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Translate your first volume

From a file on your disk to an English volume you can read, in five steps.

1. Import

Click New project and drop a folder of images, a CBZ, ZIP or PDF onto the window. Pages are sorted by file name.

2. Check page order

Manga reads right to left, so that is the default. Switch to left to right for webtoon-style or Western books.

3. Translate

Click Translate. Serifu shows the cost first: one credit per page, plus one per area of text drawn on artwork that needs a redraw. You can keep working while pages fill in. If you run out of credits, translation pauses and continues after you buy more.

4. Review

Open the editor. Click any bubble to change its text or re-translate it. Areas marked retouch need a quick look; see Retouch flagged areas.

Re-translating a line on a page within 24 hours of translating it is free.

5. Export

Choose PNG images, CBZ for your reader app, or layered PSD to keep editing elsewhere. See Export.