Comics & graphic novels · 2026
Comic & graphic novel translation — panels preserved.
In comics, the artwork is the language. Most tools extract the text and destroy the page; we translate the lettering and rebuild every panel so the story reads exactly as drawn — for $1.28 for a typical 64-page graphic novel.
Editorial: $2.56 — dialogue polished by a native review.
Compositions, gutters, and page turns stay untouched.
Translated text fitted to the balloon shapes, reading order preserved.
The craft
Comics translation is visual translation.
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Reading order respected
Manga's right-to-left flow or Western left-to-right — the panel order survives the translation, so the story beats land the same way.
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Dialogue fitted to balloons
Translated lettering is sized and placed to the balloon shapes — no overflowing bubbles, no art hidden under text boxes.
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SFX treated as art
Sound effects are re-lettered in the target language's comic style, positioned to keep each panel's impact.
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Print-ready pages
Trim-safe, print-ready PDF pages — ready for paperback upload or your printer.
Comics questions, answered.
Short answers about graphic-novel translation.
What happens to the artwork?
Nothing — that's the point. Panels, gutters, and page compositions stay exactly as drawn. Only the lettering is translated and re-set into the balloons, so the artist's storytelling rhythm is untouched.
What happens to sound effects?
Onomatopoeia is translated or re-lettered to match the target language's comic conventions, placed to preserve the panel's impact — SFX is part of the art, and it's treated that way.
Will the speech balloons still fit?
Balloons are re-set with the translated text fitted to their shapes, with the reading order (right-to-left or left-to-right) preserved. Where a language runs longer, the lettering is adjusted rather than the art cropped.
How much does a graphic novel cost to translate?
A 64-page graphic novel is $1.28 on Essential or $2.56 on Editorial — per-page pricing suits comics, where every page is designed.
Same panels. New readers.
Upload the graphic novel PDF and see the exact price from its real page count.
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