MangaLens / Manga translation blog
Practical notes for reading untranslated manga.
Reader-focused articles about manga OCR, translating Japanese manga online, image translation workflows, and privacy.
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Manga translation · 5 min read
→ 02Why a manga translator needs more than ordinary OCR
Speech bubbles, vertical Japanese, tiny captions, and text printed over artwork make manga translation a layout problem as well as an OCR problem.
- Japanese manga translator
- manga OCR
- vertical Japanese OCR
- AI manga translation
Reader workflow · 4 min read
→ 03A practical workflow for reading untranslated manga online
A reader-first approach to translating raw Japanese manga, Korean manhwa, and Chinese manhua in Chrome.
- read raw manga online
- translate Korean manhwa
- translate Chinese manhua
- online manga translator
Privacy · 4 min read
→ What happens to a manga image during translation?
A plain-language explanation of MangaLens BYOK handling, hosted image processing, and the seven-day cleanup asset retention period.
- manga translator privacy
- AI manga translation privacy
- manga OCR data retention