English to French video translator

Yes. French puts a space before ?, !, : and ;, and the translation does: “Pouvez-vous m’envoyer le rapport avant vendredi ?” and “Waouh ! C’est incroyable !” came back that way in our test. Quotes take « », and “Dr. Patel” became “le Dr Patel”.

As vous. English “you” came back as vous in every line of our test, even the casual “you know”, which became “vous savez”. That suits most videos; for a channel that talks to friends, change “vous” to “tu” where it should sound closer.

Yes. French usually runs longer than English, so the French is laid out as subtitles on its own terms: at most 2 lines of about 42 characters, each subtitle on screen for 1 to 7 seconds and long enough to read, starting when the English words are spoken.

Because the French is cut into subtitles after translation, its subtitles needn’t match the English ones one for one. In our test, 2 minutes 19 seconds of English became 34 English subtitles and, over two runs, 37 and 38 French ones, the French text running about a sixth longer.

NoteOwl understands French and English on your Mac: it imports your MP4 videos, transcribes them with unlimited transcription and saves SRT subtitles with each speaker’s name. Already have English subtitles? The subtitle translator keeps their exact timing.