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How to translate subtitles in DaVinci Resolve

Updated 5 stepsFor DaVinci Resolve

The short answer

DaVinci Resolve does not translate subtitles. Export the subtitle track as an SRT, translate the file with a translator or a translation service, and import the translated SRT on a second subtitle track.

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5 steps

In DaVinci Resolve

  1. 01Export the original
  2. 02Translate the file
  3. 03Import the translation
  4. 04Put it on its own track
  5. 05Export each language

  1. 01

    Export the original

    Right-click the subtitle track header and choose Export Subtitle, then save it as SRT.

  2. 02

    Translate the file

    Send the SRT to a translator or a translation tool. Keep the numbering and timecode lines as they are.

  3. 03

    Import the translation

    Choose File > Import > Subtitle and pick the translated SRT. It lands in the Media Pool.

  4. 04

    Put it on its own track

    Drag the subtitle file onto the timeline. Resolve adds it on a new subtitle track; rename the track with the language.

  5. 05

    Export each language

    Turn on one subtitle track at a time and export or burn in that language from the Deliver page.

Good to know

Before you start

Note 1
Create Subtitles from Audio (Studio) writes subtitles in the spoken language. It does not translate them.
Note 2
Translations often run longer than the original. Check that each line still fits and stays on screen long enough to read.

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Eddie doesn't translate captions. It dubs the edit instead.

Captions in Eddie stay in the spoken language. For another language, open the voice-over composer, choose Dub this edit and pick one of 90+ languages and a voice, or ask "Dub this edit into Spanish." A dub run covers about 9 minutes of dialogue. In Resolve, the dub arrives on its own audio track.

Back to Resolve

Open the edit, click Export and choose Resolve. The default is a Resolve project (.drp) that opens with the timeline built; behind the arrow is a Resolve FCPXML you bring into the project you have open with File > Import > Timeline. In the desktop app, Send to DaVinci Resolve builds the timeline in the Resolve you have running, through Eddie's script (Workspace > Scripts > Eddie AI AE).

If you imported the footage through the desktop app, the timeline points at your original camera files. If you uploaded on the web or pulled from cloud storage, it points at Eddie's proxy media: relink to those in the Media Pool with Relink Selected Clips, not to the camera originals.

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From the help center

FAQ

Questions

Can DaVinci Resolve auto translate subtitles?
No. Resolve Studio transcribes speech in its own language. Translate the SRT outside Resolve and import it.
Can I have several subtitle languages in one timeline?
Yes. Put each language on its own subtitle track and enable the one you want to export.

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