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Italian to English audio translator
This Italian to English audio translator transcribes speech in Italian and then translates each line into English, so you can read a lesson, an interview or a voice message in English with the time of every passage.
- Free
- Italian → English
- Nothing is stored
Drop your Italian recording here, or Choose your Italian recording
MP3, M4A, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG or WebM. Up to 30 minutes of each file, 3 free files a day. Translates Italian speech into English.
Working with Italian recordings regularly? NoteOwl transcribes Italian on your Mac with unlimited transcription, labels each speaker and keeps every conversation searchable.
How it works
How do you translate an Italian recording into English?
To translate Italian audio to English, drop the recording on this page. It is transcribed as Italian in short pieces, then each line is put into English with its time. Read the English, and switch to the Italian whenever you want the exact words.
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Add the Italian recording
A voice message from family, a university lecture, a call with a supplier: MP3, M4A, WAV or OGG.
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Italian first, then English
The speech is written down in Italian, then translated. Up to 30 minutes of each recording.
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Read or save
Copy the English, or keep it as TXT or Word; the Italian transcript is under Original.
How does spoken Italian read in English?
Plainer and a little shorter. Across our Italian test recording, the English used about a tenth fewer characters than the Italian transcript. The Italian speech was transcribed very cleanly, and the translation into English was good.
- Alle 8:46 precise cadde il silenzio su tutta la città…
- EnglishAt exactly 8:46, silence fell over the whole city…
- Ultimamente è stato battuto da Raonic al Brisbane Open.
- EnglishRecently he was beaten by Raonic at the Brisbane Open.
| Italian | English |
|---|---|
| Alle 8:46 precise cadde il silenzio su tutta la città… | At exactly 8:46, silence fell over the whole city… |
| Ultimamente è stato battuto da Raonic al Brisbane Open. | Recently he was beaten by Raonic at the Brisbane Open. |
Where does the “he” in the English come from?
From the Italian grammar around it. Italian often leaves the subject out: “Ultimamente è stato battuto da Raonic” names nobody, but the masculine ending of “battuto” told the translation to write “he”. When no ending gives it away, check who was meant.
What is worth checking in the English?
Names, idioms and false friends. Names come back as the Italian transcript spelled them. Idioms can come through word for word: “messe a dura prova” became “put to the test” where English says “severely strained”. And “esonerato” means dismissed, not exonerated.
Titles fared well in our test recording: a film mentioned by its Italian title, “Il mistero dei Templari”, came back as “National Treasure”, the name English speakers know it by.
What happens to Lei, tu and voi in English?
They all become “you”. A speaker who moves from Lei to tu loses that shift in English, and a plural voi (“Se avete visto il film…”) reads the same as a single listener. If the relationship matters, note it from the Italian.
Do you work with Italian recordings regularly?
NoteOwl understands Italian on your Mac: it transcribes Italian recordings and calls with unlimited transcription, labels each speaker and keeps every conversation searchable. For an Italian transcript without translation, use Italian audio to text.
FAQ
Questions about Italian recordings in English
Is the Italian to English audio translator free?
Yes. 3 recordings a day, up to 30 minutes each, without an account; the English, the Italian transcript and every download are included.
Can I translate a voice message in Italian?
Yes. Share or export it from the messaging app as an audio file, often OPUS or OGG, and add it here. It is transcribed in Italian and translated like any other recording.
Can I read the Italian too?
Yes. Switch the result to Original to see the Italian transcript with the same times as the English, and save it as text or SRT.
What if the speakers switch to English?
This page transcribes everything as Italian. For a recording that mixes Italian and English, use the main audio translator with the spoken language on Detect automatically.
Does it show who said what?
No. The English transcript has words and times only. NoteOwl on a Mac labels each speaker in the transcripts it makes.
Is my recording kept anywhere?
No. Your browser holds the file; short pieces of the sound go to a cloud AI transcription service, then the Italian text to a cloud AI translation service, and each discards what it received. NoteOwl stores nothing.
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