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Bengali to English translation, instantly.

Translate Bengali (বাংলা) into clear, natural English - from tea-stall chatter and Tollygunge scripts to NGO reports, government circulars and Tagore's poetry. Frontier AI, free for everyday use.

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ABOUT THIS PAIR

Bengali ↔ English - bridging 270 million speakers with the global web.

Bengali is the fifth or sixth most-spoken language in the world, with 270 million speakers across Bangladesh, West Bengal, Tripura and a global diaspora. English remains the working language of commerce, academia and the open web. translator.im bridges the two with frontier AI that understands literary cadence, NGO jargon, Dhaka colloquialisms and Kolkata idioms - so the English you get reads naturally, not robotically.

270M+
Bengali speakers worldwide
Tagore's tongue
Bengali won the first non-European Nobel (1913)
Academic & NGO
Registers handled
50+ languages
Other targets supported
COMMON PHRASES

Useful Bengali to English phrases.

A quick reference for daily conversation, polite formalities and asking for help - in both Bangladeshi and West Bengal Bengali. Tap any row to copy it into the translator above.

Bengali (বাংলা)
English
Romanised
নমস্কার / আসসালামু আলাইকুম
Hello (Hindu / Muslim)
Namaskar / Assalamu Alaikum
ধন্যবাদ
Thank you
Dhonnobad
হ্যাঁ / না
Yes / No
Hyañ / Na
অনুগ্রহ করে
Please
Onugroho kore
দুঃখিত / মাফ করবেন
Sorry / Excuse me
Dukkhito / Maaf korben
সুপ্রভাত
Good morning
Suprobhat
শুভ রাত্রি
Good night
Shubho ratri
কেমন আছেন?
How are you? (formal)
Kemon achhen?
কেমন আছো?
How are you? (familiar)
Kemon acho?
আমার নাম …
My name is …
Aamar naam …
আপনার সাথে দেখা হয়ে ভালো লাগলো
Nice to meet you
Apnar sathe dekha hoye bhalo laaglo
এটার দাম কত?
How much is this?
Etaar daam koto?
বাথরুম কোথায়?
Where is the bathroom?
Bathroom kothay?
আমি বুঝতে পারছি না
I don't understand
Aami bujhte parchi na
আমি তোমাকে ভালোবাসি
I love you
Aami tomake bhalobashi
সাহায্য করুন!
Help!
Sahajjo korun!
WHY TRANSLATOR.IM

Bengali to English translation that actually reads like English.

We tune for fluent, idiomatic English output - not transliteration. Honorifics, gendered phrasing, regional Dhaka and Kolkata vocabulary, and even mixed Banglish are handled the way a bilingual person would.

Idiom-aware output

Bengali idioms (যেমন - 'বাঘের ঘরে ঘোগের বাসা') are translated to natural English equivalents, not literal word-for-word.

Native-sounding English

Bengali script + Banglish input

Paste pure Bengali script, romanised Banglish ('kemon acho') or a mix - the model figures it out and gives you clean English.

Mixed-input ready

Paste long Bengali text

No upload needed - copy Bengali NGO reports, audits or papers 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 Bengali text in images

Upload a photo or screenshot of a sign, slide, packaging or form. OCR runs in your browser, you check the recognised Bengali text, then read it in English. Works best on clear print.

In-browser OCR

Formal & academic register

Government gazettes, school textbooks, legal notices and Kolkata academic journals translated into formal, citation-ready English.

Formal · academic · legal

No sign-up, no install

Nothing to install and nothing to register - paste your Bengali 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 Bengali needs to reach the world.

Students writing English assignments, NGO programme officers filing donor reports, journalists quoting Bengali sources, Tollygunge filmmakers subtitling for festivals - it all fits.

STUDY

Read Bengali sources, write English assignments

Translate Bengali textbook excerpts, Tagore essays or Kolkata academic articles into clean English for international submissions and revision notes.

→ বিজ্ঞান কেবল তথ্যের সংগ্রহ নয়।
Science is not merely a collection of facts.
NGO

File English donor reports

Bangladesh's NGO sector - BRAC, Grameen, ASA and hundreds of smaller outfits - reports to global funders in English. Translate Bengali field notes and beneficiary stories without losing nuance.

