Translate English into Tamil (தமிழ்) the way a native speaker would say it - polite where it matters, conversational where it counts. Frontier AI, full Tamil script support, free for everyday use.
Tamil is one of the world's oldest continuously-spoken languages, with literature reaching back over two thousand years to the Sangam era. Around 75 million people speak it natively - in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, across the Sri Lankan Tamil community, as an official language of Singapore, and throughout a vibrant diaspora in Malaysia, the Gulf, North America and beyond. Pairing it with English bridges Chennai's IT corridor, Kollywood subtitles, temple tourism and family WhatsApp threads - all with one quietly excellent translation.
Quick reference for travelling, greetings, shopping and conversation. Tap any row to copy it into the translator above.
Built on frontier translation models tuned for South Asian and Dravidian languages. No clunky word-for-word output - just Tamil that reads naturally.
Modern AI models that understand idioms, register and context across paragraphs - not single sentences in isolation. Dravidian grammar is handled the way a Tamil speaker would, not as if Tamil were a dialect of Hindi.
Vowel signs (உயிர்மெய் combinations), aytham, grantha letters for borrowed sounds and modern punctuation all render correctly. Output is ready to paste into Word, Pages, Notion or InDesign.
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 Tamil read aloud if your device has a Tamil voice. Handy for a chat with family in Chennai or Jaffna.
Upload, drop or paste a photo or screenshot of English menus, school worksheets or forms. The text is recognised in your browser, you can tweak it, and the Tamil translation comes back as editable text.
Paste up to 5,000 characters of English at a time - portal copy, product pages or school notices - and get Tamil back with your paragraph breaks in place.
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.
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Ask for directions in Madurai, order filter coffee in Coimbatore, or read signs on the way to Kandy and Jaffna. Image mode reads a photographed menu or notice, and Listen says your Tamil out loud.
Three small habits that make AI translation feel hand-written - and that respect Tamil's distinct grammar.
Tamil has a strong diglossia: செந்தமிழ் (literary) for books, news and formal letters; கொடுந்தமிழ் (spoken) for chat, films and conversation. Prefix your request with 'Translate into literary Tamil' or 'Translate into spoken Tamil' to lock the register.
Tamil verbs do not change for gender (unlike Hindi), but they do change for respect. For elders, customers and strangers use the polite நீங்கள் form; for friends and children use நீ. Mentioning the audience helps the model pick correctly.
Indian (Chennai) Tamil and Sri Lankan (Jaffna) Tamil differ in vocabulary and a few common phrases. Add 'use Sri Lankan Tamil' or 'use Indian Tamil' to your request when the audience is regional.
No account, no install, no waiting. Drop your English in and read it back in Tamil in seconds.