Italian parallel text from any page you read
Photograph a page of an Italian book, share an article or paste a few paragraphs. SnapPara shows the Italian with its English translation, sentence by sentence.
Italian above, English below
What it looks like
The opening of Collodi's Pinocchio, photographed from a printed page, with the English SnapPara gave:
— Un re! — diranno subito i miei piccoli lettori.
“A king!” my young readers will say at once.
— No, ragazzi, avete sbagliato. C'era una volta un pezzo di legno.
“No, guys, you’re mistaken.” Once upon a time, there was a piece of wood.
Non era un legno di lusso, ma un semplice pezzo da catasta, di quelli che d'inverno si mettono nelle stufe e nei caminetti per accendere il fuoco e per riscaldare le stanze.
It wasn’t a luxury wood, but just an ordinary piece of firewood, the kind put in stoves and fireplaces in winter to light a fire and warm the rooms.
Tap a sentence and it lights up in both languages. Tap a word to hear it and save it with the sentence and its translation; it comes back on your flashcards. The translation can be into your own language instead of English.
What to read
Any Italian you already have works: a paperback, a news site, a screenshot of an app. If you're looking for something, these are free and public domain:
- Le avventure di Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi (Project Gutenberg) — short chapters in plain Italian.
- La Divina Commedia, Dante Alighieri (Project Gutenberg) — for when you want a challenge.
Open a chapter in your phone's browser and share it to SnapVerbo, or photograph a printed page.
Reading Italian in SnapVerbo
- The word card gives the dictionary form: tap lettori and it shows lettore, plural.
- Nouns come with their gender (legno: noun, masculine).
- Elided words like C'era and d'inverno are read and translated as part of the sentence.
Questions
- Can I read Pinocchio in Italian with English side by side?
- Yes. Open it on Project Gutenberg and share it to SnapVerbo, or photograph a page of your own copy. SnapPara shows each Italian sentence with its English translation.
- Is the translation only into English?
- No. SnapPara translates Italian into many languages; set the one you want. This page uses English as the example.
- Do I have to type the Italian text?
- No. SnapVerbo reads the text from a photo or screenshot on the phone. Web articles are shared from the browser, and you can paste text too.
- Is it free?
- Yes, free forever, with no account needed. Short ads help cover the cost of AI translation.