# Webtoon & Manhwa Translator — Manhwa to English | TranslateMyManga Source page: https://translatemymanga.com/webtoon > Free webtoon and manhwa translator that understands long strips. Read Korean manhwa or Chinese manhua translated, vertical scroll intact. Plain-text version of this page for AI assistants and readers. Site overview: https://translatemymanga.com/llms.txt Prices and plan details change; the current ones are on https://translatemymanga.com/pricing --- 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 → English LONG STRIP · 5 PARTS RAW · 한국어 TRANSLATED · English An example page, not your upload — drag the divider to compare. Drop your own page in and this becomes your result. Drop a page here, or click to browse JPG · PNG · WEBP · PDF · CBZ · CBR — up to 20 MB Paste a screenshot or an image link anywhere on this page — or try one: Translate to: Order: 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](https://translatemymanga.com/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. TranslateMyManga Page-based tool Input shape Any aspect ratio, including 1:20 Breaks past roughly 1:3 Where it cuts On gutters between panels Fixed intervals, often mid-balloon Output One re-stitched strip A folder of loose crops Korean SFX Hand-lettered Hangul handled Usually skipped File size Re-encoded to load on mobile data Unchanged, 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 — try them with no account — or sign in free and drop your own chapter (30 free pages). [Translate a chapter](https://translatemymanga.com/) ## Languages Korean, Chinese and Japanese sources are detected automatically. ### Most used English Español Português Français Deutsch Italiano Nederlands Polski Türkçe Tiếng Việt Bahasa Indonesia Bahasa Melayu ### Also supported Filipino Română Čeština Magyar Svenska Norsk Dansk Suomi Hrvatski Slovenčina Lietuvių Latviešu Eesti Русский Українська Български Српски ไทย العربية 简体中文 繁體中文 한국어 日本語 ## More tools on the same engine One detector, one renderer, one balance — pick the entry that matches what you have. 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Upload the chapter above, or install the [extension](https://translatemymanga.com/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? New accounts get 30 free pages (10 a day over the first 3 days), plus free pages for daily check-ins. 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.