Translate a German video into English subtitles
A German video with no English subtitles only reaches people who already speak German. This takes the file and returns an English subtitle track timed to the speech.
The timing comes from the audio, so a line lands where it is actually spoken.
source · GermanDer Antrag muss bis Freitag eingereicht werden.
english subtitleThe application has to be submitted by Friday.
00:00:12,480 → 00:00:15,120 · timecodes unchanged
Try it with your clip
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
- 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.
- Compound nouns (Antragsfrist, Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung) do not fit a 42-character line at all and have to be paraphrased.
- German is where line length becomes a hard constraint: one compound noun can fill a whole line, so the translation compresses before it breaks.
What it costs
Free under 60sno signup, no watermark
1 credit / minute$1 buys 20 credits
Both outputsSRT, or burned-in video
Questions
Does it need subtitles to already exist?
No. It listens to the audio and builds the English lines from scratch, so a German video with no captions works the same way.
Will the English lines land in the right place?
Yes. The timing is derived from the German audio before any translation happens, so the cues do not shift afterwards.
Can I edit the result?
Yes. The SRT is plain text; open it in any editor and fix names or terms by hand.
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