Translate a menu or sign from a photo or text

You're staring at a menu and don't want mystery meat. Get a plain translation plus allergen caution.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

The prompt · ChatGPT

Translate this menu or sign.

Text or detailed photo description: [paste / describe]
Allergies to watch: [list]
Language if known: [optional]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. Plain translation.
2. Words you're unsure of — marked.
3. Allergen caution lines.
4. A short phrase to ask staff to confirm.

Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, prices, opening hours or bookings. UK English.

Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.

A short example

Fill the blanks, then paste. paste / describe: a short note you already have. list: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

You paste text or describe/upload a photo.

The assistant asks about allergies.

You get a translation marked uncertain where needed.

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What happens

Use ChatGPT to translate a menu or sign from a photo or text

You're staring at a menu and don't want mystery meat. Get a plain translation plus allergen caution.

Tools

Paste the prompt, fill the blanks, copy the draft.

ChatGPT — required. Drafts from the text you paste. Nothing is sent.

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