Spanish parallel text from any page you read
Photograph a page of a Spanish book, share an article or paste a few paragraphs. SnapPara shows the Spanish with its English translation, sentence by sentence, so you can read on when a sentence is too hard.
Spanish above, English below
What it looks like
The opening of Don Quijote, photographed from a printed page, with the English SnapPara gave:
En un lugar de la Mancha, de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme, no ha mucho tiempo que vivía un hidalgo de los de lanza en astillero, adarga antigua, rocín flaco y galgo corredor.
In a village in La Mancha, whose name I do not care to remember, not so long ago there lived a gentleman of the sort who kept a lance in its rack, an old shield, a lean nag, and a swift greyhound.
Frisaba la edad de nuestro hidalgo con los cincuenta años; era de complexión recia, seco de carnes, enjuto de rostro, gran madrugador y amigo de la caza.
Our gentleman was nearing fifty; he was sturdy in build, lean of flesh, gaunt of face, an early riser, and fond of hunting.
Pero esto importa poco a nuestro cuento; basta que en la narración dél no se salga un punto de la verdad.
But this matters little to our story; what matters is that the account of him does not stray one jot from the truth.
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 Spanish 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:
- Don Quijote de la Mancha, Miguel de Cervantes (Wikisource) — one page per chapter, easy to share from a phone.
- Don Quijote, Miguel de Cervantes (Project Gutenberg) — the whole book as one file.
- Lazarillo de Tormes, anonymous (Project Gutenberg) — a short novel, good for a first whole book.
Open a chapter in your phone's browser and share it to SnapVerbo, or photograph a printed page.
Reading Spanish in SnapVerbo
- Accents and ñ are read from photos and screenshots as printed.
- A noun's card shows its gender (taquilla: noun, feminine), which a translation alone doesn't tell you.
- Older books use old spellings, like Cervantes's dél and deste. SnapPara translates them as they are.
Questions
- Can I read Don Quijote in Spanish with English side by side?
- Yes. Open a chapter on Wikisource and share it to SnapVerbo, or photograph a page of your own copy. SnapPara shows each Spanish sentence with its English translation.
- Is the translation only into English?
- No. SnapPara translates Spanish into many languages; set the one you want. This page uses English as the example.
- Do I have to type the Spanish 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.