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Translate Japanese video to English

To translate a Japanese video to English, upload the file to AutoDub or paste a YouTube, TikTok or Instagram link, choose English, and download the dubbed video: your own voice speaking English, lip-synced, with English subtitles as SRT and VTT files. Most videos are ready in 5–15 minutes, and your first 2 minutes are free.

  • No credit card
  • First 2 minutes free
  • Your own voice
JapaneseDubbed by AutoDub
EnglishOriginal
This demo runs the other way, English into Japanese, and shows the same voice cloning and lip-sync you get from Japanese to English.

Japanese to English at a glance

Japanese and English compared
JapaneseEnglish
SpeakersAbout 126 millionAbout 1.5 billion
Spoken inJapan, plus communities in Brazil, the US and around the worldThe US, the UK, Canada, Australia and Ireland, plus India, Nigeria, the Philippines and nearly every international market as a second language
WritingKanji, hiragana and katakana, mixed in the same sentenceLatin alphabet
“Welcome to my channel”私のチャンネルへようこそWelcome to my channel

What AutoDub gives you

You get
An HD MP4 in your own cloned voice, lip-synced, with no watermark, plus subtitles as SRT and VTT files
Turnaround
Most videos are ready in 5–15 minutes
Video length
Up to 30 minutes per video, files up to 2 GB, or a YouTube, TikTok or Instagram link
Price
First 2 minutes free; minute packs from $25 for 10 minutes; plans from $39 a month
Why English

Why translate Japanese videos into English?

Japanese studios, brands and creators translate their videos, from games and anime to products and tutorials, for fans and customers outside Japan.

English is the world's most widely understood language: about 1.5 billion people speak it, three in four of them as a second language, and roughly half of all websites are written in it. An English version turns a local video into one that can be watched, searched and shared almost anywhere.

  • Creators taking a local-language channel global
  • Companies presenting to international customers and investors
  • Course creators selling beyond their home market
Language notes

What changes from Japanese to English

Your voice, in English

English speakers hear many accents every day, from Indian and Nigerian to Australian and American. A dub in your own cloned voice sounds like you speaking English, which keeps the personality your viewers came for.

Captions that help discovery

Your English subtitles arrive as SRT and VTT files. Upload them to YouTube as closed captions and your video becomes readable, and searchable, in the language most viewers share.

Compact, so rarely rushed

English packs a lot of meaning into each syllable: about 6.2 syllables a second, against about 7.8 in Spanish or Japanese, for similar information (Pellegrino et al., 2011). English dubs seldom need to hurry.

Coming from Japanese

Japanese often leaves the subject unsaid and puts the verb last. Translating a whole recorded sentence at once gives the English version the context it needs to read naturally.

How it works

How to translate a Japanese video to English

01

Add your Japanese video

Upload a video file (up to 2 GB and 30 minutes) or paste a YouTube, TikTok or Instagram link. AutoDub recognises the Japanese speech by itself.

02

Choose English

Pick English (English) as the language to dub into and start. You can close the page; AutoDub e-mails you when it's done.

03

Download your English version

Most videos are ready in 5–15 minutes: an HD MP4 in your own voice, lip-synced, plus English subtitles as SRT and VTT files.

FAQ

Japanese to English video translation: questions

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To translate a Japanese video to English, upload the file to AutoDub or paste a YouTube, TikTok or Instagram link, choose English, and download the dubbed video: your own voice speaking English, lip-synced, with English subtitles as SRT and VTT files. Most videos are ready in 5–15 minutes, and your first 2 minutes are free.

Yes. AutoDub clones the voice of the person speaking in your video and uses it for the English dub, so viewers hear you, with your tone and emotion, and the lips are synced to the new audio.

Yes. Every dub comes with English subtitles as SRT and VTT files, in latin alphabet. Upload them to YouTube as captions or use them in any player.

Most videos are ready in 5–15 minutes. A video can be up to 30 minutes long, and you don't need to wait on the page: AutoDub e-mails you when the English version is ready.

Your first 2 minutes are free, no card needed. After that you pay by the minute of video, whatever the language: minute packs start at $25 for 10 minutes, and monthly plans start at $39.

Yes. Paste a YouTube, TikTok or Instagram link instead of uploading a file; AutoDub fetches the video, dubs it into English and gives you an MP4 to download. Only translate videos you own or have the rights to use.

AutoDub combines speech recognition, translation and voice cloning, and most everyday, educational and business videos come out ready to publish. Names, slang and specialist terms are the usual weak spots, so watch the English version once before you publish it.

Your own voice, not a stock narrator: AutoDub clones the voice in the original video, so the English version sounds like the same person speaking English. Viewers in the US, the UK, India and everywhere else are used to hearing English spoken with many accents.

Yes. Choose Japanese as the language to dub into; our English to Japanese page explains the details.
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Sources. Japanese speakers: Ethnologue (2026) · English speakers: Ethnologue (2026) · Speech rates: Pellegrino, Coupé & Marsico, “A cross-language perspective on speech information rate”, Language 87 (2011) · Prices, limits and turnaround: AutoDub. Updated .