Smartcat's AI agents translate text in image files across 280+ languages—while preserving your layout, design integrity, and brand voice.
Trusted by 1,000+ global companies, including 25% of the Fortune 500
5 simple steps to translate an image and get back a polished, translated image with our one-stop solution:
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Upload image files—translate one or process in bulk
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Select target language(s) for image localization
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Smartcat AI Agents translate your image files and use our fine-tuning editing tools to tweak your image to perfection without switching platforms.
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Review your translated segments via invited internal, external, or Marketplace subject matter experts
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Download your finished images - in their original file format, or other supported formats
We love having total visibility over our entire translation lifecycle on our Smartcat workspace due to the centralized nature of the platform and being able to gather all the linguistic assets we need.
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Smartcat AI agents combine generative AI, contextual adaptation, and enterprise-grade translation memory to deliver accurate, ready-to-publish image translations.
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Drive 95%+ automatic translation quality, generate huge cost savings, and reduce turnaround time from weeks to hours. With Smartcat, you’re in control.
With Smartcat, it’s very easy to translate image text. Smartcat has the technology to recognize overlaid and embedded text. Just upload your image file to Smartcat, select your languages, and click image text translate. The platform will export the text from your images into the Image Translator where you can edit, fine-tune them with our built-in editing tools, and download the finished image, preserving your original design. No outsourcing required!
Yes! With our new Image Translator (now in beta), the AI translates images in seconds. Get enterprise-quality translations with our advance language AI which learns from your edits for ever-increasing, on-brand quality. Invite your internal linguistic reviewers or assign a subject matter expert reviewer from Smartcat Marketplace in minutes.
AI massively reduces the time needed to translate images compared with manual translation. This can lead to huge cost savings. It’s important to remember that AI translation isn’t perfect. To get high-quality output for your enterprise, it’s essential to use a language platform like Smartcat to train the AI based on your existing content and glossaries. Smartcat also gives you the ability to keep one or more humans in the loop to review, curate, and validate AI content.
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Smartcat has secure AI translation software that you can train using your translation memories, glossaries, and any existing content you upload to the platform. It also learns from the edits you make and then applies these learnings in future translations. As a result of this continual improvement process, Smartcat can help you achieve AI translations with 95%+ accuracy.
Smartcat translates a wide range of image formats including PNG, JPG, JPEG, BMP, PCX, JP2, JPC, JFIF, TIF, TIFF, and, GIF, with more to follow. If you have an unsupported format, you can convert it before uploading.
Smartcat supports translation between over 280 languages. These include all major global languages as well as many lesser spoken languages. You can translate image text into any of these 280+ languages in seconds with Smartcat AI image translation.
Yes, Smartcat maintains the original image layout and positioning of translated text. However, complex layouts or artistic formatting might require minor adjustments for optimal readability.
Smartcat's AI recognizes individual text elements within images. For complex layouts, you can manually select specific areas for translation or use context clues to ensure the translated text aligns with the intended meaning.
You can edit image text translation inside Smartcat Editor, Smartcat’s highly intuitive, easy-to-use online CAT tool, which also provides you with advanced AI editing options, such as AI Actions. Changes will be immediately reflected in the visual image editor.
Integration refers to connecting the Smartcat language platform to the place where you store your images. This lets you push translations back and forth without having to upload and download files. This saves a lot of time and hassle and means you can get updates automatically translated.
Smartcat prioritizes data security and utilizes industry-standard encryption to protect your images and translated text. Smartcat also adheres to strict confidentiality agreements, ensuring your content remains secure throughout the process. Smartcat never uses your data to train its AI.
While Smartcat doesn't offer real-time image translation yet, we're constantly innovating and expanding our capabilities. Stay tuned for potential future updates!
The Image Translator supports 50+ popular fonts and font styles, allowing you to choose which font best supports your translated text. In the future, we're likely going to offer customers the ability to upload custom brand fonts - if this interests you, reach out to our sales team!
Smartcat AI is the best image translator. It supports a wide range of file formats and can recognize embedded text. Its integrations enable seamless two-way transfer of translations, and you can train its AI to produce on-brand translations that need little human review. Book a demo now to see for yourself how high-quality image translation is easy in Smartcat.