English to Turkish video translator

Like any well-made subtitles: at most 2 lines of about 42 characters, broken between words, each on screen for 1 to 7 seconds and long enough to read at about 17 characters a second.

Turkish ran about the same length as English in our test, so Turkish lines are rarely more crowded than the English ones. In that test, translation from English into Turkish scored clearly above the dedicated translation system we compared it with.

Because Turkish usually saves the verb for the end of the sentence. The Turkish is translated first and cut into subtitles afterwards, so each subtitle follows a Turkish sentence and its pauses rather than splitting it where the English split.

“The teachers were tired after the trip” became “Geziden sonra öğretmenler yorgundu”: the trip comes first and “were tired” last. Splitting that at the English break would leave viewers waiting for the verb.

Yes. Names written in Latin letters keep their spelling: “Dr. Patel and Maria Lopez will lead the session” became “Dr. Patel ve Maria Lopez oturuma liderlik edecek”. The only names to watch are ones the English transcript misheard, which carry over as heard.

NoteOwl understands Turkish and English on your Mac (see its languages): it imports 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.