English audio and subtitles for a Japanese video
The centre of the app. Text can also be read out of subtitles burned into the video.
In preparationDesktop
APOUL Translator
Make it in Japanese. Send it to the world.
Translates screens, speech and video, and can put English audio and subtitles onto a Japanese video.
In preparationBeing prepared for release. Price, distribution and supported systems will be announced once fixed.
- Screen, speech and video
- English audio and subtitles for Japanese video
- Subtitles as SRT / VTT / ASS
Terms and policies
The terms of use and privacy policy will be linked here at release.
All terms and policiesWhy this exists
The work is done. The language is the wall.
A finished video, a live screen, a conversation — each needs a different kind of translation. Translator keeps them in one place instead of three services.
Screen
What it looks like.
This is a development build, captured in a development view of the desktop app.
What it does
What it does.
Fits the original timing
English runs longer than Japanese. Rather than speeding up the voice, the translation is shortened to fit; you can compare each line against the original length.
Music and effects stay
Only the original voice is lowered and the English voice laid over it, so game sound and music remain.
Screen and games
Translates what is on screen, either direction between Japanese and English, and can keep translated subtitles on top of a game, transparent and click-through.
Speech
Translates your microphone and the audio playing on your PC; direction selectable.
Subtitle files
Extracts subtitles from a video, translates them and writes SRT, VTT or ASS — Japanese, English or both.
Glossary
Register terms to keep translations consistent; you are warned when one comes out wrong.
When you would use it
Situations, not features.
Publishing to a wider audience
Give a Japanese video an English track.
Playing a game in another language
Read the screen as you go.
Following spoken audio
Translate a microphone or what is playing on the PC as you listen.
Handing subtitles to an editor
Standard subtitle formats.
How it goes
The basic flow.
You should be able to guess the next step without reading a manual.
- 1Load the video
Choose a video recorded in Japanese.
- 2Extract and translate
Pull out what is said and translate it to English; the glossary keeps terms consistent.
- 3Write audio and subtitles
Output the English voice track and the subtitle file.
Described once it is settled.
Where translation is processed, whether anything is sent externally and whether anything is stored will be described here at release.
Questions
Common questions.
SRT, VTT and ASS.
It depends on the length of the video and your PC.
Yes. Lines are redone individually; you do not rebuild the whole video.
No. It is in preparation for release.
Column
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