# 🍽️ Translate a menu, a sign or a label from a photo

**Use case:** 

Point it at a foreign menu, a street sign or a product label and get the text read and translated in one pass, the original on one side and your language on the other. Set `translateLanguage` to the language you want out and put your photo in `imageUrls`.

## Input

```json
{
  "searchTypes": [
    "translate-ocr",
    "ocr"
  ],
  "imageUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/JP_%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC_Japan_%E6%B2%96%E7%B9%A9_OKINAWA_%E9%82%A3%E9%9C%B8_Naha_%E9%AD%9A%E5%B1%8B%E6%B5%B7%E9%AE%AE_Izakaya_%E5%B1%85%E9%85%92%E5%B1%8B%E9%A3%9F%E5%A0%82_Japanese_seafood_restaurant_menu_February_2026_N13P_01.jpg/1280px-JP_%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC_Japan_%E6%B2%96%E7%B9%A9_OKINAWA_%E9%82%A3%E9%9C%B8_Naha_%E9%AD%9A%E5%B1%8B%E6%B5%B7%E9%AE%AE_Izakaya_%E5%B1%85%E9%85%92%E5%B1%8B%E9%A3%9F%E5%A0%82_Japanese_seafood_restaurant_menu_February_2026_N13P_01.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "imageKvsRecords": [],
  "translateLanguage": "en",
  "language": "en"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "translate-ocr": {
    "label": "Translate ocr"
  },
  "searchType": {
    "label": "Row type",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Google Lens | AI Mode | Reverse image search | Translation+OCR](https://apify.com/borderline/google-lens.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/borderline/google-lens.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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