How to translate manga on your phone
Take a screenshot of the page in the app or site where you read. Open a page translator such as Mangit, pick the screenshot and choose your language. You get the same page back with the bubbles, captions and sound effects in your language, and you can flip to the original whenever a line looks off. The steps below go through it in detail.
The three ways, side by side
| Way | What you get | Good for | Watch out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Image or camera translator (for example Google Lens) | Translated text laid over your image | One sign, one word, one bubble. No cost. | Text boxes cover the art; vertical text and hand-drawn sound effects are often missed |
| Browser extension | Translation on comic websites as you scroll | Reading on a computer | Many need an account, an API key or a weekly limit; little help on a phone app |
| Page translator app (Mangit) | The same page, every bubble and sound effect rewritten in your language | Reading a whole page or chapter on your phone | Paid; one page at a time; AI can get a line wrong now and then |
Other tools described from their own listings, October 2026. Check their current limits before you choose.
How to translate a page with Mangit
- Screenshot the page in the app or site where you read. One page per screenshot gives the clearest result.
- Open Mangit and pick the screenshot from your photos. Any image of a page works, up to 10 MB.
- Choose your language once. Mangit works out the language of the page by itself, so Japanese, Korean and Chinese pages all go the same way.
- Read it. Flip between the original and your language to check a line, save the page as an image, or share one panel.
Have the chapter as a PDF or CBZ file? Import it into Library (up to 500 pages) and translate page by page as you read. Library translating needs Premium.
Tips for a cleaner result
- Crop to one page. Two pages in one image means smaller text and more mistakes.
- Use the sharpest copy you have. Blurry or tiny text is hard for any translator.
- Long webtoon strips: screenshot the part you are reading rather than the whole episode.
- Check the jokes. Puns and wordplay rarely survive any translation. Flip to the original when a line feels off.
Is it paid?
Yes. Mangit is a paid app: a subscription or one-time page packs, with no free trial. The app shows the price for your country before you pay. A page that fails to translate doesn't use a page.
If you only need one word now and then, a free image translator is the better fit. Mangit is for reading the page itself.
Questions
Is there an app that translates manga?
Yes. Mangit translates a screenshot of a manga, manhwa, manhua or webtoon page on iPhone and Android and gives you back the same page with the text in your language. Image translators such as Google Lens can also translate the text, but they lay it over the picture.
Can Google Translate or Google Lens translate manga?
They can translate the text in an image and lay it over the picture. That works for short text, but bubbles get covered by text boxes and vertical or hand-drawn text is often missed.
Does Mangit keep the art?
Yes. Mangit sends back the same page with the text rewritten in your language. The drawing, the panels and the screentones stay as they were.
Does it translate sound effects?
Yes. Sound effects on the page are rewritten in your language along with the bubbles and captions.
Which languages are supported?
31 target languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, Turkish, Arabic and French. The language of the page is detected for you.
Is my page stored?
The page goes to Mangit's AI provider to be translated. They delete it after about an hour and the result after about 24 hours. Translated pages are saved on your phone.
