AR → ENArabic to English, with dialects understood

Arabic to English translation, instantly.

Translate Arabic (العربية) into clear, natural English - from Gulf business correspondence and Al Jazeera headlines to Egyptian dialogue, Levantine chat and Maghrebi voice notes. Frontier AI, free for everyday use.

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ABOUT THIS PAIR

Arabic ↔ English - one of the most strategic pairs online.

Arabic unites 400 million speakers across 22 nations and serves as the sacred language for 1.8 billion Muslims, while English is the global lingua franca for business, science and the open web. translator.im bridges the two with frontier AI that recognises Modern Standard Arabic plus Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf and Maghrebi dialects - so the English you get reads naturally, whether the source is a Saudi contract, a Lebanese tweet or a verse of poetry.

400M+
Arabic speakers worldwide
MSA + 4 dialects
Registers handled
Idiom-aware
Beyond word-for-word
50+ languages
Other targets supported
COMMON PHRASES

Useful Arabic to English phrases.

A quick reference for daily conversation, polite greetings and asking for help. Tap any row to copy it into the translator above.

Arabic (العربية)
English
Romanised
مرحبًا
Hello
Marḥaban
السلام عليكم
Peace be upon you
As-salāmu ʿalaykum
شكرًا
Thank you
Shukran
من فضلك
Please
Min faḍlik
نعم / لا
Yes / No
Naʿam / Lā
صباح الخير
Good morning
Ṣabāḥ al-khayr
تصبح على خير
Good night
Tuṣbiḥ ʿalā khayr
كيف حالك؟
How are you?
Kayfa ḥāluk?
اسمي …
My name is …
Ismī …
تشرفنا
Nice to meet you
Tasharrafnā
عفوًا / آسف
Excuse me / Sorry
ʿAfwan / Āsif
بكم هذا؟
How much is this?
Bikam hādhā?
أين الحمام؟
Where is the bathroom?
Ayna al-ḥammām?
لا أفهم
I don't understand
Lā afham
أحبك
I love you
Uḥibbuka / Uḥibbuki
أهلاً وسهلاً
Welcome
Ahlan wa sahlan
WHY TRANSLATOR.IM

Arabic to English translation that actually reads like English.

We tune for fluent, idiomatic English output - not literal calques. Honorifics, religious phrases, dialect spellings and root-pattern wordplay are handled the way a bilingual translator would.

Idiom-aware output

Arabic idioms like 'القرد في عين أمه غزال' are rendered as natural English equivalents ('beauty is in the eye of the beholder') rather than literal word-for-word.

Native-sounding English

MSA + dialect input

Paste Modern Standard Arabic, Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf or Maghrebi dialect - including Arabizi (3rab written with Latin letters and numbers) - and get clean English back.

Dialect-aware

Paste long Arabic text

No upload needed - copy Arabic letters, articles or reports and paste up to 5,000 characters per request. Paragraph breaks stay in place, so long passages read back in order.

Up to 5,000 characters

OCR for Arabic text in images

Upload a photo or screenshot of a sign, letter or screenshot - connected script included. OCR runs in your browser, you check the recognised Arabic text, then read it in English. Works best on clear print.

In-browser OCR

Formal & literary register

Quranic study notes, classical poetry, government circulars, news editorials and academic papers translated into formal, citation-ready English.

Formal · classical · academic

No sign-up, no install

Nothing to install and nothing to register - paste your Arabic and go. You get 10 free translations a day; see our privacy policy for how requests are handled.

No sign-up required
USE CASES

Made for the moments Arabic needs to reach the world.

Gulf finance teams, religious scholars, journalists quoting sources, diaspora families sharing memories with non-Arabic friends - it all fits.

BUSINESS

Make Arab-world docs investor-ready

Convert Gulf pitch decks, Saudi contracts, Emirati real-estate listings and oil and gas reports from Arabic into clear, neutral English in seconds.

