How-to
How to subtitle and translate video
The practical side: what to click, what to check, and which decisions are hard to undo once the video is encoded.
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Each of these covers one job end to end, including the parts that go wrong. If you are starting from nothing, begin with adding subtitles to a video and follow the links from there.
Walkthroughs
- How to add subtitles to a videoAdd subtitles to a video in your browser. Upload a file, pick a language, and download the MP4 with subtitles burned in plus SRT and TXT files.
- Translate a video into another languageTranslate a video into any of 30 languages and download it with the subtitles burned in, plus SRT and TXT files for both languages.
- Burn subtitles into a videoBurn subtitles permanently into the picture so they play everywhere. Upload a video, pick a language, and download the finished MP4.
- Turn a video into an SRT fileGenerate an SRT subtitle file from a video. Upload the file, and download timed subtitles in the original language, a translation, or both.
- Translate subtitles into another languageTranslate the subtitles on a video into any of 30 languages and download a translated SRT plus a video with the new subtitles burned in.
- Add captions to an MP4Add captions to an MP4 in the browser and download it with the text burned in, plus SRT and TXT files. Works with MOV, AVI, and MKV too.
- Generate subtitles automaticallyGenerate subtitles from a video automatically, translate them into 30 languages, and download the MP4 with the text burned in plus SRT files.
- Transcribe a video to textTurn spoken video into a text transcript. Download plain TXT and timed SRT files in the original language or translated into 30 languages.
- Subtitle a video for social mediaSubtitle vertical and short-form video for social feeds. Burned-in text that survives re-upload, in the original language or translated into 30.
- Add subtitles to an Instagram videoBurn subtitles into a Reel or feed video so it works with the sound off, in the language it was spoken or one of 30 others.
- Add subtitles to a TikTok videoPut readable subtitles on a TikTok clip, or translate what is said into one of 30 languages before you post it anywhere.
- Add subtitles to a LinkedIn videoCaption a LinkedIn video for a feed that plays muted, and translate it for colleagues and customers who work in another language.
- Add subtitles to a recorded meetingCaption a recorded meeting or webinar, get it as written text, and translate it for colleagues who could not be in the room.