Unfortunately, no. For the tree translations, currently the changes are not saved if you exit/close the page. I plan to work on enhancement soon which will keep automatic backups even for the free mode.
Hi Akbar. I’m trying to process some .ass subtitles, and some lines the \N command disapear. So on watching, the subtitles get out of the screen. I tried with chatgpt mini and gemini,giving instructions and such, but both have the same problem. Can you help me?
Thanks for trying these and sorry for the trouble. Unfortunately, these LLM modes (Chat-GPT or Gemini) are prune to get slightly off track and ignore some prompt instruction from time to time. I already internally include prompt to not remove (and retain) any line breaks, but as you can see, it sometime ignores these instruction when processing few subtitle blocks. The few workarounds I can think of is are:
1) There are some online tools, which allows you to wrap the subtitles. There are pretty good chances that the video player you are using also has some settings to auto wrap the rows.
2) Other option could be that you can first replace \N characters with some other markers like {br} in the source subtitle. Then add prompt instruction to retain this tag/marker, and after translation, replace this tag with \N. I know it’s not that smooth options, but may be good for some large translations.
3) Also, do you know you can also manually edit and add any line breaks after translation is done? If you don’t have lot of line skipping instances, this might be the fastest fix going forward. You can read more about this here: https://blog.syedgakbar.com/subtitles-translator-help-tips/
I hope this help. Sorry for not providing a direct fix, and I will keep working on improving this process to get rid of any annoyances like this one.
Hi, Akbar. Please check my account. I processed 4 SRT files using OpenAI GPT-4o mini, and it translated 100% of the first file, but only 50% of the subsequent files. This is the first time I’ve encountered this issue. Thank you!
Sorry for the trouble there. The LLM models sometime gets confused on particular content and may skip translations. If you run into this in future, please try with any other translator e.g. Gemini or DeepL and see how it goes.
Note: I have initiated a full refund for these partial translations.
Hi
I have used the program for yers without problems. Now I can no longer upload .SRT Message: Subtitel file parsing failed with message: invalid time format at line#: 2; Line:
Sorry for the trouble. I tweaked the SRT parser few days ago to handle some blank lines in between subtitles. It’s possible that I have broke the parser for some other patterns. Can you please share with me the subtitle file with which you are having trouble? If yes, please email that to [email protected].
Thanks, but I think this one is already supported. You can enter your custom prompt/instruction by clicking the “Configure” icon next to the OpenAI Model selection dropdown, and then in expanded options click “Edit prompt extension” pencil icon. You can then typing in custom prompt in “Additional instructions or hits” in the prompt dialog.
I hope this helps. If run into any issues or have further queries, please let me know.
When translate with ChatGPT, can you add the From Language: Norwegian. If possible “norsk bokmål” and “norsk nynorsk”, the two official languages in Norway. Instead of the “Auto Detect” to specify the subtitles source language.
Regards Tor
Hello I have an issue with deepl translation, I believe it’s parsing the lines wrongly.
Unfortunately, the translation process failed with the following error:
Error: Invalid time format at line#: 1413; Line: –>
I will be shortly looking into this. If this is a server problem, your money will be refunded in next 1-2 days. If it’s not, please contact me ASAP. In case of any further questions or queries, please feel free to contact me and mention your order#3UD30499XXXX.
Sorry for the trouble there. This has been reported by some others in past as well, but I’m never able to reproduce this issue. Would it be possible for you to send me a copy of the subtitles file for debugging/isolation?
Hi, I mistakenly exited the page in which I was translating the subtitles. Is there no way to retrieve them?
Unfortunately, no. For the tree translations, currently the changes are not saved if you exit/close the page. I plan to work on enhancement soon which will keep automatic backups even for the free mode.
Regards, Akbar
Hi Akbar. I’m trying to process some .ass subtitles, and some lines the \N command disapear. So on watching, the subtitles get out of the screen. I tried with chatgpt mini and gemini,giving instructions and such, but both have the same problem. Can you help me?
Hi Thiago,
Thanks for trying these and sorry for the trouble. Unfortunately, these LLM modes (Chat-GPT or Gemini) are prune to get slightly off track and ignore some prompt instruction from time to time. I already internally include prompt to not remove (and retain) any line breaks, but as you can see, it sometime ignores these instruction when processing few subtitle blocks. The few workarounds I can think of is are:
1) There are some online tools, which allows you to wrap the subtitles. There are pretty good chances that the video player you are using also has some settings to auto wrap the rows.
2) Other option could be that you can first replace \N characters with some other markers like {br} in the source subtitle. Then add prompt instruction to retain this tag/marker, and after translation, replace this tag with \N. I know it’s not that smooth options, but may be good for some large translations.
3) Also, do you know you can also manually edit and add any line breaks after translation is done? If you don’t have lot of line skipping instances, this might be the fastest fix going forward. You can read more about this here:
https://blog.syedgakbar.com/subtitles-translator-help-tips/
I hope this help. Sorry for not providing a direct fix, and I will keep working on improving this process to get rid of any annoyances like this one.
Regards,
Akbar
Good job bro, thanks your tools
Hi, Akbar. Please check my account. I processed 4 SRT files using OpenAI GPT-4o mini, and it translated 100% of the first file, but only 50% of the subsequent files. This is the first time I’ve encountered this issue. Thank you!
Hi Kazuo,
Sorry for the trouble there. The LLM models sometime gets confused on particular content and may skip translations. If you run into this in future, please try with any other translator e.g. Gemini or DeepL and see how it goes.
Note: I have initiated a full refund for these partial translations.
Regards, Akbar
thank you for your tool sir
Hi
I have used the program for yers without problems. Now I can no longer upload .SRT Message: Subtitel file parsing failed with message: invalid time format at line#: 2; Line:
Same problem with files that earlyer has passed
Kind regards
Niels
Hi Niels,
Sorry for the trouble. I tweaked the SRT parser few days ago to handle some blank lines in between subtitles. It’s possible that I have broke the parser for some other patterns. Can you please share with me the subtitle file with which you are having trouble? If yes, please email that to [email protected].
Regards, Akbar
ok
Can you add a feature to OpenAI GPT that translates based on my prompt?
Thanks, but I think this one is already supported. You can enter your custom prompt/instruction by clicking the “Configure” icon next to the OpenAI Model selection dropdown, and then in expanded options click “Edit prompt extension” pencil icon. You can then typing in custom prompt in “Additional instructions or hits” in the prompt dialog.
I hope this helps. If run into any issues or have further queries, please let me know.
Regards, Akbar
When translate with ChatGPT, can you add the From Language: Norwegian. If possible “norsk bokmål” and “norsk nynorsk”, the two official languages in Norway. Instead of the “Auto Detect” to specify the subtitles source language.
Regards Tor
Sure, I have now added these languages in both the source and target drop-downs for OpenAI ChatGPT models.
Regards, Akbar
Hello I have an issue with deepl translation, I believe it’s parsing the lines wrongly.
Unfortunately, the translation process failed with the following error:
Error: Invalid time format at line#: 1413; Line: –>
I will be shortly looking into this. If this is a server problem, your money will be refunded in next 1-2 days. If it’s not, please contact me ASAP. In case of any further questions or queries, please feel free to contact me and mention your order#3UD30499XXXX.
Ho Andrzej,
Sorry for the trouble there. This has been reported by some others in past as well, but I’m never able to reproduce this issue. Would it be possible for you to send me a copy of the subtitles file for debugging/isolation?
Regards, Akbar