--- title: Subtitles and translations description: "Subtitles in Authoring Automation: generate, add manually, upload and export, show or hide languages, and translate videos." --- [Skip to content](https://help.omnora.com/en/help-center/subtitles-and-translations#main-content) - [English](https://help.omnora.com/en/help-center/subtitles-and-translations) - [Deutsch](https://help.omnora.com/de/help-center/untertitel-und-uebersetzungen) English Show submenu for translations Open main navigation Close main navigation - - [English](https://help.omnora.com/en/help-center/subtitles-and-translations) - [Deutsch](https://help.omnora.com/de/help-center/untertitel-und-uebersetzungen) English Show submenu for translations What do you want to know? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Omnora Help Center](https://help.omnora.com/en/help-center?hsLang=en) 2. [Authoring Automation](https://help.omnora.com/en/help-center/authoring-automation?hsLang=en) 3. [Edit](https://help.omnora.com/en/help-center/authoring-automation?hsLang=en#edit) November 6, 2026 # Subtitles and translations ## Add subtitles in several languages and bring your video into another language. ### Overview Subtitles make your video understandable without sound. Generate and translate them from the audio, write them yourself or upload a file. Viewers switch them on in the player and choose the language. ### Step 1: Open subtitles Open the video in the editor and click **More** › **Subtitles** at the top. ![Subtitles in the editor](https://help.omnora.com/hubfs/help-center/intelligence-management/im-112585c9e8.jpg) ### Step 2: Add subtitles - **Generate subtitles:** choose the language spoken in the video and one or more subtitle languages (**Add another language**). Click **Generate**. AI voices are recognised too. - **Add manual subtitles:** choose a language and write the lines with their times. - **Upload subtitles:** upload one VTT file per language. **Export subtitles** downloads them again. For each language you decide whether viewers can see it. Check the lines and click **Update video**. ### What viewers see If a video has subtitles, they are on by default. With the subtitles button in the player, viewers turn them off or choose another language. The language follows the link, otherwise the browser language. ### Bring a video into another language Depending on your source material there are three ways: 1. **Translate subtitles only:** generate subtitles in the languages you need. This is the quickest way. 2. **Re-voice a recording:** “Dub videos with AI voice” translates a recording into another language and speaks it again. See “[Record and dub your screen](https://help.omnora.com/en/help-center/ai-voiceover-for-videos?hsLang=en)”. 3. **Translate slides and speaker text:** “Avatar for your slides” with “Translate slides” creates a video with translated slides and speaker text. See “[Present your slides with an avatar](https://help.omnora.com/en/help-center/slides-with-ai-speaker?hsLang=en)”. A finished video can't be translated as a whole. For a video from the editor with an AI voice, duplicate it in My videos, choose a voice of the target language in the copy, apply it to all scenes and replace the speaker text with the translation. A video created entirely with AI can also be created again with the same input in the new language. --- ### Frequently asked questions **Can I show the speaker text during playback?** Yes, with subtitles. Generate them from the audio and viewers see the spoken text. **How many languages are possible?** Up to 10 subtitle languages per run, 37 languages in total. **Why can't I generate subtitles?** That works only once the video exists and every speaker text has audio. Update the video first. **Which file format do I need for upload?** VTT, about 1 MB per file. Overlaps with existing subtitles are replaced after confirmation. **Can I translate slides in the editor?** No. Translate slides when creating with “Avatar for your slides” or in the recorder. **Are subtitles included in the MP4 export?** No. Subtitles are not burned into the video. Download them per language as a VTT file with the subtitle export. **I changed the speaker text. 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