Add English Subtitles to a Japanese Video

Add accurate English subtitles for your Japanese videos in just a few clicks. Ideal for content creators, marketers, and filmmakers who want to localize their videos for a English-speaking audience.

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How to create English subtitles for an Japanese video?

1. Upload your file.

With our uploader, you can import your file from anywhere, whether it's on your laptop, Google Drive, Youtube, or Dropbox.

2. Select "Japanese".

Determine the language of the audio of your video.

3. Select "Human made".

With our Human-Made service, the original (Japanese) subtitles will be created by a native subtitler and proofread by an experienced reviewer.

4. Toggle "Translate subtitles to another language".

Select "English" to determine the target language for the subtitle translation process.

5. Get notified when your Japanese and English subtitles are ready.

Receive an email when the subtitles have been created within 24 hours for the Japanese subtitles and 3-5 days for English subtitles.

6. Receive your subtitles.

Access your subtitles from the dashboard.

7. Click on "Export" and choose your preferred file format.

You can export to SRT, VTT, and many more. It's that easy to have your video professionally subtitled!

  • 100% Human Translation Customization

    100% Human Translation Customization

    All your translations are done by one of our Japanese to English subtitle translators to ensure the absolute highest quality. No machines are used here, just the talents and abilities of our translators.

  • Format & Hardcode Subtitles

    Format & Hardcode Subtitles

    Once your subtitles have been translated, you can format your subtitles to make them match your brand. You can select multiple settings and get your video ready to publish. You can also directly download the video with burned-in subtitles.

  • Subtitle Customization

    Subtitle Customization

    Our translation experts take care of the translation and making sure that your subtitles look pretty. But even then you can still decide how your subtitles are going to look with our line, CPL, and CPS management.

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    David Stephen Patterson

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  • "Very easy to use! As a learning experience designer, I create video demos very frequently for our eLearning products. With HappyScribe, I can add subtitles quickly and accurately. HappyScribe makes my work much easier."

  • "Easy, fast and surprisingly good auto-transcription"

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  • "I've won a lot of time on my transcription work. It is not perfect with not really good audio but it does the job!"

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  • "Found them, uploaded, downloaded, simple. What more can one ask for."

    Claudio Silvaggi

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  • "Awesome product and extremely accurate. In fact, I was surprised how accurate it was after having used Temi almost exclusively for a long time. I've completely switched over to HappyScribe and I couldn't be happier!"

    David Stephen Patterson

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  • "Very easy to use! As a learning experience designer, I create video demos very frequently for our eLearning products. With HappyScribe, I can add subtitles quickly and accurately. HappyScribe makes my work much easier."

  • "Easy, fast and surprisingly good auto-transcription"

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    Shamsa

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