Paste a message from an Italian friend, a recipe from nonna, a work email or a photo of a sign - and read it in natural English. The translator understands Italian idioms instead of translating them word by word.
Italian shares thousands of Latin roots with English, which makes it look easy - until 'camera' turns out to mean bedroom, 'parenti' means relatives, and 'in bocca al lupo' (literally 'into the wolf's mouth') means good luck. Italians also drop subject pronouns, so 'è arrivata' could be 'she arrived' or 'it arrived' depending on context. translator.im reads the whole text and gives you English that captures what was actually meant.
Expressions Italians use all the time that do not translate word for word, with what they really mean and how to say them.
Italian is expressive, idiomatic and often leaves the subject unspoken. The AI reads whole paragraphs, so the English keeps the meaning and the tone.
'In bocca al lupo' becomes 'good luck', 'non vedo l'ora' becomes 'I can't wait', and 'avere le mani in pasta' becomes 'to have a hand in it' - not a literal translation that makes no sense.
Camera (room), parenti (relatives), libreria (bookshop), fattoria (farm), morbido (soft): the model reads them in context and picks the right English word.
Italian often drops 'he', 'she' and 'it' because the verb shows the person. The translator uses the surrounding sentences to put the right pronoun back in English.
Translate photos and screenshots of Italian menus, signs, recipes and printed documents. Text is recognised in your browser and you can correct it before translating.
Speak Italian in Chrome, Edge or Safari and get English text. Useful for practising, or for quickly translating something you just heard.
Up to 5,000 characters per request and 10 free translations a day. Press Listen to hear the English or Copy to reuse it.
Family records, recipes, messages and work emails - common reasons people translate Italian into English.
Researching Italian ancestry often means reading certificates and parish records. Paste typed text or upload a clear photo of printed text; old handwritten records are hard for text recognition, so type those out first.
Translate recipes from Italian blogs and cookbooks, including instructions written in the infinitive and measurements like 'q.b.' (quanto basta, 'as much as needed').
Italian messages are full of expressions that make no sense word for word. Paste them in and get the real meaning.
Formal Italian email uses fixed phrases and the formal Lei. The translator turns them into the English you would expect in a business message.
Three habits for more accurate results.
Because Italian drops subject pronouns, a single line like 'è partita ieri' could mean 'she left yesterday' or 'it started yesterday'. A few lines of context let the model choose correctly.
In Image mode, look over the recognised Italian before translating - a missing accent can change the meaning, as with è (is) and e (and), or papa (pope) and papà (dad).
If the text includes Neapolitan, Sicilian or Venetian words, mention the region. The model will try to explain them, but dialect results are less reliable than standard Italian.
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