Video Translator
Your browser opens the video, strips the picture away and keeps the sound. Only the audio is sent: first to be written down, then to be translated. You get .srt and .vtt subtitle files, with the original line next to each translated one.
Only need the sound? Video to MP3 writes out the audio track. Text in a picture? Translate the picture to English. Text in a PDF? Use the PDF Translator.
- The video stays on your disk
- No account
- No watermark
- 5 pages a day free
What leaves your computer
The sound, and then the words in it. Your browser opens the video on your own disk and writes out a small mono audio track; that track is sent to be transcribed, and the transcript is sent to be translated. The video itself, the picture, the file and everything visible in it, never goes anywhere.
How the pages are counted
One page is one minute of audio, counted on our side from the audio we actually receive. The transcript is charged a second time as text when it is translated, at 3000 characters per page: around one extra page for every three minutes of speech. The free allowance is 5 pages a day. When it runs out the tool stops until tomorrow, unless you have a pass: $9 for 1,500 pages, good for 30 days.
What this does not do
It does not put subtitles into the picture; you get .srt and .vtt files instead. Videos are capped at 30 minutes, the audio is sent in two-minute pieces so a word on a boundary can be lost, and the transcript is written by a model that mishears names and crosstalk.
What this tool does for you
The parts worth knowing before you start.
The picture never leaves the machine
The video engine runs inside this page and writes out a small mono audio track: a one-hour recording is about 14 MB of audio against several gigabytes of video. The picture itself is never read by anyone but you.
Subtitle files, not a re-encoded video
You get .srt and .vtt. Nothing is burned into the picture; the file you already have stays untouched, and any player can load a subtitle file next to it.
Both languages come back
The transcript is kept alongside the translation, in the preview and in a second .srt.
A daily page allowance
Writing down speech and translating it both call a model, so there is a daily allowance.
How to use Video Translator
Choose a video and pick the language you want the subtitles in.
The sound is pulled out on your own machine, then sent two minutes at a time to be written down and translated.
Download the translated .srt or .vtt, and the original-language .srt if you want it.
When people use it
A lecture or a talk in a language you half-follow
Subtitles let you check the sentences you missed.
Footage you are not allowed to upload
Interviews, customer calls, internal recordings. The audio still has to be sent to be transcribed, but the video and everything visible in it stays on your disk.
Giving a clip subtitles before you share it
A .srt next to the file is enough for most players, and you can edit the lines before anyone sees them.
Questions about Video Translator
Is my video uploaded?
No. The video is opened by your browser and the audio track is extracted on your own machine. That audio is sent to be transcribed, and the resulting text is sent to be translated. The video file, and everything visible in it, stays on your computer.
What exactly do I get?
Three files if you want them: the translated subtitles as .srt and as .vtt, and the original-language transcript as .srt. No new video is produced and nothing is burned into the picture.
How is the allowance counted?
One page is one minute of audio, and the transcript is charged again as text when it is translated: roughly one extra page for every three minutes of speech. With 5 free pages a day that is about four minutes of video per day, start to finish.
How long can the video be?
Thirty minutes. For a longer recording, cut the part you need with the Video Cutter first; that step runs entirely on your machine.
How accurate is it?
Clear single-speaker speech comes out well. Names, jargon, crosstalk, heavy accents and music underneath all cost accuracy, and the translation is machine translation on short lines with little context around them. The audio is sent in two-minute pieces, so a word landing exactly on a boundary can be lost.
What if the video has no speech?
You get told that nothing was heard, and the pages are put back. Silence, music without vocals and unrecognisable noise all end the same way.
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