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Translate an English video to Chinese
English source, Simplified or Traditional Chinese target, then optional Chinese dubbing.
Use VidDub when the spoken language is English and you want Chinese subtitles or a Chinese voice. Choose Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese as the target. Traditional Chinese cannot be set as the source.
Settings in Workspace
- Source language: English.
- Target language: Chinese, or Traditional Chinese.
- Subtitles: Chinese only, or bilingual English + Chinese.
- Dubbing: after translation, pick a voice for the Chinese target if you need a spoken track.
Which Chinese to pick
Simplified Chinese is both a source and a target. Traditional Chinese is target-only. If your viewers read Traditional Chinese, set the target to Traditional Chinese even when the source is English.
Boundaries
Sign in is required. One free preview per account plays about the first third of an eligible video up to 10 minutes. Full download and subtitle export need credits; 90 seconds uses 2 minutes. Dubbing is optional after translation and is not in the free preview. Files are kept about 24 hours. This is burned-in video translation, not a document translator and not visual lip-sync. See Credits.
When people use this pair
English-spoken MOOCs and product launches aimed at Chinese-reading viewers: after upload, set source to English and choose Chinese or Traditional Chinese as the target. This is the reverse of Chinese-to-English export work. Traditional Chinese cannot be the source; it is only a target you pick when you want that written form burned in.
Global all-hands recorded in English for offices that read Simplified or Traditional Chinese. Burn Chinese-only captions, or bilingual English plus the Chinese target, so bilingual staff can check the original line. The Chinese text is a translation of the English transcript, not a separately authored script.
Support and onboarding clips where the instructor speaks English and the audience needs Simplified or Traditional Chinese on the picture. Sign-in first. Short eligible files may preview free. Full download and subtitle export spend credits. Basic dubbing is free and is not charged extra. Premium dubbing is paid in the iOS and Android apps. Do not treat Workspace as a YouTube grabber or a lip-sync studio.
Subtitles for Chinese
Subtitles follow the target you picked: Chinese (Simplified) or Traditional Chinese. Both are written Chinese, but they are different targets in the catalog of eighteen. You may burn the target line alone or bilingual English plus that target. This is burned-in video translation, not a cue-by-cue subtitle editor and not a document pipeline. English source speech stays on the timeline; the Chinese line is timed to it. Files last about 24 hours on the server after you generate them.
Dubbing in Chinese
Dubbing in Chinese or Traditional Chinese is available only after that translation finishes. Choose a voice that matches the target you set; you are not cloning the English speaker and you are not moving lips on the video. Alignment hugs the original English speech timeline. Skip dubbing if burned-in captions are enough. Full download and subtitle export use credits. Basic dubbing is free and is not charged extra. Premium dubbing is paid in the iOS and Android apps. Eligible short previews do not replace those paid steps.
Chinese or Traditional Chinese as the target?
If you need Simplified, pick Chinese. If you need Traditional, pick Traditional Chinese. Traditional Chinese is never a source language. The spoken source on this pair is always English.
When does Chinese dubbing start?
Only after the Chinese (or Traditional Chinese) translation completes. It is optional and timeline-aligned. Basic dubbing is free and is not charged extra. Premium dubbing is paid in the iOS and Android apps, and not voice cloning or visual lip-sync.
Can I upload a PDF of the English script instead of video?
No. VidDub translates video with burned-in subtitles. It is not a document translator. Upload the video file after you sign in.
Why did my file disappear the next day?
Outputs are kept about 24 hours. Download what you need while credits and the file are still available. This is not long-term hosting.
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