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English to Bengali translation, instantly.

Translate English into Bengali (বাংলা) the way a native speaker would say it - in Dhaka, Kolkata or the diaspora. Frontier AI, full Bengali script support, free for everyday use.

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ABOUT THIS PAIR

English ↔ Bengali - a literary giant meets the global lingua franca.

Bengali is spoken by around 270 million people - the national language of Bangladesh and the mother tongue of West Bengal, Tripura and a vast diaspora from London's Brick Lane to New York. It is the language of Tagore, Nazrul Islam and a thousand years of poetry. translator.im pairs it with English using frontier AI that handles both Dhaka and Kolkata speech, formal apni and intimate tui, and pure Bengali script throughout.

270M+
Bengali speakers worldwide
Tagore's tongue
First non-European Nobel in Literature (1913)
Bangladesh + West Bengal
Two homelands, one language
Indo-Aryan
Language family
COMMON PHRASES

Useful English to Bengali phrases.

Quick reference for greetings, travel, shopping and conversation across Bangladesh and West Bengal. Tap any row to copy it into the translator above.

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

An English to Bengali translator that respects both Bangladesh and Bengal.

Built on frontier translation models tuned for South Asian languages. No word-for-word clunkiness - just Bengali that reads naturally in Dhaka, Kolkata or wherever your reader is.

Frontier model accuracy

Modern AI that understands idiom, register and context across paragraphs - not single sentences in isolation - so the Bengali sounds written, not generated.

Context-aware translation

Full Bengali script support

Conjuncts (যুক্তাক্ষর), matras, the chandrabindu and modern punctuation all render correctly. Output is ready to paste into Word, Pages, Notion or InDesign.

Unicode-clean output

Speak English, hear Bengali

Switch to Voice mode and just talk - your browser's speech recognition (Chrome, Edge or Safari) types your English for you. Tap Listen to hear the Bengali read aloud if your device has a Bengali voice. Handy for a quick call home to Dhaka or Kolkata.

Voice in · Listen out

Image & screenshot OCR

Upload, drop or paste a photo or screenshot of English menus, signs, garment labels or forms. The text is recognised in your browser, you can tweak it, and the Bengali translation comes back as editable text.

In-browser OCR

Long text in one paste

Paste up to 5,000 characters of English at a time - launch copy for Dhaka or Kolkata - and get Bengali back with your paragraph breaks in place.

Up to 5,000 characters

No sign-up, no install

Open the page and start translating - no account, no download, no credit card. You get 10 free translations a day, and our privacy policy explains how requests are handled.

No sign-up required
USE CASES

Made for the moments English needs to become Bengali.

Whether you are sourcing garments in Dhaka, publishing Tagore translations in Kolkata, sending love to parents abroad, or filing an NGO report - translator.im fits the moment.

BUSINESS

Bangladesh garment & export trade

Translate purchase orders, compliance audits, RMG specs and buyer emails into Bengali for factories in Dhaka, Gazipur and Chattogram - the world's second largest garment hub.

→ Please confirm the shipment schedule for next month.
অনুগ্রহ করে আগামী মাসের শিপমেন্টের সময়সূচি নিশ্চিত করুন।
DIASPORA

Stay close to family back home

Send WhatsApp messages, Eid greetings and Pohela Boishakh wishes in fluent Bengali to parents in Dhaka, Sylhet or Kolkata - from London, NYC or the Gulf.

→ Wishing you a very happy Pohela Boishakh!
শুভ নববর্ষ! পহেলা বৈশাখের অনেক শুভেচ্ছা।
NGO

Bilingual development reports

Bangladesh's NGO sector - BRAC, Grameen, ASA - runs on bilingual documentation. Translate donor reports, training manuals and impact studies in seconds.

