Subtitles & Translation: Transcribe a File in One Language, then Translate It into Other Languages

In this article, we'll explain how to order captions in the language of your video, and then have those captions translated into other languages. For example, you might be wondering:

• "I have a video in English that I want captioned in English and translated into Spanish."
• "I have a video in Spanish that I want captioned in Spanish and translated into English, Japanese, and Russian."
• "I have a video in German that I want captioned in German and translated into English and Spanish."

For this article, we'll use the first example: How to have a video with English dialogue captioned in English and translated into Spanish.

Prerequisites

• This service is not available to Express account types
• Before getting started please click Request Access within the Translation Module to notify 3Play Media to activate this feature
• Transcription and captioning must be completed in the language spoken in the file's original audio prior to being able to order translations on completed files. Click here to learn more about the process
• You must have a translation profile set up prior to being able to order translations
• Review your completed transcription and captioning file for accuracy prior to ordering a translation on your file. Edits made to your transcripts AFTER submitting them for translation WILL NOT propagate to the translated file. Avoid editing the transcript until the subtitles & translation service is complete. See more information on how to edit a transcript.

The key to remember here is that this actually involves two separate orders: a transcription order and a translation order.

(If you needed translations into multiple languages, you would place a separate translation order for each language)

To have a video captioned/transcribed in English, and then also have the English captions translated to Spanish, you would take the following steps:

1. First, you can place a transcription order via these instructions and select English as the language.

2. Then, once that order is complete, you can place a English > Spanish translation order via these instructions.

Once both orders are complete, you'll have captions available in both languages!