German to English
Translate a German book into English, and keep the German
Upload a German novel, a book for work or a classic and get it back with English beside every paragraph, so a long German sentence never leaves you stranded.
Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheueren Ungeziefer verwandelt.
When Gregor Samsa woke one morning from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.
Er lag auf seinem panzerartig harten Rücken und sah, wenn er den Kopf ein wenig hob, seinen gewölbten, braunen, von bogenförmigen Versteifungen geteilten Bauch…
He lay on his armour-hard back and, when he raised his head a little, saw his domed brown belly, divided by stiff arching ribs…
»Was ist mit mir geschehen?«, dachte er. Es war kein Traum.
“What has happened to me?” he thought. It was no dream.
How it works
Upload the book, choose English, and look at the free preview of the opening pages, side by side. If it reads well, translate the whole book and read it in the browser, or download it as a PDF, an EPUB, or a Kindle file. More about translating a book.
Where to find German books
Project Gutenberg has hundreds of German classics as free EPUBs, from Goethe to Kafka. A DRM-free EPUB, a text-based PDF or a Word file of your own all work.
Reading German with English beside it
The verb at the end
German keeps its verbs, and its point, for the end of a long sentence. With English beside it you can read the German through and check the meaning once you get there, instead of losing the thread halfway.
Old scans and Fraktur
Books scanned from old prints, some in Fraktur type, are read with text recognition. How well that works depends on the scan, so look at the free preview before translating the whole book.
Questions
Can I translate a German book into English and keep the German?
Yes, that is what it does: each German paragraph stays, with its English translation beside it, in the browser, as a PDF, or as an EPUB or Kindle file.
Can I learn German with it?
Yes. Read the German first and look across only when you need to, or hide the English until you tap it. The free library also has German stories by level.