Plum: Read English Books
Zagir Nurgaliev Education In-app purchases
Translate words as you read English books: tap a word, hold a sentence.
- Downloads
- 21+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Updated
- Sep 25
- 2026 · v0.4.1
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About Plum: Read English Books
HOW IT WORKS
• Tap a word: the translation appears above it, in your language
• Press and hold a sentence: get a translation of the whole sentence
• Difficult words are marked in advance
• Listen to the pronunciation of any word
• Word cards show the meaning that fits the context
A LIBRARY OF ENGLISH CLASSICS
Choose novels and stories from the catalog: Sherlock Holmes, Jane Austen, Dracula, Frankenstein, H. G. Wells and more. Filter by genre and by English level, from beginner to advanced.
YOUR OWN BOOKS
Import your own ebooks: EPUB, PDF, FB2, MOBI, TXT and DOCX. Your books get the same word and sentence translations as the catalog.
BUILD YOUR VOCABULARY
Words you look up go into your personal dictionary. Review them with flashcards and spaced repetition, and learn vocabulary from fiction you actually want to read.
READ YOUR WAY
• Light, sepia and dark themes
• Adjustable font, text size and line spacing
• Reading position, dictionary and bookmarks sync across your devices
• Download a whole book and keep reading without internet
TRANSLATION INTO 13 LANGUAGES
Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Japanese, Korean and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional).
Plum suits ESL learners, students and anyone who wants to read English books in the original instead of simplified texts.
Start reading for free. Plum Premium gives you full book access and removes the free plan's daily translation limits. Subscription options and prices are shown in the app. An internet connection is needed for new translations, book imports and training.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://api.plum-reader.com/terms
Privacy Policy: https://api.plum-reader.com/privacy
What’s new
Version 0.4.1 · Updated September 25, 2026
Read English books with translations right on the page: tap a word for its meaning, hold a sentence to translate it, and review the words you find with spaced repetition. New to sentence translation? The reader now shows a short tip: hold a sentence and its translation appears. Tables of contents set inside a book no longer get in the way of reading. The app is smaller and connects more reliably on different networks.
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