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Bring thestory across.

Upload a donghua or manhua video. BabelStack reads the hardcoded Chinese, translates every line, and lets you review it before you export.

Drop a video to startMP4, MOV, MKV
A rainy night street lit by red lanterns. The Chinese subtitle 不要怕 is translated in place to “Don’t be afraid.”
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00:00:12.40 – 00:00:14.20
Chinese (source)
不要怕
English (translation)
Don’t be afraid.
  1. 01

    Upload your video

    We read the hardcoded Chinese subtitles, line by line.

  2. 02

    Review every line

    Edit the translation beside the video, one line at a time.

  3. 03

    Export and share

    Download subtitle files, or a new video with English burned in.

Every line, checked before it ships.

Machine translation gets you most of the way. The editor is where you fix names, tone and timing, with the scene playing right beside the text.

Illustration of the editor. Click a line to jump to it.

Files for any player, or a finished video.

Export subtitle files to use in your own workflow, or let BabelStack draw the translation into the picture for you.

  • SRT

    Plain timed subtitles that work in almost any player or platform.

  • ASS

    Styled subtitles with your fonts, colours and positions.

  • VTT

    For web players and HTML5 video.

  • Burned MP4

    The translation drawn into the video, ready to post. Subtitle files can be bilingual, with the Chinese underneath.

  • 14 languages, including English, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese
  • Upload a glossary to keep names consistent

Start with 30 free minutes a month.

No credit card needed. When you need more, Plus is $9.99 a month for 10 hours of video, and Team is $19.99 for 30 hours and bigger files.

Questions

Which languages can I translate into?

14 languages, including English, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian and Arabic.

Can I keep character names consistent?

Yes. Upload a glossary with your names and terms before processing, and fix anything else line by line in the editor.

How large can my video be?

Up to 500 MB on the free plan, 2 GB on Plus and 4 GB on Team.

How long do you keep my files?

Finished files are kept for 3 days, then deleted. Download what you need before then.

Your next episode, in English.

Drop a video to start30 free minutes a month

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