→ شروط العقد بين الطرفين
Terms of the contract between the two parties
FAITH

Study religious texts in English

Translate Friday sermons (خطبة الجمعة), Islamic lectures, Hajj and Umrah guides and devotional material from Arabic into respectful, accurate English.

→ بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
MEDIA

Quote Al Jazeera and Arab social

Translate Arabic news headlines, interview transcripts and viral TikTok captions into accurate English for global publication or research.

→ تقرير حصري من قناة الجزيرة
Exclusive report from Al Jazeera
DIASPORA

Share family messages in English

Translate WhatsApp voice notes from teta in Beirut, Eid greetings from Cairo and Maghrebi family updates from Paris so the whole household stays connected.

→ كل عام وأنتم بخير يا حبيبي
Wishing you well every year, my dear
TIPS

Tips for better Arabic to English translation.

Small framing choices that get noticeably better English output.

  1. Tell us the dialect if it isn't MSA

    Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf and Maghrebi dialects share roots but diverge in vocabulary and spelling. A note like 'this is Moroccan Darija' or 'Lebanese WhatsApp message' helps the model pick the right reading - especially for colloquial words written without short vowels.

  2. Send full paragraphs, not orphan lines

    Arabic uses null pronouns, gendered verbs and contextual case. A full paragraph - or even the surrounding sentence - lets the model pick the right English pronoun, tense and tone.

  3. Mention the audience or register

    Add 'translate for an academic journal,' 'translate as a friendly tweet' or 'translate as a respectful religious explanation' before pasting your Arabic - the English will match that register.

FAQ

Questions about Arabic to English translation.

Is the Arabic to English translator free?
Yes. Translating Arabic to English is free for everyday use - 10 translations a day, no sign-up. Paste up to 5,000 characters per request, or use Image mode to read Arabic text from a photo or screenshot.
Does it understand dialects, or only Modern Standard Arabic?
Both. The model handles Modern Standard Arabic (فصحى) plus the major spoken dialects - Egyptian (مصري), Levantine (شامي, covering Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan), Gulf (خليجي) and Maghrebi (مغربي / Darija). For best results, add a one-line note saying which dialect you are pasting.
How accurate is Arabic to English translation?
Output uses frontier translation models with paragraph-level context, which is more than enough for most everyday content. For high-stakes legal, medical or religious work we still recommend a human review by a native speaker.
How does it handle religious text accuracy?
For hadith, du'a and devotional content the model uses respectful, reverent English. For Quranic verses we recommend cross-checking against established scholarly translations (Sahih International, Pickthall, Yusuf Ali) rather than relying on machine output - we flag verses we recognise so you can verify against a trusted source.
Can I paste right-to-left Arabic text?
Yes. RTL Arabic is the recommended input - it is unambiguous and gives the cleanest English back. Copy from a PDF, Word file, website or chat and paste up to 5,000 characters per request; the English comes back left-to-right with your paragraph breaks in place.
Does it handle Arabizi (Arabic written with Latin letters and numbers)?
Yes. Arabizi input like '7abibi keefak el yom' is recognised - the digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 are read as their conventional Arabic-letter substitutes - and translated to English. Output is the same as if you had typed in Arabic script.
Can I translate Arabic PDFs and DOCX files into English?
Not yet - there is no file upload. Copy the Arabic text out of the PDF or Word file and paste it in (up to 5,000 characters per request, so translate long files section by section), or screenshot a page and use Image mode to read the Arabic and translate it.
Can I translate Arabic text from a photo or screenshot?
Yes. Switch to Image mode and upload, drop or paste a photo or screenshot. The Arabic is recognised in your browser, you can correct any misread letters, and then you get the English translation as text. It works best on clear printed text such as street signs, packaging and government forms; handwriting and calligraphy are hit-and-miss.
Can I translate Arabic into other languages?
Yes. Arabic can be translated into any of the 50+ languages in our main translator - including French (for the Maghreb diaspora), Turkish, Persian, Spanish, Chinese and more.

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