after the translation is finished, can you merge two srt into one srt , to make a dualingual subtitle. here is another website to do this, but I hope you can integrate it into your website so I can easily get it done,just in one website. https://easypronunciation.com/en/merge-two-subtitle-files-online
Thanks for the suggestion Tom! This feature is already supported. Once you are done with translation, please click on the “Merge” at the top of the Original Text column. This will then show both the original and translated subtitles in the downloaded subtitle file. I hope this helps.
regarding to the merge function, I tested it. and it works in some player but not all. Your approach is to show english and chinese in two subtitles separately at the same time. but some players can not understand that kind of SRT file. they will show english first and then chinese later, or not showing subtitle. What I suggest is to use \N symbol to merge two languages into one subtile. : (1) Current Approach: #1 00:01:18,210 –> 00:01:22,160 It’s time for Gut Check,\NMonster Energy Edition. #2 00:01:18,210 –> 00:01:22,160 它的时间为肠道检查， 怪物能源版。 (2) Suggested Approach: #1 00:01:18,210 –> 00:01:22,160 It’s time for Gut Check,\NMonster Energy Edition.\N它的时间为肠道检查， 怪物能源版。
Thanks for the feedback Tom! What you are suggested for merge subtitles is also supported, but is slightly hidden in the feature set. To merge the subtitles by just new line, once you have the merge subtitles button, click on the “Align/Merge subtitles” button in the Translated Text column. This controls the merge behaviour. I think if you click this button three times, you will see that the line separator is gone, and now if you save the subtitles at this point, it will have the subtitles merged as you want.
I see that interface can get confusing sometimes with this option, and I should probably document this better. I will work on that.
Hi There , I used to be able to copy translated subs to a ‘note pad’ file, but now “Saved As” button just transforms subs into .Str file and sends it to download paste. Can u please ‘Revert’ that to old syteam??? Cause subs get all messed up, the converter doesnt work properly, it needs note pad to correct the diferent types of padrons and letters, used in subs..
Hi, it looks like something has changed recently in the browser you are using, and it’s no longer showing the downloaded file as notepad editable. Please note that .SRT file is still a text file, and you should be able to open it using note-pad editor as normal. If you don’t get the option to open the file using notepad editor itself, you can still go ahead and open this manually via File -> Open menu (if you are on Windows). I hope this helps.
Dear Sir, thank you for your valuable service, the one issue I’m facing is that, when i have translated from English to my local language Tamil, it worked well, i also edited some
of the sentences to be more precise and accurate, then I got it saved using save as option, then i got the translated file downloaded successfully, and here is the issue, when i again opened the same translated file, it shows the original sub titles in English was also translated, means the I lost the original sub titles, and now both the sides are in Tamil, I think you got me, so is this how this code works, or i have to do something else, please guide me Sir, otherwise so fantastic job you have already done, thank you once more.
Thanks Abhishek for trying this service and getting back to me with your issue. When you download a translated subtitle file, it only downloads the file with translated subtitles i.e. original subtitle is not stored as part of that file. If you want to keep both the original and translated subtitles in the file, please click on the “Merge Subtitles” button (at top of the Original Text column). This way you will get both the original and translated subtitles in the file for playback.
In case, you want to keep both original and translated subtitles for future editing, then please click on the “In-progress” button instead of the “Save as” to download a file that can be re-uploaded to this website for further editing and refinements.
Thank you very much Sir, I’ve followed your guidance, and it really worked well for me, thanks a lot once more for all your sincere selfless efforts and dedication. God bless you.
Sorry for the trouble. I assume this is when using multiple translation feature with Google translator? If yes, Google has some limitations on the size of the content you can translate in one session. If it keeps breaking, I would suggest trying this at a later time, or may be with another free translator (like Yandex). I hope this helps.
Hey Akbar, i suggested to “keywords list” a while ago, but i guess it wont be added anytime soon, so heres an easier one:
Add “apply to all subtitles” checkbox in the magnifying glass option, in order to apply the manual translation to all files when multiple files are submitted.
This would certainly help alot and works kinda similar to a keywords list, so hopefully this is easier to do because its still quite frustrating to individually correct wrong translations which occur in all other submitted files again and again, if this option would be possible it would probably take longer than having a keywords list but atleast it will save hours of work in the long run compared to doing it manually on each submitted file.
