Translate an English video into French subtitles
English content in a French market needs French 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 · EnglishLet's meet in front of the station at eight.
French subtitleOn se retrouve devant la gare à huit heures.
00:00:12,480 → 00:00:15,120 · timecodes unchanged
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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
- Liaison makes word boundaries disappear in audio, which is why je ai is heard as j'ai and articles attach to the wrong word.
- Written and spoken French are far apart: on instead of nous, dropped ne. Subtitles should follow what was said, not the grammar book.
- French subtitle convention is short lines, around 37-40 characters, breaking earlier than English would.
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 French lines be too long for the screen?
Lines are kept short, but French usually runs longer than the English source, so a manual pass on line breaks is worth doing. French subtitle convention is short lines, around 37-40 characters, breaking earlier than English would.
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 French one.
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