What MangaTranslate is best for
MangaTranslate, operated by Ficory LLC and presented in Korean as 만화 번역기, handles the whole scanlation-style pipeline in one upload: it recognises text in the page image, including stylised and outlined lettering, erases it, translates it, and refits the translation into the bubble with automatic sizing and line breaks. Pages go in as JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF or PDF up to 15MB each, in batches with a background queue and bulk download. There are three recognition models - Manga at 1 credit per page, tuned separately for Korean, Chinese and Japanese comics; Ultra at 2 credits for finer detail; and EagleEye, an early-access model at 1 credit - and a choice of translation engines that the pricing section lists as GPT-5, Papago and Google Translate. Fifteen typesetting font styles cover everything from action lettering to brush script and handwritten notes. Korean works as both source and target, among about 30 languages, and the interface is fully localized at /ko. Free use is three translations a week, plus a no-login trial. Paid plans run from $8 a month for 1,800 credits, discounted from $10, to $30 for 7,000 and an annual Ultra plan at $288 for 84,000, each with 10 percent bonus credits and no watermark; there is also a usage-based option and an API. The terms require that you only upload content you have the right to process, and the site publishes a DMCA notice. It also claims 100,000,000-plus translations and 99 percent accuracy, which we could not verify.
- Handles the tedious part - erasing and re-lettering - rather than only producing a text translation you then have to paste back in
- Korean-specific recognition and Papago as an engine option make it better suited to Korean comics than general image translators
- Complete Korean interface, not just a translated landing page
- Free weekly translations and a no-login trial let you judge the output on your own pages before paying
- Named operator, published DMCA notice, SLA and acceptable-use policy
- Translating a manga you do not hold rights to and sharing it is copyright infringement in most countries; the terms put that responsibility entirely on you, and the site uses a commercial title as its own demo
- The 100,000,000-plus translations and 99 percent accuracy figures are unsourced - machine-translated dialogue, jokes and sound effects still need a human pass
- Stopping auto-renewal is not self-serve: the refund policy says to contact support and request a review
- Refunds are generally not offered because trials exist; prorated handling applies only after more than 48 hours of verified outage
- The pricing section shows struck-through prices whose end date is not stated