panels. Get free AI translation suggestions, lock sound effects and logos, and paint localized dialogue directly into speech bubbles.
Original Text (Detected)
待て！
New Text (Replacement)
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HOW IT WORKS
How to Translate Manga in 4 Steps
Read raw chapters and translate manga panels without spending hours cloning out text in Photoshop.
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1. Upload your manga page
Upload a full raw scan, webcomic crop, or standalone manga panel in PNG, JPG, or WEBP.
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2. Inspect free AI suggestions
Our model detects dialogue bubbles and provides suggested translations across multiple languages for free.
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3. Lock SFX & polish lines
Adjust translations to fit character personality, or lock hand-drawn SFX, credits, and logos to preserve original art.
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4. Generate clean bubbles
Review detected lines. Click Lock on any hand-drawn sound effects or signatures you want to preserve as original art, or edit dialogue text directly before generating the translated panel.
WHAT IT DOES
What is this manga translation tool?
ReWords AI is a still-image translator for manga and comic panels. It detects dialogue inside speech bubbles, removes the original text, and paints clean translated text back into the image. You can lock sound effects so they remain untouched, without dealing with complicated typesetting software.
We want to be upfront: this is not a full-blown webtoon typesetting studio with vector pen paths, curved text warp, or timeline layers. It is a focused, high-speed image tool designed to help readers, scanlators, and indie artists get clean, readable panels without tedious manual redrawing.
By ReWords AI
Open the workspaceOriginal Text (Detected)
안녕!
New Text (Replacement)
HI!
WHERE IT HELPS
Common Localization Scenarios
Great ways to use our tool when you need to translate manga panels:
Catching Up on Raw Chapter Releases
Read new weekly releases straight from Japan or Korea without waiting months for official licensing or fan groups.
Scanlation Proofing & Rough Layouts
Scanlation teams can generate quick translated drafts to check dialogue flow before final lettering.
Indie Webcomics & Fan Art Strips
Easily translate self-published Twitter/X comics, doujinshi, and indie creator shorts directly in your browser.
WHY REWORDS
Why translate manga panels with us?
Reading untranslated chapters shouldn't require juggling an OCR reader, a dictionary app, and an image editor.
- Lock sound effects and art: Keep stylized onomatopoeia (SFX), watermarks, and author notes completely intact while translating dialogue.
- Free AI suggestions with full editing: Preview translations for free. Polish the script, adjust jokes and honorifics, or use your own custom text before generating.
- Smooth bubble cleaning: Built-in inpainting redraws bubble interiors cleanly instead of pasting gray blocks over the background.
USE CASES
Still comic pages ready for reading
Translate panels while keeping the original illustrations untouched.
Ecommerce & social teams
Korean webtoon vertical episode panels
Convert full-color digital manhwa dialogue bubbles into clear text while preserving background illustrations.
なぜだ！WHY?!
Creators & teams
Indie doujinshi & self-published comics
Read independent releases and convention fanbooks with clean speech bubble translations and customizable character dialogue.
完成DONE
Marketing & ops
Artbook commentary & creator margin notes
Translate character profile sidebars, creator interviews, and sketch commentary printed alongside concept illustrations.
解説NOTES
WHY THIS APPROACH
Respect the artwork while reading the story
Clean dialogue translation without compromising original comic art.
Lock hand-drawn sound effects
Sound effects belong to the artist's original drawing. Tap Lock so dynamic SFX remain untouched while dialogue bubbles get translated.
Paints clean text into speech bubbles
Original text is wiped clean and replaced with translated dialogue fitted into the balloon space on still comic panels.
Tweak character voice before rendering
Adjust character slang, humor, or honorifics directly in the sidebar, lock your custom translation, and generate the finished page.
WORKFLOWS
Built for manga readers and scanlator assistants
How readers enjoy raw chapters while keeping sound effects intact.
“Being able to lock hand-drawn SFX is essential. Other AI translators turned epic splash-page sound effects into goofy machine words. Here I just lock the SFX and translate the dialogue.”
“It paints translated words cleanly inside the existing speech bubbles on still pages. Great for reading raw releases without waiting weeks for fan translations.”
“I use Suggest to check tricky Japanese idioms in dialogue bubbles. If a joke doesn't translate well, I tweak the wording in the text box, lock it, and render.”
“No weird typesetting claims or broken vertical text promises—it just takes the still panel, wipes the text out of the bubble, and puts clean translation back in.”
“I lock the author's margin notes and signatures so they don't get blurred out. It keeps the page feeling authentic.”
“Running Suggest on each raw page lets me verify character names and pronouns before spending credits on final page generation.”
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is locking sound effects better than an automated skip?
Sound effects often overlap character artwork. When you lock an SFX line, our renderer is strictly instructed not to inpaint or touch that area, keeping the artist's original linework completely intact.
Can I translate manga panels without erasing sound effects?
Yes. You can lock any detected text box with a single click. This keeps stylized SFX, titles, and background sound effects untouched while dialogue bubbles get translated.
Is this a full webtoon typesetting studio?
No. We focus specifically on quick bubble detection, text cleaning, and clean inpainting for still images. We don't offer advanced desktop typesetting features like manual curved text or complex vector warping.
How does it handle vertical Japanese manga text?
Our system detects vertical right-to-left reading flow and translates it into natural, horizontally wrapped text sized to fit neatly inside the original dialogue balloon.
Can I customize a character's dialogue before generating?
Yes. Click any detected speech line, edit the wording to match the character's tone, lock the line, and generate your custom-translated page.
What is best-effort styling for manga bubbles?
Our generator uses clean, comic-friendly fonts, calculates centered line wrapping, and scales font sizes so your translated dialogue looks natural inside the speech bubble.
Does this work on color webtoons and black-and-white manga?
Yes. It handles both high-contrast black-and-white manga scans and full-color webtoon panels.
How are credits spent on manga pages?
Credits are only spent when you click generate to redraw the bubble interiors and paint in the new text. Text detection, translation suggestions, and manual editing are always free.
GET STARTED
Translate manga panels without ruining the artwork
Read raw manga and comic chapters comfortably. AI translates speech bubbles and repaints them cleanly, while letting you lock hand-drawn sound effects in their original glory.
TOOLS
Image text tools
Pick a workflow for the job—edit, replace, remove, translate, fix prices, screenshots, photos, AI art, or YouTube thumbnails.
- Edit text in imageReplace, correct, or remove existing words in finished images.
- Replace text in imageSwap old words for new on posters, screenshots, and product art.
- Edit text with same font lookChange wording while aiming to keep the original visual style.
- Remove text from imageErase selected words and fill the area as cleanly as possible.
- Translate text in imageUpload an image to get AI-suggested translations automatically. Review, edit, or lock lines before generating the final image.
- Edit text in screenshotFix UI labels, numbers, and dates in product screenshots.
- Edit YouTube thumbnail textChange titles, hooks, or numbers on finished video covers.
- Edit price in imageUpdate prices on posters, menus, and tags—always verify before publish.
- Photo text editorEdit words already in a finished photo—signs, menus, and labels.
- AI image text editorAI-assisted edits for existing text in finished and AI-generated images.
- Fix text in AI-generated imagesRepair typos and garbled words without re-running the whole prompt.
- Image text editorMain product homepage and full workspace.
- View all toolsPick a workflow for the job—edit, replace, remove, translate, fix prices, screenshots, photos, AI art, or YouTube thumbnails.