Manga Translator

AI translator for raw manga

Manga Translator - Instant AI Translations for Manga

"Manga Translator" is an easy-to-use Chrome extension that allows you to translate raw manga using AI technology. With support for translations from Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and other languages to over 10 different languages, it offers both free and premium services. The extension is designed to work seamlessly in your browser, with no copy-pasting needed. Additionally, it has apps available for Android and iOS, making it convenient to read and translate manga on the go.
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Extension stats

Manifest V3
Users: 50,000+
Version: 0.2.53 (Last updated: 2025-02-28)
Creation date: 2020-07-08
Permissions:
  • storage
  • identity
  • activeTab
Host permissions:
  • <all_urls>
Size: 506.88K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Manga Translator (v1.0.46)
29,797+ 2.82 (182)
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Offers 80 free requests weekly
  • Decent translation quality compared to some alternatives
  • Relatively easy to use for manga translation
Cons
  • Many users experienced issues with functionality (does not work or consistently crashes)
  • Premium upgrade advertisements lead to frustration
  • Translations are often rough and sometimes hard to read
  • Long waiting times for translations, making the service feel slow
Most mentioned
  • Functionality issues and doesn’t work for many users
  • Premium tier pressure and frustration about upgrade prompts
  • Translation quality is inconsistent; often rough or confusing
  • Limitation of 80 translations per week, impacting usability
User reviews
Did not work at all. It also had a 80 free passes, used them but didn't translate even a single convo bubble
by Lee Sook, 2025-03-03

It's 80 free requests, but when I use it, the only thing it gives me is an overlay that says "Upgrade to premium to translate this image".

It is very good on single-page or infinite-scrolling manga sites (rawkuma). For manga sites where you have to click the page in order to turn to the next page (nhentai) its translation overlay prevent the clicks from reaching the original image and so page turning stops working. Making the overlay have `pointer-events: none` css seems like a simple and obvious improvement, and I can even do it myself by adding custom css with tampermonkey or uBO but it's weird why they don't see it during QA and they don't fix it. Another old bug they keep ignoring is when you move back to a previously translated page, either no translation is shown, or the wrong page's translations remain stuck and never disappear. Hiding and showing the translation with the E/Q hotkeys removes the wrong "stuck" translation, but does not show the correct one. Another slightly annoying issue is when some texts partially overlap, you can not easily read the back one. They've made it so you have to click it to open it in a separate overlay so you can read it. Then that overlay can not be closed by a repeated click or by clicking on another text, only clicking its X closes it, but that may be off-screen in some cases. Instead of all that complication they could've just made translations raise to the front (high z-index) on mouse hover with simple CSS, or on click with JS. Also not having a private contact option on their own site and relying on publicly visible extension store reviews for feedback is quite bad. No wonder most people don't dare complain about nhentai here. Still, it's a popular site on which they obviously should've QA-ed their stuff even without reports. The 80 weekly translations quota is not enough except for very occasional use though. This can not be considered a free extension at all anymore.
by Georgi Rusev, 2025-02-20
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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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  • High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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