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Free Image Translator

Translate text from images in just a few clicks. Separate your text from your image with Grab Text, then translate freely using Canva’s free online photo translator.

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From local to global

Translate image text into Italian

Expand your reach and go multilingual with your campaigns to broaden your brand’s appeal. With Canva’s powerful picture translator tool, you can enhance your marketing efforts and make it more inclusive of other languages. Upload your image, isolate your text with Grab Text, and then translate freely. No need to spend precious resources redesigning a successful campaign for a new audience.

Engage audiences across markets

Translate the selected text from the image

Gather feedback from various platforms and in different languages with the help of image translation. Translate the featured text to extract comments from memes, screenshots, and other photos. Show appreciation for your customers’ input by sharing their posts on your channels or highlighting them in localized marketing campaigns. Translate images in seconds with just a few clicks on Canva.

Make information more accessible

Translate image text into English

Transform your online portal into a must-visit ecommerce spot. Thanks to Canva’s image translate tool, you can stand out from other sellers by having product information readily available for shoppers. Interpret Korean characters in your packaging or translate Japanese ingredients into English. Effortlessly translate text from photos into multiple languages with our handy photo translation tool.

How to translate an image

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Launch Canva

Open Canva to access our photo translate tool. Start a design project from scratch or pick a pre-designed template. Then, upload the image you want to translate through the Uploads tab.

Select Grab Text

Select your image and click Edit. Under Magic Studio, choose Grab Text. Pro tip: Select All Text to grab the entire text from the image, or click the parts of the text you want to edit.

Translate your image online

Under Apps, search for Translate. Pick a language from the Translate to list and your desired tone. Then, choose Translate page or select a specific text before hitting the Translate button.

Customize away

Modify your translated image using our intuitive photo editor. Change the featured colors and fonts. Add curved text effects. Finally, enhance your design with more elements from our library.

Download and share

Download your image as a high-quality JPG, PNG, or PDF file. You can also use it in your presentations, share it via email, or publish it on social media straight from the Canva editor.

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Translate an image

Open Canva to access our photo translate tool. Start a design project from scratch or pick a pre-designed template. Then, upload the image you want to translate through the Uploads tab.

Select your image and click Edit. Under Magic Studio, choose Grab Text. Pro tip: Select All Text to grab the entire text from the image, or click the parts of the text you want to edit.

Under Apps, search for Translate. Pick a language from the Translate to list and your desired tone. Then, choose Translate page or select a specific text before hitting the Translate button.

Modify your translated image using our intuitive photo editor. Change the featured colors and fonts. Add curved text effects. Finally, enhance your design with more elements from our library.

Download your image as a high-quality JPG, PNG, or PDF file. You can also use it in your presentations, share it via email, or publish it on social media straight from the Canva editor.
Translate an image

Frequently Asked Questions

There are plenty of tools and apps to help you translate image text. We recommend our free online image translator because it can interpret over 130 languages in seconds. See the list of languages here. You can also do more with our powerful platform, like creating design projects for multilingual purposes and audiences.

Yes! Our online translator can interpret a wide variety of languages featured in graphics, banners, and other types of photos. Simply upload the image, isolate the text using Grab Text, and then translate from one language to another with one click. You can also enjoy the benefit of using our intuitive editing tools to improve the design of your uploaded photo or even make a new one that presents your translated text. Pro tip: If you upgrade to a Pro account, you can translate up to 500 images monthly.

Photo translation is the process of translating text from images like banners, screenshots, memes, and more. It uses optical character recognition technology to extract any printed text on a photo and translate it into a selected language. Digital process imaging is then applied to the source material to come up with a picture that features the translated text.
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