This is the most dependable Elizabethan/contemporary English translator I could make! Unfortunately I don't think it will ever be perfect (far from it!), but I do hope it can help you out.
Here are some tips that can't otherwise be incorporated into this translator itself:
"You", "your", and "yours" are formal; "thee", "thy", and "thine" are informal.
Grammatically, "thy" is used like "your", whereas "thine" is used like "yours" (or like "your" if the next word starts with a vowel sound).
Verb conjugation can be essentially the same as how we conjugate verbs in English today, or: thou (verb) -est or -st, he/she/it/(noun) (verb) -eth or -th.
(Side note: if you get a plural noun that ends in -th, this is a mistake on the part of the translator, since it doesn't differentiate between nouns/pronouns and verbs. Please feel free to make a suggestion if you know how to fix it!)
Honestly, I mainly made this as an aide to understand Shakespeare's writing a little better. (The reverse translation option is more just for fun!)
Thanks for using :)
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