How to Translate a Video into English, Hindi or Another Language
Updated November 7, 2026
To translate a video, turn its speech into text, translate that text, check it, then add it as subtitles. On Mediawand, translating into English is free and runs on your device. Other languages, including Hindi, use credits, and only the text is sent to our servers.
Translate a videoSubtitles or dubbing?
Decide this first, because they suit different videos. Subtitles keep the original voice and add translated text. Dubbing replaces the voice with a spoken translation.
| Subtitles | Dubbing | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Most videos, talks, tutorials and clips | Audiences who'd rather listen than read |
| Keeps the original voice | Yes | No |
| Effort to check | Read the lines | Read and listen |
| Works with sound off | Yes | No |
How to translate a video
A short video takes a few minutes, and most of that is checking the text.
- 1Open the video in the translate tool.
- 2Pick the spoken language, or let it detect the language.
- 3Choose the language you want.
- 4Read the translated lines and fix any mistakes.
- 5Download a subtitle file, or add the subtitles to the video itself.
What's free, and what stays on your device
Speech recognition runs in your browser, so your video isn't uploaded. Translating into English also happens on your device, so it's free.
For other languages, only the transcript text is sent to our servers, where an AI language model translates it. That costs 1 credit per minute of video, and free accounts get 20 credits a month. A 5-minute video would use 5 credits.
The tool covers 23 common languages, including English, Hindi, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Japanese, Arabic and Indonesian.
How to get a better translation
The translation can only be as good as the speech recognition, so clean audio helps most. One person speaking clearly in a quiet room gives good results. Several people talking over each other, loud music or a strong echo will produce more mistakes.
Always read the result before you publish it. Pay particular attention to names, numbers, brand names and technical terms. Check jokes and local phrases too, since they often don't translate word for word.
If you can, ask someone who speaks the language to look it over. That's especially worth doing for anything medical, legal or official.
Hindi and English together
Many Indian videos mix Hindi and English in the same sentence. Speech recognition can struggle with this, so expect to correct more lines in these videos.
If your audience reads both, one option is to keep the original words in the subtitles rather than translating them. Choose what your viewers will read most easily.
Subtitle file or captions in the picture?
Download an SRT or VTT file for YouTube and video players. You can upload several languages, and viewers can choose one or turn them off.
Add the subtitles to the picture for Reels, Shorts, TikTok and WhatsApp. They'll show everywhere, but viewers can't turn them off, and you'd need to export a separate video for each language.