Arabic subtitles for a YouTube video, as an SRT file
Paste a link and get the video’s subtitles translated into Arabic as SRT and VTT files, each line on the timing of the original. A video without captions is written out from the audio first. The first part is free without an account; the whole video is $5, one payment.
- Every line translated into Modern Standard Arabic on its original timing
- A right-to-left mark on every Arabic line, so players put punctuation at the correct end
- Bilingual option: the original line above the Arabic
- If the creator already published Arabic captions, you get those unchanged
- Videos up to 6 hours for one payment of $5
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Your language, on the video’s timing.
Each line keeps the start and end time of the original caption; only the words change. Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Hebrew lines carry the right-to-left mark players need.
Lines from a Creative Commons video (NASA Science, CC BY). The Arabic lines are real output from the tool; the picture is drawn for this page.
Why Arabic subtitles look wrong in players
Many players lay out each subtitle line left to right unless told otherwise. An Arabic line ending with a question mark then shows the mark at the wrong end, and a line mixing Arabic with numbers or English names can look scrambled. The tool adds an invisible right-to-left mark at the start of every Arabic line, the standard fix, and saves the file with a byte-order mark so older players and TVs read it as UTF-8.
From a YouTube link to an Arabic file
The creator’s captions are used first, then YouTube’s automatic captions in the spoken language; a video without captions is transcribed from the audio into timed lines. Each line is then translated in blocks of up to 60 lines, checked to come back under its own number, and given the start and end time of its source line.
YouTube can show automatic translations in its player, but not as a file you can download, correct or use in an editor. Here you get the file.
YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC. This tool is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube or Google.
How the tool works, what it costs and how your files are handled is on the Translate YouTube Subtitles page; prices for every tool are on the pricing page.
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Questions and answers
Which Arabic is used?
Modern Standard Arabic, which most subtitles use because it is understood across the Arabic-speaking world.
Can I keep the original line too?
Yes. Choose bilingual and each subtitle shows the original line above the Arabic.
Does it work if the video has no captions?
Yes. The audio is written out as timed lines first, then translated into Arabic.
How much does it cost?
The first part is free. The whole video, up to 6 hours, is $5, paid once.