Ordinary translators look at one sentence at a time, so they often miss who is being talked about and who is addressing whom. Piemo translates with the earlier conversation and the relationship between the two people in mind, so families and couples who speak different languages get both the meaning and the tone across.
Invited people just enter a name, a form of address and a language to join.
This is the Korean speaker's phone. Each bubble shows what the other person actually wrote together with its translation. Below, every message and result is explained in English so you can compare.
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Ji-hoon's phone · left: ordinary translator, right: Piemo
1Girlfriend writes in Vietnamese
Tội a quá. Thứ 7 này a rảnh k?
What it meansAw, poor you. Are you free this Saturday?
정말 미안해요. 이번 토요일에 시간 있어요?
The translation saysI'm really sorry. Are you free this Saturday? (formal)
Turned sympathy into an apology.
오빠 너무 안됐어. 이번 토요일에 오빠 시간 돼?
The translation saysAw, poor you, oppa. Are you free this Saturday, oppa?
Reads the earlier message (he's eating late) and keeps the sympathy.
2Girlfriend writes in Vietnamese
Cn cũng đc. Mà a đi đám cưới nhớ đừng uống nhiều nha.
What it meansSunday works too. But don't drink too much at the wedding.
Cn도 괜찮아요. 그런데 결혼식에 갈 때는 너무 많이 마시지 마세요!
The translation saysCn is fine too. However, please do not drink too much when you go to the wedding! (formal)
Left the abbreviation Cn (Sunday) untranslated and turned a couple's casual talk into formal speech.
일요일도 괜찮아. 근데 오빠 결혼식 가서 술 많이 마시지 마.
The translation saysSunday is fine too. But oppa, don't drink too much at the wedding.
Sunday was just asked about, so Cn = Sunday — and the couple's tone stays.
3Boyfriend writes in Korean
알았어. 일요일에 그 파스타집 갈까? 저번에 자기가 가고 싶다던 데
What it meansOK. Shall we go to that pasta place on Sunday? The one you wanted to try last time.
Mình biết rồi. Chủ nhật đi ăn pasta không? Lần trước cậu ấy nói muốn đi mà
The translation saysI got it. Want to go eat pasta on Sunday? Last time that friend said they wanted to go.
Translated '자기' (honey, meaning “you”) as some other person.
Ừ, biết rồi. Chủ nhật mình đi quán mì Ý đó không? Chỗ lần trước em nói là muốn đi ấy.
The translation saysYeah, got it. Shall we go to that Italian place on Sunday? The place you said you wanted to go last time.
Renders the couple's '자기' as 'em' (you), keeping the meaning.
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Min-jun's phone · left: ordinary translator, right: Piemo
2Husband writes in Korean
응 내가 데리러 갈게. 수업 끝나면 둘이 먼저 저녁 먹고 있을게
What it meansYeah, I'll pick the kid up. After class, the two of us will have dinner first.
Ừ, tớ sẽ đến đón cậu. Sau giờ học, hai người sẽ ăn tối trước nhé.
The translation saysYeah, I'll come pick you up. After class, the two people will eat dinner first.
Now he's picking up his wife instead of the child.
Ừ, anh sẽ đi đón con. Học xong thì hai bố con anh sẽ ăn tối trước nhé.
The translation saysYeah, I'll go pick up our kid. After class, dad and the kid will have dinner first.
Knows from earlier that he's picking up the child, so “the two of us” becomes dad and child.
1Wife writes in Vietnamese
Hôm đó e có hẹn đi ăn tối với tụi bạn như e nói lần trước đó, chắc 8h mới về tới. Con học xong lúc 5h, a đón con được k?
What it meansThat day I have dinner plans with friends, like I told you. I'll probably be home around 8. The kid finishes at 5 — can you pick them up?
그날 전에 말했던 대로 친구들이랑 저녁 식사 약속이 있었어요. 아마 8시쯤에 돌아올 것 같아요. 저는 5시에 공부를 마쳤는데, 친구가 저를 데리러 올 수 있을까요?
The translation saysThat day I had dinner plans with friends as I said before. I'll probably be back around 8. I finished studying at 5 — could my friend come pick me up? (formal)
The child's schedule became the wife's own, and the husband became “a friend”.
그날 내가 전에 말한 것처럼 친구들이랑 저녁 먹기로 약속이 있어. 아마 8시에야 집에 도착할 것 같아. 애가 5시에 수업 끝나는데, 여보가 애 데리러 갈 수 있어?
The translation saysThat day I have dinner plans with friends, like I said. I'll probably get home around 8. Our kid finishes class at 5 — honey, can you pick the kid up?
Tells apart e (me), a (you, husband) and con (child), so the request stays intact.
3Wife writes in Vietnamese
Thì nói mẹ không cho.
What it meansThen tell them mom says no.
그럼 어머니께 절대 허락하지 않으실 거라고 전하세요.
The translation saysThen please tell your mother that she will never allow it. (formal)
Took 'mẹ' — the child's mom, the speaker herself — as someone's mother.
그럼 엄마가 안 된다고 했다고 해.
The translation saysThen say that mom said no.
Knows this is something to tell the child, so 'mẹ' is the child's mom.
Ordinary translator results are excerpts from entering each sentence into 3 free translation services (September 2026). Piemo results are the actual output of its translation engine. “The translation says” lines are English explanations of the Korean or Vietnamese translations.
Switching between a messenger and a translator app means long conversations get put off.
Without the relationship, warm words turn stiff and polite speech turns blunt.
If you only know one of the languages, there's no way to check the translation.
Piemo translates knowing the relationship you chose when creating the room — in families, but also at school, at home and between friends.
Daughter-in-law's screenCon ơi, lúc làm kim chi thì mẹ con mình làm cùng nhé. Mẹ sẽ chỉ cho con.얘야, 김치 담글 때 같이 하자. 내가 알려 줄게.
The mother-in-law becomes mẹ and the daughter-in-law con — the way Vietnamese families address each other
Teacher's screen선생님, 오늘 아이가 열이 조금 있어서 하루 쉬겠습니다.Thưa cô, hôm nay cháu hơi sốt nên xin cho cháu nghỉ một ngày ạ.
The polite ạ becomes Korean honorific speech
Landlord's screen사장님, 저희 집 온수기가 고장 났는데 한번 봐 주실 수 있을까요?Chú ơi, máy nước nóng nhà cháu bị hỏng rồi, chú xem giúp cháu được không ạ?
A polite request to an elder, kept polite
Chinese friend's screen这周末一起去吃火锅吗？我知道车站附近有一家很好吃的店。Cuối tuần này mình đi ăn lẩu không? Mình biết một quán ngon gần ga.
No Korean needed — two languages translated directly
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Translations can be wrong, so ways to notice and correct them live right inside the conversation.
For example, Vietnamese anh is rendered as the Korean word you picked (oppa, yeobo or jagi), with the right form of address and tone.
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A translated chat where family, couples, neighbors and groups who speak different languages each write and read in their own language in one room. It translates using the relationship chosen when the room was created and the earlier conversation, so forms of address and tone come across correctly.
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Korean, Vietnamese (native-reviewed), Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Thai, English, Khmer (beta) and Bengali (beta). Two languages without Korean can also talk to each other.
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