Translate an English video into Dutch subtitles
English content in a Dutch market needs Dutch subtitles, and machine captions from the platform rarely produce them cleanly. This does it from the audio, not from YouTube's caption track.
You get an SRT you can edit, or a copy of the video with the line already burned in.
source · EnglishWe finished filming last week.
Dutch subtitleWe hebben de opnames vorige week afgerond.
00:00:12,480 → 00:00:15,120 · timecodes unchanged
Open the translator
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 the audio
- Dutch looks close to German but orders words differently; copying German syntax produces something no Dutch speaker would say.
- Compounds can be built indefinitely and usually have to be broken into phrases for the screen.
- Dutch line width is close to German, and long compounds are the main problem.
What it costs
Free under 60sno signup, no watermark
1 credit / minute$1 buys 20 credits
Both outputsSRT, or burned-in video
Questions
Will the Dutch lines be too long for the screen?
Lines are kept short, but Dutch usually runs longer than the English source, so a manual pass on line breaks is worth doing. Dutch line width is close to German, and long compounds are the main problem.
Does it use YouTube's auto-captions?
No. It transcribes the audio itself, so it also works for files with no captions at all.
Can I get both languages?
Yes, bilingual output keeps the English line above the Dutch one.
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