Translate SRT subtitles into Amharic for Ethiopian viewers
Upload one subtitle file or up to 30 and get each line in Amharic, in the Ethiopic script, on exactly the time codes of your source file. No account is needed to see the first part for free. Translating the entire job, up to 10,000 lines, is $5 paid once.
- Amharic in Ethiopic (Ge'ez) script, as Unicode text
- Tigrinya and Oromo are separate targets in the same list
- Every subtitle checked to come back under its own number
- SRT or VTT download, a single file or a ZIP
- $5 for up to 30 files and 10,000 lines
Every line, on its timing.
The numbers and time codes of your file are kept exactly; only the words change. Right-to-left languages get the marks players need to show punctuation in the right place.
Demo scene written for this page; the Persian lines are real output from the tool.
Subtitles in fidel
Amharic is written in fidel, the Ethiopic syllabary, in which each character joins a consonant and a vowel. Older texts separate words with the two-dot mark ፡, while modern Amharic, subtitles included, mostly uses ordinary spaces and ends sentences with the four-dot ።. The model is asked to keep subtitles to two lines of about 42 characters where possible; that is a guideline, and no text is cut to fit.
Current phones, computers and browsers display fidel. Some older smart TVs and media players lack an Ethiopic font and show empty boxes; VLC, or a subtitle font with Ethiopic coverage, solves that. The download is UTF-8 with a byte order mark.
Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromo: pick your audience's language
Ethiopia has many languages, and Amharic is not every viewer's first one. Tigrinya uses the same script but is a different language; Oromo is written in the Latin-based Qubee alphabet. All three are in the target list. If your screening is for an Oromo- or Tigrinya-speaking community, choose that target instead of Amharic.
People who bring Amharic subtitle jobs
- Ethiopian families in the US, Canada and the Gulf watching films with parents
- Churches showing films and teaching videos to their congregations
- Health and community organizations with information videos
- Amharic learners who want the original English line above the translation
Quality to expect
Amharic has more AI training material than Tigrinya but much less than the major European languages. Most lines should carry their meaning; humor, idioms and polite forms of address can come out flat or too formal. Treat the free first part as your sample, correct lines on screen, and have a native speaker review subtitles for a festival or broadcast.
How the tool works, what it costs and how your files are handled is on the Subtitle Translator page; prices for every tool are on the pricing page.
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Questions and answers
Can ChatGPT translate SRT subtitles into Amharic?
A short excerpt, often. A feature film is long enough that chat replies tend to stop before the end or come back with lines joined and renumbered, which breaks the sync with the video.
Why are there squares instead of Amharic letters?
Your player has no font with Ethiopic characters. The file is fine; open it in VLC or a browser, or choose a subtitle font that covers Ethiopic.
Can I turn Amharic subtitles into English?
Yes. Upload the Amharic SRT and pick English as the target; the tool recognizes the source language on its own.
What is the price?
The first part is free, shown on screen. Then $5 unlocks the whole job, every file up to 10,000 lines, with no subscription. Jobs of no more than 150 lines are free in full.
Are my files kept?
Jobs without an account are removed after 7 days, and you can delete yours earlier. They are not used to train AI models.