How to translate subtitles and keep the timing

A subtitle file is not just text — it is text pinned to timestamps. Translate it carelessly and the words drift out of sync with the picture, which is worse than no subtitles at all. The goal is to translate only the spoken lines and leave every timecode exactly where it was.

The timestamps never change

On the Subtitles page, Traxlate parses the file, translates each caption’s text, and rebuilds the file with the same timings. The cue numbers and the "00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,900" lines are structural — they are carried across untouched, so the translated captions land on the exact frames the originals did.

Steps

• Install a language pack once on the Translate page — after that everything here is offline.
• Open the Subtitles page and drop your .srt or .vtt file in.
• Pick the target language and translate. The video and the file stay on your device.
• Optionally tick "bilingual" to keep the original line under each translation — useful for language learners.
• Download the translated subtitle file and load it in your player.

A caption is a screen wrap, not a sentence

One subtle thing a good subtitle translator has to get right: a line break in a caption is usually there because the text had to fit the screen, not because the sentence ended. Translating each visual line in isolation mangles the grammar. Traxlate joins the lines of a caption into the sentence they actually form, translates that, and re-wraps — so the result reads as language, not as fragments.

The same file also feeds the dubbing tool if you want a spoken track instead of captions — also entirely on your device, voices included.