Pig Latin Translator
Translate English to Pig Latin and back, keeping your punctuation, capitals and line breaks intact.
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How it works
Pig Latin moves the consonants before the first vowel to the end of the word and adds -ay: pig latin becomes igpay atinlay. Words that already start with a vowel just take a suffix, so hello world becomes ellohay orldway — you can switch that suffix between -way, -yay and -ay because all three are in common use.
This translator keeps your punctuation, line breaks and capitalisation intact (ALL CAPS stays ALL CAPS), treats qu as a single unit so quiet becomes ietquay, and handles a y in the middle of a word as a vowel. Flip the direction to translate Pig Latin back to English; because Pig Latin loses information, the reverse direction is a best guess and any word that does not look like Pig Latin is left alone and reported below the result. Everything runs in your browser with plain JavaScript — no uploads, no accounts, no ads.
Frequently asked questions
How do you say hello in Pig Latin?
"Hello" becomes "ellohay": the leading consonant h moves to the end of the word and -ay is added. "Hello world" becomes "ellohay orldway", because "world" moves its w and vowel-initial words take a suffix instead. Type any phrase into the box above and the translation appears as you type.
What are the rules of Pig Latin?
Two rules cover almost everything. If a word starts with one or more consonants, move that whole consonant cluster to the end and add -ay (pig becomes igpay, strong becomes ongstray). If a word starts with a vowel, leave it in place and add a suffix, either -way, -yay or -ay depending on the variant you prefer (hour becomes hourway). This tool also keeps qu together (quiet becomes ietquay) and treats a y in the middle of a word as a vowel.
Can this translate Pig Latin back to English?
Yes. Switch the direction to "Pig Latin to English" and it reverses the transformation, moving the trailing consonant cluster back to the front and stripping -way, -yay or -ay. Because Pig Latin loses information, the reverse direction is a best guess: the translator picks the most plausible English word beginning and tells you how many words did not look like Pig Latin so you can spot anything it left unchanged.