About this site

ဤဝက်ဘ်ဆိုက်အကြောင်းနှင့် မည်သူလုပ်ဆောင်နေသည်ကို ရှင်းပြထားပါသည်။

Why it exists

This site started with a stack of school letters. Our family translates documents for Burmese-speaking parents in Fort Wayne, Indiana — home to one of the largest Burmese communities in the United States — and the same problem kept repeating: a permission slip, a health form, a notice with a deadline, all in English, sitting unread on a kitchen table until the date had passed.

Translating one document for one family is slow. The tools that already existed either destroyed the formatting — turning a form with checkboxes and signature lines into unusable text — or produced Burmese that read like machine output. So we built something that keeps the document intact and follows the conventions a working translator actually uses.

Who runs it

It is run by one family, not a company or an agency. The translation conventions built into the tool — which words stay in English, how medication names and form codes are handled, when formal register is required — come from a translator who does this work for a school district. The site is independent and not affiliated with any school, district, employer, or government agency.

How the translation works

Uploaded documents are processed in memory and never stored. The text is translated by an AI language model under detailed instructions about Burmese document conventions, then placed back into the original file so tables, checkboxes, blank lines and signature fields stay exactly where they were. Output is always Myanmar Unicode, never Zawgyi.

Automated translation is very good and not perfect. For documents where an error carries real consequences — legal filings, medical consent, anything you sign — have a person review it. That is what our translator-reviewed service is for, and why we say plainly on that page which work we do not take.

Who writes the guides

Every guide and glossary entry on this site is written for this site. We do not republish school district documents or government material — those belong to the agencies that wrote them. The guides explain how American systems work in general terms; your own school or agency’s paperwork always governs the specifics, and we say so on each page.

How it is paid for

The tools and guides are free for families and will stay that way. Running costs are covered by advertising on the guide pages, by paid translation work for employers, schools and agencies, and by local sponsors. We do not sell visitor data, and we do not put advertising where someone is filling in a form or asking for help.

Contact

Questions, corrections, and translation errors are all welcome — being told we got a word wrong is genuinely useful. Reach us through the Ask a question page, in Burmese or English. Organizations asking about paid work can use the quote form on the services page. We reply within one business day.

See also our privacy policy for exactly what is and is not stored.