Add German subtitles to a video
Sometimes the job is not translation at all: the video is already in German and just needs captions that match the speech. That is the same pipeline without the translation step.
You get an SRT you can restyle, or a copy with the German line burned in at the original resolution.
source · German audioDer Antrag muss bis Freitag eingereicht werden.
German subtitle, as writtenDer Antrag muss bis Freitag eingereicht werden.
00:00:12,480 → 00:00:15,120 · cue split on speech, not on punctuation
Run one clip free
Free under 60 seconds, no account. Longer videos: 1 credit per minute.
What happens to your video
- Upload the file or paste a public link. Phone footage (HEVC/MOV) is read as it comes off the phone.
- The audio is transcribed first, with word-level timing, so every cue starts where speech starts.
- Each line is translated on its own. Timecodes are copied through and never rewritten.
- Download the SRT, or a copy of the video with the subtitles burned in at the original resolution.
Notes on German subtitles
- German is where line length becomes a hard constraint: one compound noun can fill a whole line, so the translation compresses before it breaks.
- German pushes the verb to the end in subordinate clauses, so the spine of a sentence can be fifteen words apart. A cue cannot be finalised until the clause closes.
- Captions follow what is said, including the speaker's own mistakes; nothing is rewritten for style.
What it costs
Free under 60sno signup, no watermark
1 credit / minute$1 buys 20 credits
Both outputsSRT, or burned-in video
Questions
Is this the same as translating?
No. Nothing is translated; the German text is transcribed and timed.
Can I add a second language on top?
Yes, run the translation as well and choose bilingual output.
Does it caption music?
No. Only speech produces usable lines.
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