Spanish to German video translator

A little. Ten Spanish test sentences came to 1,062 characters; the German to 1,116, about a twentieth more. Long compounds such as “Einnahmequellen” fill a line fast, so the page fits German into 2 lines of 42 characters and starts a new subtitle when they run out.

The subtitles follow the German. “Der Angriff setzte die Beziehungen zwischen Indien und Pakistan einer intensiven Belastung aus” runs to 95 characters, more than one subtitle holds, so the “aus” that completes “setzte” arrives in the second subtitle. German viewers read that as normal.

This works because the German is cut into subtitles after it is translated: each subtitle ends where a German phrase or a pause in the speech allows, never in the middle of a word, rather than copying the breaks of the Spanish.

Words with several meanings, and how viewers are addressed. In our test, “expulsaron” (he was let go) became “verstoßen”, an odd choice where a German writer would say “gefeuert”. And if your video talks to viewers as tú, decide whether the German should say du or Sie.

NoteOwl understands Spanish and German on your Mac: it imports MP4 videos, transcribes them with unlimited transcription and exports SRT subtitles that name each speaker. Already have Spanish subtitles? The subtitle translator keeps their timing exactly.