Italian to English
Translate a Italian book into English, and keep the Italian
Upload an Italian novel or classic and read it with English beside every paragraph, from Pinocchio to a contemporary novel you can't find in English.
C’era una volta…
Once upon a time there was…
— Un re! — diranno subito i miei piccoli lettori.
“A king!” my little readers will say at once.
No, ragazzi, avete sbagliato. C’era una volta un pezzo di legno.
No, children, you are wrong. Once upon a time there was a piece of wood.
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 Italian books
Liber Liber offers thousands of Italian classics for free, many as EPUB, and Project Gutenberg has more. Your own DRM-free EPUB, a text-based PDF or a Word file all work.
Reading Italian with English beside it
Books that were never translated
Much Italian fiction never reaches English. A parallel edition lets you read it now, with the Italian there to check against whenever the English seems off.
Old Italian, modern English
Classics use words and spellings that have changed since. The English beside them keeps you moving without a dictionary for every line.
Questions
Can I read an Italian book with English side by side?
Yes. Upload the book, choose English, and read each Italian paragraph with its English beside it, in the browser or on your e-reader.
Can I learn Italian with it?
Yes: read the Italian first and look across only when you need to. The free library also has Italian stories by level.