Hi Product Hunt! 👋 I’m the maker of TransLemon. I love traveling, but foreign scripts are hard for me, especially in Japan and Thailand. The worst case is a handwritten menu with no pictures: I have no idea what I’m about to order. I tried other translation apps, including Google Translate. They handle standard fonts fine, but complex handwriting often defeats them, and many of them are far more complicated than a travel tool needs to be. So I built what I wanted: one tap to snap a photo, one tap to start a conversation. And since AI models are so good now, the translation quality can be genuinely great. What it does 📷 Photo translation: point at a menu or sign and get the translation, with handwritten text in mind 🍜 Dish lookup: on menus, tap any dish name to see a description and likely photos of the dish 💬 Conversation translation: talk with someone in another language Pricing Free trial, no subscription needed: 3 photo translations + 3 minutes of conversation translation Basic plan: $3.99/week (150 photos + 15 minutes per week), plenty for a trip. Other paid options are available if you need more. 🎁 For the Product Hunt community:I’ve prepared 20 invite codes, each unlocking 250 photo translations + 30 minutes of conversation translation. Codes: [8C4FKF] [BZGDH6] [DYTPBD] [G2YSSF] [N5JPQN] [QF7UGG] [R3D47F] [RAN48W] [UA6NNX] [VEYYA5] If you redeem one, please leave a comment like code [xxxxx] used! so others know it’s taken. If they’re all gone, drop a comment anyway. I’ll release more codes from time to time. It’s iOS only for now. A little story: Lemon is my son’s nickname, and the logo is a walking 文 (the character for “writing”) casting an “A” shadow, with a lemon as the sun. I’d love to hear from you: what translation pain points have you run into while traveling? Any feedback on the app is very welcome. I’ll be here all day to answer questions!

TransLemon

Travel translator for handwritten menus & conversations

Travel translator for handwritten menus & conversations