Translate subtitles to Malay

Yes. Malaysia writes a decimal point, as English does, and the translation kept it: “6.5 peratus” and “$1,250”. Afternoon times came out on the 12-hour clock with petang, so 3:30 p.m. became “jam 3:30 petang”.

With anda, the neutral polite “you”, in the everyday lines, and with tuan for “sir”: “Sila duduk, tuan.” For a relaxed channel, kamu or awak may sound closer to how your viewers talk; change them in the downloaded file.

Slightly. Malay ran about a tenth longer than English in our test, and plurals often double a word: “The teachers” became “Guru-guru itu”. Each subtitle keeps its time, so a long one gets two fuller lines rather than a third.

Lines aim for 42 characters and split only between words, so a doubled word such as guru-guru or kanak-kanak is never broken at its hyphen.

It scored above the dedicated translation system we compared it with. Gender wasn’t an issue in our test lines, because dia means he or she; the things to check are names, brand terms and whether anda suits your audience.

NoteOwl on a Mac transcribes English with unlimited transcription, labels every speaker and saves SRT subtitles you can bring here for Malay. The app doesn’t transcribe Malay; for subtitles of Malay speech, try the Malay subtitle generator.