→ Microcredit programmes reached 8.3 million households this year.
এই বছর ক্ষুদ্রঋণ কর্মসূচি ৮৩ লাখ পরিবারের কাছে পৌঁছেছে।
LITERATURE

Tagore, Nazrul and beyond

Render English drafts into literary Bengali for publishing houses, little magazines and academic journals in Kolkata - while keeping the cadence intact.

→ Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high.
চিত্ত যেথা ভয়শূন্য, উচ্চ যেথা শির।
TIPS

Tips for better English to Bengali translation.

Three small habits that make AI translation feel hand-written by a Bengali speaker.

  1. Pick your register: apni, tumi or tui

    Bengali has three levels of 'you'. আপনি (apni) is formal - for elders, strangers, business. তুমি (tumi) is familiar - for friends, younger family. তুই (tui) is intimate - for close friends and siblings. Tell the model 'translate using apni' or 'translate informally with tumi' so verb endings come out right.

  2. Specify Bangladesh or West Bengal flavour

    Vocabulary and idioms shift across the border. Kolkata uses জল for water, Dhaka uses পানি. Add 'translate for a Bangladeshi reader' or 'for a Kolkata audience' if it matters - otherwise the model defaults to neutral standard Bengali.

  3. Keep names and brand terms in English

    People's names, product names and most modern brands stay in English (or transliterated to Bengali script). translator.im preserves them unless you ask for everything in romanised Bengali.

FAQ

Questions about English to Bengali translation.

Is the English to Bengali translator free?
Yes. Translating English to Bengali is free - up to 10 translations a day, with no sign-up or account. Each request takes up to 5,000 characters, and the Image and Voice modes in the same box are free too.
How accurate is the English to Bengali translation?
Output is produced by frontier translation models with paragraph-level context, so most everyday content - emails, reports, marketing copy - comes out fluent and faithful. For literary, legal or medical work, we recommend a quick review by a native Bengali speaker.
Does it output proper Bengali script (বাংলা লিপি)?
Yes. All output is Unicode Bengali, with full support for conjuncts (যুক্তাক্ষর), matras, chandrabindu and the hashanta. Paste it straight into Word, Pages, InDesign or any modern app. The same script is used for Assamese with minor variations.
Does it handle Bangladeshi Bengali and West Bengal Bengali differently?
Yes. The model knows the two main standards. Bangladeshi Bengali (Dhaka) and West Bengal Bengali (Kolkata) share grammar but diverge in vocabulary - পানি vs জল for water, নাস্তা vs জলখাবার for breakfast - and idioms. Mention your target audience in the request and the model will tilt the output accordingly. Without instruction it defaults to neutral standard Bengali.
How do I choose between formal (apni), familiar (tumi) and intimate (tui)?
Bengali has three second-person registers, and they change verb endings. Use আপনি (apni) for elders, professional contexts and strangers; তুমি (tumi) for friends, peers and younger family; তুই (tui) for siblings and very close friends. Just prefix your prompt with 'translate formally' or 'translate informally with tumi' and the model will pick the right form.
Can I translate English PDFs and Word documents into Bengali?
Not yet - there is no PDF or Word upload. Copy the text from your 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 and translate it. That approach works well for NGO reports, academic papers and contracts.
Can I translate signs, labels or screenshots from a photo?
Yes. Switch to Image mode and upload, drop or paste a photo or screenshot (PNG, JPG, WEBP, GIF or BMP). The English text is recognised right in your browser, you can fix any misread words, and then you get the Bengali translation as text. Handy for garments labels, packaging, restaurant menus and street signage. Clear printed text works best; handwriting and decorative fonts are hit-and-miss.
Do I need an account to use the English to Bengali translator?
No. There is no sign-up, login or install - open the page and start translating, with 10 free translations a day. For how translation requests are handled, see our privacy policy.
Can I translate from Bengali back to English?
Yes. Use our dedicated Bengali to English translator for a Bengali-source experience with phrases and tips tuned for that direction.

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No account, no install, no waiting. Drop your English in and read it back in Bengali in seconds.