BTW, i still get this issue where at some point the auto translate slows down after 3 or 4 files and often the last 10-20 lines dont get translated at all after the 3rd or 4th file, manual scrolling still goes drasticly faster and the files are overall 50Kb to 90Kb tops, i never use “.srt” files larger than that and definately not 200Kb or more.
Just a heads up 😉
Hi MrT, thank you for your feedback and suggestion. While I can appreciate how time-saving these tweaks could be for you. Unfortunately, these are not few minute fixes. And these are something that will require some careful design and changes to make sure not only these are scalable, but more importantly, doesn’t break the existing site functionality. However, I have been quite busy with my work lately, can’t give enough time to this project. That said, I still appreciate your suggestions and I think these would be valuable additions to other users too once working. I have added these to my to-do list, but still can’t give a timeframe on when I may be able to solve these. I hope you understand that.
Regarding that slowness issue, this is something more serious one. I will see if I can reproduce and fix this one at priority at least.
Hope you are doing good. I finally got a chance to work on some suggestions and to-do items, and I think I have now incorporated both of your suggestions. Basically, now in the find/replace dialogue, you get tool-bar icons to control this:
– Enter a keywords list in both find and replace text areas. Multiple words are then matched and replaced. This is disabled by default. Just click the button to turn it ON.
– There is an option to find/replace in all currently uploaded files.
Plus while I was there, I also added an option to support case insensitive find/replace. I hope you find these changes of help and this improves your overall productivity.
I don’t have any suggestions or requests. I just want to say THANK YOU! This translation tool is extremaly useful. Thank you for the dedication you put into this project. Regards from Argentina.
after the translation is finished, can you merge two srt into one srt , to make a dualingual subtitle. here is another website to do this, but I hope you can integrate it into your website so I can easily get it done,just in one website.
https://easypronunciation.com/en/merge-two-subtitle-files-online
Thanks for the suggestion Tom! This feature is already supported. Once you are done with translation, please click on the “Merge” at the top of the Original Text column. This will then show both the original and translated subtitles in the downloaded subtitle file. I hope this helps.
Regards, Akbar
regarding to the merge function, I tested it. and it works in some player but not all. Your approach is to show english and chinese in two subtitles separately at the same time. but some players can not understand that kind of SRT file. they will show english first and then chinese later, or not showing subtitle. What I suggest is to use \N symbol to merge two languages into one subtile. : (1) Current Approach: #1 00:01:18,210 –> 00:01:22,160 It’s time for Gut Check,\NMonster Energy Edition. #2 00:01:18,210 –> 00:01:22,160 它的时间为肠道检查， 怪物能源版。 (2) Suggested Approach: #1 00:01:18,210 –> 00:01:22,160 It’s time for Gut Check,\NMonster Energy Edition.\N它的时间为肠道检查， 怪物能源版。
Thanks for the feedback Tom! What you are suggested for merge subtitles is also supported, but is slightly hidden in the feature set. To merge the subtitles by just new line, once you have the merge subtitles button, click on the “Align/Merge subtitles” button in the Translated Text column. This controls the merge behaviour. I think if you click this button three times, you will see that the line separator is gone, and now if you save the subtitles at this point, it will have the subtitles merged as you want.
I see that interface can get confusing sometimes with this option, and I should probably document this better. I will work on that.
Regards, Akbar
I got it. Thank you for your clarification and thank you for your work on this project.
Of the 2 hours’ worth of subtitles, only translated 31 min.
Is this when using single or multiple file translation mode?
Regards, Akbar
Dear Akbar! I’m using your site for 3 years! You are the best! I don’t know what I did without your site! How I can support oyu friend?
Glad that you are finding this of help.
> How I can support you friend?
I guess I have a page for queries like this 🙂
https://www.syedgakbar.com/donate
Regards,
Akbar
Thank you very much for all your efforts in advancing science and disseminating information in other languages.
I wish you health and success from God
Hi There , I used to be able to copy translated subs to a ‘note pad’ file, but now “Saved As” button just transforms subs into .Str file and sends it to download paste. Can u please ‘Revert’ that to old syteam??? Cause subs get all messed up, the converter doesnt work properly, it needs note pad to correct the diferent types of padrons and letters, used in subs..
ex.: ouça com muita atenção
Hi, it looks like something has changed recently in the browser you are using, and it’s no longer showing the downloaded file as notepad editable. Please note that .SRT file is still a text file, and you should be able to open it using note-pad editor as normal. If you don’t get the option to open the file using notepad editor itself, you can still go ahead and open this manually via File -> Open menu (if you are on Windows). I hope this helps.
