Terms and Conditions

Last Updated: 2026

Welcome to Baybayin Translator!

These Terms and Conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of Baybayin Translator’s Website, located at https://baybayin-translator.com.

By accessing this website, we assume you accept these terms and conditions in full. Do not continue to use Baybayin Translator if you do not agree to take all of the terms and conditions stated on this page.

1. Description of Service

Baybayin Translator is an educational, cultural, and informational web platform providing online transliteration tools, syllabary keyboard simulators, alphabet guides, and cultural research resources regarding pre-colonial Philippine scripts (including Baybayin) and regional Philippine languages (including Tagalog, Bisaya/Cebuano, and Ilocano).

All tools and educational resources provided on this website are offered for educational, personal, and non-commercial informational purposes free of charge.

2. Intellectual Property Rights

Unless otherwise stated, Baybayin Translator and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material, scripts, custom tools, CSS styling, and original articles published on Baybayin Translator. All intellectual property rights are reserved.

You Are Permitted To:

  • Use our online translators and keyboard tools for your personal, educational, and creative projects.
  • Download and print generated Baybayin stencils and graphics for personal tattoos, school projects, or private artistic reference.
  • Share links to our articles, guides, and tools with proper attribution.

You Must Not:

  • Republish, redistribute, mirror, or sell material from Baybayin Translator without prior written permission.
  • Scrape, reverse-engineer, decompile, or extract the underlying JavaScript algorithms, dictionaries, or software tools for competing services.
  • Reproduce, duplicate, or copy our original written essays, guides, or graphic stencils for commercial resale.
  • Frame or embed our web tools inside another website without express authorization.

3. Translation Accuracy & Linguistic Disclaimer

While we invest extensive care into ensuring that our algorithmic converters, syllabic kudlit rules, virama markers, and regional dictionaries reflect accurate historical and modern linguistic conventions:

  1. Educational & Reference Nature: Automated transliteration cannot always capture subtle regional nuances, historical poetic idioms, or complex archaic grammar.
  2. Permanent Tattoo Disclaimer: If you are using our Baybayin Translator for Tattoos or quotes guides for permanent body ink, commercial signage, or formal publication, you are strongly advised to cross-verify the rendered syllable sequence with an academic expert, native speaker, or certified linguist before tattooing or manufacturing.
  3. No Warranty of Perfection: Baybayin Translator shall not be held liable for any typographical mistakes, spelling discrepancies, tattoo errors, or misunderstandings arising from the use of our automated generators.

4. User Conduct and Permitted Use

When accessing and utilizing Baybayin Translator, you agree not to:

  • Use the website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the platform.
  • Use our service to process unlawful, defamatory, harassing, hateful, or obscene text.
  • Engage in any systematic or automated data collection activities (including scraping, data mining, data extraction, and data harvesting) on or in relation to our website without our express written consent.
  • Attempt to bypass security firewalls, inject malicious code, or disrupt server operations.

5. Third-Party Links & Advertisements

Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by Baybayin Translator. Furthermore, we may display third-party advertisements (such as Google AdSense).

  • We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or advertising vendors.
  • You acknowledge and agree that Baybayin Translator shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services available on or through any such websites.
  • For more information on how advertisers handle cookies, please inspect our Privacy Policy.

6. Disclaimer of Warranties (“As Is”)

This website and all its tools, software, graphics, and articles are provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or course of performance.

Baybayin Translator does not warrant that:

  • The service will function uninterrupted, secure, or available at any particular time or location.
  • Any errors or bugs will be corrected immediately.
  • The website is free of viruses or other harmful components.
  • The results of using the tools will meet your specific personal or commercial requirements.

7. Limitation of Liability

In no event shall Baybayin Translator, its founders, authors, operators, or affiliates be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages—including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, tattoo cover-up costs, or other intangible losses—resulting from:

  • Your access to or use of or inability to access or use the website;
  • Any conduct or content of any third party on the website;
  • Any content obtained from the website; and
  • Unauthorized access, use, or alteration of your transmissions or content.

8. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Baybayin Translator and its licensees, operators, contributors, and agents from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees) arising from:

  • Your use of and access to the website;
  • Your violation of any term of these Terms and Conditions;
  • Your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right.

9. Governing Law

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of the Philippines, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any legal disputes arising out of your use of this website shall be resolved under the competent jurisdiction of Philippine courts.

10. Modifications and Severability

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms and Conditions at any time. It is your responsibility to review this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of the website following the posting of any changes constitutes acceptance of those changes.

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law, such unenforceability or invalidity shall not render these Terms unenforceable or invalid as a whole, and such provisions shall be deleted without affecting the remaining provisions herein.

11. Contact Information

If you have any questions or clarifications regarding these Terms and Conditions, please contact us through our official Contact Us Page or via email at legal@baybayin-translator.com.