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Chapter 7: Multilingual Translation & Dual Subtitles

Translate into 100+ languages with context-aware sliding windows and export dual-language burn-in videos.

Chapter 7: Multilingual Translation & Dual Subtitles

7.1 100+ Languages AI Translation

Scribis translates transcripts into over 100 languages with high cultural nuance:

SCREENSHOT BLUEPRINT

Multilingual translation setup modal with source language, target language list, and style settings


7.2 Bilingual Subtitle Workspace

Switch to Bilingual View in the editor to inspect source text and translations side-by-side:

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Bilingual subtitle editor with source language on left and target translation on right

  • Independent Editing: Tweak translations without altering original timestamps.
  • Multiple Language Tracks: Maintain English, Spanish, and Japanese tracks concurrently within a single project.

7.3 Context-Aware Sliding Window Translation

Unlike naive sentence-by-sentence machine translators, Scribis utilizes a Context-Aware Sliding Window:

  • Translates with awareness of preceding and succeeding sentences to maintain consistent pronouns, tone, and technical terminology.

7.4 Bilingual Export & Video Burn-in

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Bilingual subtitle video preview showing primary text on top and secondary translation below

  • Dual SRT/VTT Files: Export dual-language subtitle files formatted for language learning or international viewers.
  • Bilingual Burn-In MP4: Render hardcoded bilingual subtitles directly into high-definition MP4 videos.