How to translate subtitles into another language

Subtitles in a viewer's own language are the simplest way to reach a new audience with a video you already made: the picture and the voice stay the same, and only the words on screen change. Here is how to translate captions without retyping or re-timing anything.

Get the original captions right first

A translation is only as good as the text it starts from. Generate the captions in ClipMint (auto-detect the language, or pick it when needed) or import a subtitle file you already have, then fix names, numbers, and misheard words. Every correction you make to the original carries into each translation you run afterwards.

Translate your subtitles in ClipMint

• Open the Translate tab once your subtitles are in place.
• Choose the target language: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, or Russian.
• Check the price in the confirmation (translation is charged per minute of video, per language) and confirm.
• Use the language switcher to move between the original and every translated track.

Review the translation like an editor

• Switch to the translated track and read it once against the video.
• Restore names, brands, and product terms that should stay as they are.
• Rewrite idioms that came out literal, so the line sounds like a native speaker said it.
• Shorten lines that ran long: some languages need more words to say the same thing.
• Adjust a translated line's timing if it needs more time on screen. Edits to a translation never move the original.

Export in the language you need

Whichever track is active is what you export. Burn it into an MP4 for social feeds, or download SRT, VTT, JSON, or TXT for YouTube's caption upload, a website player, or a client. Translate into another language and export again: the original captions stay exactly as they were.

One video, several languages

On YouTube, upload one translated SRT per language in YouTube Studio, and viewers pick their language from the captions menu. TikTok, Reels, and Shorts show one set of burned-in captions, so export a separate MP4 per language and post each version where that audience is.