Translate Arabic image to English
Photograph or upload anything written in Arabic (road signs, shop fronts, food labels, official notices, restaurant menus in the Gulf and North Africa) and read it in English, line by line.
Point at the text
Snap a photo, upload a screenshot, or paste an image (Ctrl/⌘ + V).
Reading Arabic from a photo
Arabic is written in Arabic script, written right to left, with numbers left to right. PointTranslate reads it with a vision model that sees the whole image at once, so it keeps lines and blocks together and translates them in context rather than character by character.
Tips for Arabic photos
- Right-to-left reading order is handled for you, including lines that mix Arabic and Latin text.
- Arabic numerals (١٢٣) and Western digits both appear; prices are copied as written.
- Calligraphic logos are decorative and often skipped; plain printed text translates best.
Translating a restaurant menu? The menu translator explains each dish, not just its name. Got a Arabic PDF or Word file? Use the PDF or document translator.
Questions
How do I translate a Arabic image to English?
Take or upload a photo above. The source is preset to Arabic and the target to your browser's language (English by default). Every block of Arabic text is read, translated and pinned to where it appears on the image.
Can it read Arabic handwriting?
Neat handwriting usually works. Very cursive or stylised writing may come back partly empty, because the model skips text it cannot read reliably instead of guessing.
Does it work on Arabic screenshots?
Yes, and screenshots are the easiest case because the text is perfectly sharp. On a computer you can paste a screenshot straight into the page with Ctrl or Cmd + V.
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