Translate captions into another language
Choose Sequence › Languages › Translate Captions…, pick the language, and the translation lands on its own caption track above the original. It can run entirely on your Mac.
On this page
- Transcribe the sequence or import captions first (see Transcribe a sequence on your Mac).
- Choose Sequence › Languages › Translate Captions…, or press Translate Captions… in the Text panel. The Languages panel opens.
- From shows the language the app recognised. Change it if it guessed wrong.
- Choose how to translate:
- On this Mac: macOS translates. Nothing is sent anywhere.
- AI service: the service set in Settings › AI Services. It adapts the wording for dubbing and knows who is speaking. Add a line in About the film (optional)… to give it context.
- Under Into, search for the language and press Translate into it.
The translation goes on its own caption track above the original, with the same timing. Your original captions stay untouched.
A language needs a download
The first time you use a language on this Mac, macOS may ask you to press Download…. You can also add languages in System Settings › General › Language & Region › Translation Languages.
Translating again
If the language already has a track, the app asks whether to Replace, Keep My Changes (lines you fixed by hand stay) or Replace Everything.
Languages that run longer than English get shorter wording, so the captions stay readable and fit a dub.
Included in Pro and in the 3-day free trial. On Creator it carries the PRO badge. Not sure what your plan includes? Open Settings › Licence in the app.
Next step
Give the translation a voice: see Dub a video into another language.
If it still doesn't work: open a ticket in Account › Support and we'll help.
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