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Captions

Translate captions

Make a caption set in another language from captions you've already edited, and switch, rename, hide or delete caption sets.

Brevidy translates your edited captions, so corrections, speaker names and highlights carry over. The translation is a new caption set with the same styles and timing, on the track above the original.

Before you start#

  • Finish editing the original. Later edits don't reach the translation.
  • Sets marked Legacy (made with Brevidy 1.9) need upgrading first. See Upgrading from 1.9.

Translate a caption set#

  1. Open the caption set you want to translate.
  2. Click the set switcher at the top of the Brevidy panel.
  3. Choose New translation….
  4. Choose a Language.
  5. Click Translate.
New translation window showing From: Captions (English), the Language menu set to French, the line about translating your edited captions into a new caption set on the track above, the cost line, and the Cancel and Translate buttons

The new set opens when it's done, named after its language. Cancel translation stops it at no charge.

Hide the original#

Both sets show after translating, so the video has captions twice.

  1. Open the set switcher.
  2. Click the original set.
  3. Choose Hide in Premiere.

Translate while you create captions#

  1. In the Create window, click Advanced.
  2. Tick Translate to language.
  3. Choose a Translation Language.
  4. Click Create.

The original set is kept but hidden, so only the translation shows.

Languages#

English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Czech, Romanian, Turkish, Russian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Indonesian, Vietnamese and Hindi. Right-to-left languages such as Arabic and Hebrew aren't available. Each language can have one set per sequence.

Cost#

A translation uses about a quarter of the set's length in caption minutes: a 10-minute set uses about 2.5 minutes. Unlimited plans aren't charged, and a cancelled or failed translation costs nothing. See How minutes are counted.

Caption sets#

A sequence can hold several caption sets, each with its own words, styles and speakers. Most come from translating or pasting captions. To caption more footage in a set, use Add more captions to a set.

Set switcher open with two rows, Captions EN, hidden, with a crossed-out eye icon (V3 · 220 words) and Spanish ES (V5 · 174 words), and the actions New translation…, Rename…, Hide in Premiere, Export captions…, Import captions… and Delete… below

Open the set switcher, click a set to edit it, then choose:

  • Rename…: up to 60 characters.
  • Hide in Premiere: the set doesn't show in the video or exports. Show in Premiere brings it back.
  • Delete…: removes that set's clips. Creating captions for that footage again uses no minutes.

Sync and Brevidy cuts change every set. Text, line breaks, styles and speaker names change only the open set.

BadgeMeaning
LegacyMade with Brevidy 1.9. Can't be renamed, hidden or translated.
Outside editIts clips sit past the end of your edit.
Different audioPasted text that doesn't match the footage. Sync leaves it alone.
Crossed-out eyeHidden in Premiere.

Good to know#

  • Known issue: after New translation…, both caption sets stay visible, so captions show twice until you hide one with Hide in Premiere.
  • Translations don't update. To pick up edits or footage added later, delete the translation and translate again.
  • Some lines can stay in the original language. The notice says how many. Type those in yourself.
  • If you see "'Spanish' wasn't updated. Run Sync to realign it.", click Sync.
Checked against Brevidy 2.0.12