Foreign-language video · Read it, don't guess it
Foreign-language video to text.
For anyone who has a video in a language they do not read: a batch of ad references from another market, a talk, an interview, a course. ReadVideo transcribes the original speech, lays it out as a reading document with paragraphs and headings, then translates it sentence by sentence and shows the translation under each line. Click any phrase to hear that moment. We check English, Chinese and French output ourselves; other major languages run through the same engine, so try a short clip first.
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Up to 16 GB · 8 hours
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Paste a link
Google Drive: share a file or a folder with "Anyone with the link" and allow downloads. For a folder or a share with several files, you choose which ones to import.
Google Drive: no membership required. Transcription uses credits.
Free trial: one upload, up to 10 minutes, no sign-in required. The trial gives you the original-language transcript; translation needs a paid plan (Lite or above) and uses credits. See plans
Made for understanding a foreign video, not just captioning it
Who uses it: creative teams studying ad references from other markets, researchers and analysts who need to cite what was actually said, learners following a course or talk in a language they are still learning.
Original first, translation second
The transcript stays in the language that was spoken, so names, slogans and wordplay are there to check. The translation sits under each sentence rather than replacing it.
A reading document, not a subtitle wall
Sentences are grouped into paragraphs with headings; a long recording gets chapters. Read the storyline of an ad in one pass instead of pausing on every caption.
Names and terms stay consistent
The translator keeps a per-video ledger of names, terms and pronouns that you can review, so the same person or product reads the same way from start to end.
Several references at once
Signed in, one file can be up to 16 GB and 8 hours; upload each file or paste Google Drive share links and read the first while the rest process.
Copy or export
Copy the transcript into your notes or an AI assistant, or export plain text or Markdown; timed SRT subtitles are on paid plans. Exports carry the original-language transcript; the translation is read in the bilingual view.
How to read a foreign-language video as text
Upload the video or paste a Drive link
Choose the file above, or paste a Google Drive share link. Signed out, one upload up to 10 minutes is free.
Check the original transcript
Names and brand terms can come out wrong in any language. Fix them first; signed in, your glossary applies the same fix to later transcripts.
Translate the transcript
Choose Translate transcript. Each sentence is translated in order, with the earlier sentences as context, then every translated phrase is aligned to the timeline.
Read, listen, quote
Read the translation under each sentence and click any phrase to hear the original. Verify passages you plan to quote against the original text.
Foreign-language video questions
Which source languages work?
The transcription engine covers the major spoken languages. We check English, Chinese and French output in our own work; for another language, run a short clip first and read the transcript before translating a long one.
Which language is the translation in?
Your interface language by default: English on the English site, Chinese on the Chinese site. The menu next to Translate lists 37 languages and accepts a typed one; ReadVideo remembers what you picked for the next video. A video already in your language is translated into the other of English or Chinese.
Can I process several ad references at once?
Yes. Signed in, submit each file or Drive link; every video becomes its own reading document in your library, and you can read the first while the others process.
Does it dub or subtitle the video?
No. You get text: the original transcript and, with translation, a translated line under each sentence shown in the reader and as the player's caption. There is no new voice track and no re-rendered video.
Can I export the translation?
Not as a file yet. Exports (SRT on paid plans, plain text, Markdown) contain the original-language transcript; the translation is read in the bilingual view.
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