→ এই প্রকল্প গ্রামীণ নারীদের আয় বাড়িয়েছে।
This project has raised incomes for rural women.
MEDIA

Subtitle Bengali films and news

Paste dialogue or subtitle lines from a Tollygunge film, a Dhaka drama or a Bengali news clip and get English captions ready for YouTube, streaming or festival submission.

→ ও দাদা, এটা তো দারুণ ব্যাপার!
Hey, this is something amazing!
BUSINESS

Make Bengali business docs investor-ready

Convert Bangladesh garment factory audits, Dhaka startup pitch decks, contracts and product briefs from Bengali into clear, neutral English in seconds.

→ চুক্তির শর্তাবলী
Terms of the agreement
TIPS

Tips for better Bengali to English translation.

Small framing choices that get noticeably better English output from Bengali source text.

  1. Flag Bangladesh or West Bengal source

    Vocabulary diverges across the border - পানি (Bangladesh) vs জল (West Bengal) both mean water, and many idioms are region-specific. Telling the model 'this is Bangladeshi Bengali' or 'this is from a Kolkata newspaper' helps it disambiguate and gives more faithful English.

  2. Send full paragraphs, not orphan lines

    Bengali often drops pronouns and lets verb endings (and the apni/tumi/tui register) carry the subject. A full paragraph gives the model enough context to choose the right English pronoun, tense and tone.

  3. Mention the audience or tone

    Add 'translate for an academic paper', 'translate as a friendly tweet' or 'translate this Tagore poem with cadence preserved' before pasting your Bengali - the English output will match that register.

FAQ

Questions about Bengali to English translation.

Is the Bengali to English translator free?
Yes. Translating Bengali 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 Bengali text from a photo or screenshot.
How accurate is Bengali to English translation?
Output uses frontier translation models with paragraph-level context, which is more than enough for everyday Bengali content - emails, reports, news, social posts. For literary translation (think Tagore or Nazrul), legal contracts or medical records we still recommend a human review pass.
Does it support Bengali script (বাংলা লিপি)?
Yes. Bengali Unicode is the recommended input format - it is unambiguous and gives the cleanest English back. Conjuncts (যুক্তাক্ষর), matras, chandrabindu and the hashanta are all supported. The same script is used for Assamese with two extra letters; Assamese input also works.
Does it handle Bangladeshi Bengali and West Bengal Bengali?
Yes. The model knows both standards. Bangladeshi Bengali (Dhaka, Chattogram, Sylhet) and West Bengal Bengali (Kolkata) share grammar but use different words - পানি vs জল for water, ভাত vs অন্ন in formal contexts - and different idioms. Mention the source region if you want extra accuracy; otherwise the model handles both transparently.
Does it handle Banglish (Bengali written in Latin letters)?
Yes. Banglish input like 'kemon acho? aaj ki korbe?' is recognised and translated to English. The output will be the same as if you had typed in Bengali script.
How does it handle the apni / tumi / tui formality levels?
Bengali has three second-person registers - আপনি (formal, for elders, strangers, business), তুমি (familiar, for friends and peers) and তুই (intimate, for siblings and close friends). The model detects which one your source uses and renders the English with matching warmth or distance - more 'Sir/Madam' for apni, more casual phrasing for tumi or tui.
Can I translate Bengali PDFs and DOCX files into English?
Not yet - there is no file upload. Copy the Bengali text out of the PDF or Word file and paste it in (up to 5,000 characters per request, so work section by section), or screenshot a page and use Image mode to read and translate it. That approach works well for NGO reports, government circulars and academic papers.
Can I translate Bengali text from a photo or screenshot?
Yes. Switch to Image mode and upload, drop or paste a photo or screenshot (PNG, JPG, WEBP, GIF or BMP). The Bengali text is recognised right in your browser, you can fix any misread words, and then you get the English translation as text. Handy for street signs, garment labels, packaging and exam papers. Clear printed text works best; handwriting and decorative fonts are hit-and-miss.
Do I need an account to use the Bengali to English translator?
No. Just paste your Bengali and translate - no account, no app to install, and 10 free translations a day. Our privacy policy explains how translation requests are handled.

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