Smooth, Human-Like Japanese to English Novel Translations

Translate Japanese novels into fluent, natural English with AI designed for web novels
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Glossary for name, gender & term consistency
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Slow releases, and not all novels are translated

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Powerful glossary features to keep names, genders and terms consistent

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We detect characters and terms for you from the novel content, and let you customize these to keep the translation throughout the novel.

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