Translate SRT subtitles to Pashto, the whole film in sync
Upload one SRT or VTT file, or a season of up to 30, and get every subtitle line in Pashto, written right to left in the Pashto alphabet, on the timings of your original file. You see the first part free, with no account. All files in the job, up to 10,000 lines, cost $5 once.
- Pashto in its own Arabic-based alphabet, including ښ, ږ, ځ, څ, ټ, ډ, ړ and ڼ
- An invisible right-to-left mark at the start and end of every line, so punctuation sits on the correct side
- Numbering and time codes copied from your file, never written by the model
- Bilingual option: the original line above the Pashto, same timing
- Up to 10,000 lines across up to 30 files for $5
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.
Letters a Persian or Arabic font may not have
Pashto uses letters that Persian and Arabic do not, such as ښ, ږ, ځ, څ, ټ, ډ and ړ. They are ordinary Unicode characters and the translation writes them as such, but a player that falls back to an old font may show an empty box in their place. If you see boxes, choose a subtitle font with full Arabic-script coverage; most current systems include one.
Because Pashto runs right to left, the tool also places a right-to-left mark at both ends of every line. Without it, players that lay subtitles out left to right put a final question mark or full stop on the wrong side, and a line that starts with a dash looks reversed.
Afghan and Pakistani Pashto
There is one Pashto target. The model writes standard written Pashto, but spelling habits and everyday vocabulary differ between Afghanistan and Pakistan and between regional dialects, and loanwords lean toward Persian on one side and Urdu or English on the other. Read the free first part with your audience in mind. If a word sounds wrong for them, correct it on screen before you download; the edited text is what goes into the file. For Afghan viewers who read Dari more easily, Dari is a separate target in the list.
Who asks for Pashto subtitles
- Resettlement agencies and schools showing orientation videos to newly arrived families
- Relatives abroad sharing an Indian or Korean drama with parents at home
- Health and legal-aid organizations with short explainer films
- Mosques and community centers planning a film night
- Students of Pashto who want a familiar film with both languages on screen
What to check before showing it
Machine translation into Pashto is less established than into the largest languages. Most lines carry the meaning, but idioms, jokes and names can come out stiff or spelled in an unexpected way. Use the free part as a sample, and for a public screening, broadcast or festival, ask a fluent Pashto reader to go through the file.
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 an SRT file to Pashto?
For a few dozen lines, often yes. A full film is another matter: long subtitle files pasted into a chat tend to come back cut short, with lines merged or renumbered, and the subtitles drift out of sync from that point on.
Why do some players put punctuation on the wrong side of Pashto lines?
They lay out each line left to right unless something in the text says otherwise. The right-to-left marks this tool adds at both ends of each line fix that in VLC, browsers and most TV players.
Which source languages work?
Any language the model reads, for example English, Urdu, Hindi, Persian or Arabic. You do not pick it; it is recognized from the text.
My old Pashto subtitle file shows strange characters. Can I use it as a source?
Usually yes. Files saved in the old Windows Arabic code page (Windows-1256) are recognized from their bytes and read correctly, as are UTF-8 and UTF-16. If the text was already garbled and saved again, so it shows letters like Ø and Ù, repair it first with the Persian and Arabic subtitle fixer, which also handles Pashto.
How is it priced?
The opening block is free to view. After that, one payment of $5 covers every file in the job, up to 30 files and 10,000 lines, with no subscription. Jobs of 150 lines or fewer in total are free in full.
Who can see my files?
Only you. Files are sent to an AI model provider for translation and are not used to train AI models; jobs uploaded without an account are deleted after 7 days.