Translate scanlation pages. Instantly. In Any Language.

Your First Draft in Seconds, Not Hours

Scanlation teams know the bottleneck. Raw pages arrive and the translator spends hours producing a first draft. The typesetter waits. The proofreader waits. The quality checker waits. One slow step holds up the entire pipeline. Readers who follow your group get frustrated by release delays. Other groups might pick up the same series and beat you to publication.

This scanlation tool changes the equation completely. Upload raw pages and get an AI-generated first draft translation instantly. Your translator can skip the tedious initial pass and jump straight to refinement and polishing. The hours saved on rough translation become hours spent on making the final product genuinely excellent.

Built for the Scanlation Workflow

We built this with actual scanlation teams in mind. The output isn't meant to be published directly. It's meant to give your human translator a solid starting point. A raw-to-rough draft that captures the meaning, identifies the speakers, and provides workable English text that your team can then elevate to publication quality.

The scanlation tool handles the mechanical parts of translation. It reads Japanese, Korean, and Chinese text from panels. It understands manga-specific context like reading order, speaker identification, and genre conventions. It produces drafts that your translator can quickly scan, correct, and polish rather than building from scratch every time.

For teams working on multiple series simultaneously, this means dramatically higher output. Your translator focuses their expertise where it matters most: catching nuance, preserving character voice, and handling cultural references that machines still struggle with. The AI handles the grunt work. Your team handles the art.

How Scanlation Teams Use This Tool

Most groups integrate this into their existing workflow as step one. Raws come in. Someone uploads them to get the AI draft. The translator reviews the draft against the original, making corrections and improvements. Then the script goes to typesetting, proofreading, and quality checking as usual. The difference is that the translation step takes a fraction of the time it used to.

Some teams use it differently. Speed scanlation groups publish the AI output with minor edits for readers who want fast access, then release polished versions later. Solo scanlators who handle everything themselves use it to reduce their workload enough to keep a release schedule without burning out.

The tool supports 22+ language pairs and costs just 0.1 credits per image. A typical manga chapter of 20 pages runs about 2 credits. That's a small investment compared to the hours of translator time it saves. Check our pricing page for credit bundles designed for regular scanlation work.

If you're specifically working with sound effects and onomatopoeia, our SFX translator specializes in those tricky elements. For full page-level translation, try the manga page translator. And to get started right now, head to our image translation page and upload your first raw.