Translate videos from
English to Japanese
Translate video from English to Japanese while keeping the speaker's voice, synced lips, and clean kanji-and-kana subtitles. Translate a 90-second clip in about two minutes, free to test.
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Turn English videos into fluent Japanese effortlessly
Skip the dubbing studio, the voice actors, and the subtitle timeline: one AI pass translates the full video into Japanese.
Simplifying video translation from English to Japanese with AI
Upload your video file and the AI-powered engine transcribes the English audio, translates the text to Japanese, and rebuilds subtitles or voiceover on the original timing. Meaning, tone, and pacing carry over, so the Japanese version sounds recorded for Tokyo viewers, not machine-fed. You choose the original language and target language, then review before anything renders.
Advanced Japanese voiceovers and subtitle controls
Pick expressive Japanese AI voices, or clone the speaker from a 30-minute sample so their original voice returns in Japanese. Set a formal keigo register for corporate content or a casual tone for creators. Translated subtitles handle the mixed kanji, hiragana, and katakana script with correct line breaks, and export as SRT or VTT. The AI dubbing pass holds sync line by line.
A multipurpose tool for English to Japanese video translation
Transcript, translation, subtitles, Japanese voiceover, voice cloning, timing tweaks, and lip sync live in one place. The same clip became a subtitled cut, a dubbed Japanese version, and a clean transcript without leaving the video translator. Paste a link and the YouTube video translator imports the source directly.
Who needs to translate English videos to Japanese
Creators break language barriers and expand your reach to Japan's 125M+ viewers, educators translate and localize courses, and businesses ship training to Japanese teams. Marketers translate social versions from one source file to make content accessible to a wider audience. The output resonates across a Tokyo enterprise or a global anime channel.
How to translate your video into Japanese in 4 easy steps
Turn an English recording into a polished Japanese video in four steps.
Upload a Video
Upload your video from your device, a URL, Google Drive, or Dropbox. Clean source audio sharpens the translation and the timing.
Select Japanese
Choose Japanese as your target language, then pick subtitles, transcript, or full dubbing.
AI Voices and Subtitles
Generate Japanese subtitles or voiceover from the English audio, then refine wording and voice in the subtitle editor.
Edit and Export
Fine-tune timing, voice, and subtitle styling, then export your Japanese video, transcript, or subtitle file.
Translate English video to Japanese with AI: fast, accurate, simple
Translate once, zero editing skills, every output in minutes.
upload in the browser and get subtitles or dubbing without any editing skill
a 90-second video renders in about two minutes, not days
clone the voice, sync the lips, and export any format in one pass
Frequently Asked Questions
How can I translate an English video into Japanese?
Upload the file, review the auto transcript, select Japanese, and export subtitles or voiceover. A 90-second clip renders in about two minutes, and the free plan covers three videos a month so you can test the AI translation first.
Can the Japanese version keep the original speaker's voice?
Yes. Voice cloning recreates the speaker in Japanese from a 30-minute sample, so their identity carries across. Choose Audio Dubbing to swap only the voice track or Video Dubbing to sync the lips to the new Japanese audio.
Should I use formal or casual Japanese, and will the script render correctly?
Set a formal keigo register for corporate, training, or executive content and a conversational tone for creator videos. Subtitles render mixed kanji, hiragana, and katakana with correct line breaks, so the text stays readable on any screen.
How accurate is the lip sync from English to Japanese?
Japanese is mora-timed while English is stress-timed, so sentence length shifts on translation. Precision Mode plus 0.02-second facial sync holds the dub to the picture, and you preview every line before export.
How much does it cost to translate a video to Japanese?
The free plan gives three videos a month at 720p; paid pricing starts at $24/month annual for unlimited 1080p videos across 175+ languages. Workday cut localization from weeks to minutes and doubled capacity without new headcount, per the Workday customer story.
Which video formats are supported?
MP4, MOV, AVI, and WebM upload in any common format with no conversion. You can also cut vertical versions sized for TikTok, Shorts, and Reels from the same project.
Can I edit the translated subtitles and dubbing?
Yes. Adjust wording, timing, and subtitle styling in the editor, then re-export. Export the Japanese subtitles as SRT or VTT with the subtitle generator and drop them straight onto YouTube.
Can I also translate Japanese videos back into English?
Yes. Teams run the reverse Japanese to English video translation with the Japanese to English video translator, turning Japanese videos to English from the same project. The AI voice cloning keeps one voice across every language.
Translate videos into 175+ languages
The same upload renders any of 175+ languages without starting over, in either direction.
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