Pig Latin Translator
100% PrivateText & Writing ToolsTranslate text into Pig Latin and translate Pig Latin back into plain text.
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- 1Choose a direction: English to Pig Latin, or Pig Latin back to English.
- 2Type or paste your sentence.
- 3Read the translation in the result box.
- 4Copy it for your message, game or lesson.
Input: "hello world". The result is "ellohay orldway": hello moves its h to the end with ay, and world moves its w. A vowel word like "apple" simply gains way: "appleway". A cluster keeps together: "string" becomes "ingstray".
- The rules used here: vowel-start words add "way"; consonant clusters (including qu) move as one unit, then add "ay"; a starting y counts as a consonant.
- Reversal is best effort. Pig Latin throws away information about how many consonants moved, so a few words can return with letters in a different order.
- Capitalization is preserved word by word: Hello becomes Ellohay and HELLO becomes ELLOHAY.
There are regional variants, especially for words starting with y and for vowel words (some add "yay" or "hay" instead of "way"). This tool uses the most common schoolyard rules and states them above.
About this tool
The Pig Latin Translator moves the opening consonant sounds of each word to the end with "ay", and adds "way" to words that start with a vowel. It translates whole sentences both ways, keeps your capitalization, and leaves punctuation in place.
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