Long-strip aware

Webtoon & manhwa
translator

Korean manhwa and Chinese manhua are one tall image, not a set of pages. To translate manhwa properly we slice at the gutters, translate each part, and draw the manhwa translation back onto the original — so vertical scroll stays vertical and nothing gets cut mid-bubble.

example · 한국어 → EnglishLONG STRIP · 5 PARTS
The same webtoon strip after TranslateMyManga translated it into English, sliced at the gutters and merged back.
The top of a Korean webtoon episode before translation.
RAW · 한국어TRANSLATED · English
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Korean · Chinese · Japanese → 30+ languages. For a whole long-strip chapter use the chapter translator.

Built for long-strip

The part every page-based translator gets wrong.

01

Smart slicing

Cuts on gutters, never through a speech bubble or a face.

02

One strip back

Translations are drawn onto the original tall image at its original size — not 14 separate crops.

03

Korean-first OCR

Hangul in stylised SFX and hand-lettered shouts, which is where most models fall over.

04

Whole-page context

Every balloon on an episode is translated in one pass with the full page as context, so a system term used three times comes out the same three times.

05

Compression that survives

Long strips are heavy. We re-encode so a 40 MB chapter loads on mobile data.

06

Reads where you read

Or use the extension and never leave the reader.

How to translate a webtoon chapter

Long-strip chapters need a different path from page-based manga. This is it.

1

Drop the strip

One tall image in JPG, PNG or WEBP. Anything taller than 3.5× its width is treated as a long strip automatically; the tool tells you how many parts it will cut before you run it.

2

We cut on the gutters

The strip is split where the artwork already breaks, never through a balloon or a face. Each piece is translated with the pieces around it for context.

3

Get one strip back

Translations are drawn straight onto the original image at its original dimensions. One tall image, not fourteen crops — vertical scroll stays vertical.

Six problems specific to long-strip

None of these come up on a page-based manga, and all of them come up on manhwa.

CUTTING

Where to split

A 1:20 strip has to be cut before anything can read it. Cutting on the gutters the artist already drew keeps balloons and faces intact; cutting at fixed intervals does not.

ONE IMAGE

Nothing to reassemble

Every part’s boxes are mapped back to full-strip coordinates and drawn on the original, so you get one tall image back rather than fourteen crops to scroll through separately.

HANGUL

Korean lettering

Hand-drawn Hangul in effects and shouted lines is where most models fall over, and it is everywhere in manhwa.

WEIGHT

File size

Chapters routinely arrive at 40 MB. Output is re-encoded so it loads on mobile data, which is how most manhwa is actually read.

FIX

Draw a box

Missed a balloon? Draw a box over it and the model reads just that region for one credit, merged into the strip — no full re-run.

OFFICIAL

The gap it fills

WEBTOON shut down its own fan translation service in late 2025. For a lot of series there is now no path at all to a non-English reading.

Long-strip is not a tall manga page

Tools built for page-based comics tend to fail on manhwa in the same four ways.

TranslateMyMangaPage-based tool
Input shapeAny aspect ratio, including 1:20Breaks past roughly 1:3
Where it cutsOn gutters between panelsFixed intervals, often mid-balloon
OutputOne re-stitched stripA folder of loose crops
Korean SFXHand-lettered Hangul handledUsually skipped
File sizeRe-encoded to load on mobile dataUnchanged, often 40 MB+

Who this is for

Readers waiting on a scanlation

The raw chapter is out, the translated one is three weeks away. Read it now and re-read the official version later if you want.

People reading outside English

Most manhwa reaches Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish and Indonesian much later than English, if at all. Translating from Korean directly skips the double-hop through English.

Webtoon creators

You made it, you localise it. Pin the character names once and they stay consistent across every episode you run.

Language learners

Manhwa dialogue is conversational and paired with visual context — better material than a textbook for reading practice.

Try a strip

Sample pages are built into the tool, or drop your own chapter. 3 pages a day free, no account.

Translate a chapter

Languages

Korean, Chinese and Japanese sources are detected automatically.

Most used

EnglishEspañolPortuguêsFrançaisDeutschItalianoNederlandsPolskiTürkçeTiếng ViệtBahasa IndonesiaBahasa Melayu

Also supported

FilipinoRomânăČeštinaMagyarSvenskaNorskDanskSuomiHrvatskiSlovenčinaLietuviųLatviešuEestiРусскийУкраїнськаБългарскиСрпскиไทยالعربية简体中文繁體中文한국어日本語

Manhwa & webtoon FAQ

How do I translate Korean manhwa to English?

Upload the chapter above, or install the extension and read with auto-translate on. Both handle Hangul including stylised sound effects.

Does WEBTOON's own translation service still work?

No. WEBTOON discontinued its Fan Translation Service in late 2025 and translate.webtoons.com is offline. That's part of why this page exists.

What about manhua (Chinese)?

Supported — simplified and traditional, vertical and horizontal.

Is there a free webtoon translator?

3 pages a day are free with no account. A chapter is usually 1 long image, which counts as roughly 3–5 pages.

How long can the strip be?

Up to about 30 parts per run — the tool tells you the count before it starts. Each part is translated with its own full context, and the results are drawn straight onto the original image, so you get one strip back. For a longer chapter, split it and run the halves.

Will the file still open on my phone?

Output is re-encoded so a chapter that arrived as 40 MB comes back at a size that loads on mobile data without visible quality loss.

Does it work on manhua?

Yes — simplified and traditional Chinese, in both long-strip and page formats.

Can I keep character names consistent across episodes?

Within an episode, yes — the whole page is one translation pass. A pinned series glossary isn’t available yet; if a name drifts, draw a box over that balloon and re-read it.

What about text drawn into the artwork?

Sound effects and signage outside balloons are redrawn where they sit, with an outline, rather than being dropped.