Norwegian subtitle generator

Because Norwegian sits so close to Danish and Swedish that a short stretch whose language is guessed may come back in a neighbour’s spelling. Set to Norwegian, every subtitle is written in Norwegian; in our test, that meant Bokmål.

When speakers switch between Norwegian and English for long passages, the main subtitle generator is the better choice, because it decides the language of each passage itself.

It keeps “ca.” with the number that follows, so no subtitle ends on the abbreviation. In our test “fra ca. 400 år etter Kristus” stayed on one line.

The same went for “er på ca. 800.” in the next subtitle, and for other abbreviations that come before a figure, such as “nr.” and “kl.”.

Netflix’s Norwegian guide uses the same 42 characters a line and 17 a second as this page, marks two speakers with a hyphen and no space (“-John?” / “-Han er ikke hjemme.”), and writes one to twelve in words.

It also asks for a condensed style in translated subtitles, a decimal comma and a space in numbers from 10 000. Speaker hyphens are yours to add; the web generator writes the words alone. In Norway, as across the Nordic countries, usually only children’s programmes are dubbed.

NoteOwl, the Mac app, understands Norwegian in Bokmål and Nynorsk, as its list of languages shows. It transcribes Norwegian recordings on your Mac with unlimited transcription, keeps speakers apart and saves SRT subtitles with their names. For a Norwegian transcript instead, use Norwegian audio to text.