Regards, Akbar
I just translate english subtitles of Make haste to live 1954 into spanish and the result is perfect.
Thanks a lot
Best regards
Dear Sir, thank you for your valuable service, the one issue I’m facing is that, when i have translated from English to my local language Tamil, it worked well, i also edited some
of the sentences to be more precise and accurate, then I got it saved using save as option, then i got the translated file downloaded successfully, and here is the issue, when i again opened the same translated file, it shows the original sub titles in English was also translated, means the I lost the original sub titles, and now both the sides are in Tamil, I think you got me, so is this how this code works, or i have to do something else, please guide me Sir, otherwise so fantastic job you have already done, thank you once more.
Thanks Abhishek for trying this service and getting back to me with your issue. When you download a translated subtitle file, it only downloads the file with translated subtitles i.e. original subtitle is not stored as part of that file. If you want to keep both the original and translated subtitles in the file, please click on the “Merge Subtitles” button (at top of the Original Text column). This way you will get both the original and translated subtitles in the file for playback.
In case, you want to keep both original and translated subtitles for future editing, then please click on the “In-progress” button instead of the “Save as” to download a file that can be re-uploaded to this website for further editing and refinements.
I hope this help.
Regards,
Akbar
Thank you very much Sir, I’ve followed your guidance, and it really worked well for me, thanks a lot once more for all your sincere selfless efforts and dedication. God bless you.
now, bad, only half is translated, the other is not.
Sorry for the trouble. I assume this is when using multiple translation feature with Google translator? If yes, Google has some limitations on the size of the content you can translate in one session. If it keeps breaking, I would suggest trying this at a later time, or may be with another free translator (like Yandex). I hope this helps.
Regards, Akbar
Thank you so much, Akbar.
You do a great and amazing job.
Thanks from Brazil!
Hey Akbar, i suggested to “keywords list” a while ago, but i guess it wont be added anytime soon, so heres an easier one:
Add “apply to all subtitles” checkbox in the magnifying glass option, in order to apply the manual translation to all files when multiple files are submitted.
This would certainly help alot and works kinda similar to a keywords list, so hopefully this is easier to do because its still quite frustrating to individually correct wrong translations which occur in all other submitted files again and again, if this option would be possible it would probably take longer than having a keywords list but atleast it will save hours of work in the long run compared to doing it manually on each submitted file.
BTW, i still get this issue where at some point the auto translate slows down after 3 or 4 files and often the last 10-20 lines dont get translated at all after the 3rd or 4th file, manual scrolling still goes drasticly faster and the files are overall 50Kb to 90Kb tops, i never use “.srt” files larger than that and definately not 200Kb or more.
Just a heads up 😉
Still your work is much appreciated!
Greets, MrT.
Hi MrT, thank you for your feedback and suggestion. While I can appreciate how time-saving these tweaks could be for you. Unfortunately, these are not few minute fixes. And these are something that will require some careful design and changes to make sure not only these are scalable, but more importantly, doesn’t break the existing site functionality. However, I have been quite busy with my work lately, can’t give enough time to this project. That said, I still appreciate your suggestions and I think these would be valuable additions to other users too once working. I have added these to my to-do list, but still can’t give a timeframe on when I may be able to solve these. I hope you understand that.
Regarding that slowness issue, this is something more serious one. I will see if I can reproduce and fix this one at priority at least.
Regards, Akbar
Hi MrT,
Hope you are doing good. I finally got a chance to work on some suggestions and to-do items, and I think I have now incorporated both of your suggestions. Basically, now in the find/replace dialogue, you get tool-bar icons to control this:
– Enter a keywords list in both find and replace text areas. Multiple words are then matched and replaced. This is disabled by default. Just click the button to turn it ON.
– There is an option to find/replace in all currently uploaded files.
Plus while I was there, I also added an option to support case insensitive find/replace. I hope you find these changes of help and this improves your overall productivity.
Regards, Akbar
I don’t have any suggestions or requests. I just want to say THANK YOU! This translation tool is extremaly useful. Thank you for the dedication you put into this project. Regards from Argentina.