Translate Japanese Audio to English
Upload the Japanese recording and tick English under “Also translate into”. You get the Japanese as it was spoken and an English version of every line beside it, with speakers and timestamps, so you can follow the meaning and still check the original.
Japanese audio and video · English and 50+ other target languages · files up to 8 GB
Same lines, same times, now in English
冬にスタジオを作り直しました。We rebuilt the studio in winter.
それ以来、どのエピソードも温かく聞こえます。And since then every episode sounds warmer.
聴く人はすぐに気づきます。People hear it right away.
Timestamps and speakers kept
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Japanese Audio People Need in English
A recorded call with a supplier or a client in Tokyo becomes English notes your team can act on, with the Japanese line kept for anything that needs confirming.
Episodes, streams and creator videos become English text for study or analysis, without waiting for an official translation.
Researchers and journalists keep the exact Japanese for citations and work from the English to write.
Japanese to English: What the Translation Has to Decide
Japanese leaves a lot unsaid that English must spell out. These are the parts worth reading twice.
- Missing subjects
- Japanese often drops “I”, “you” or “they”; the English picks one from context, so check who did what
- Keigo
- Honorific and humble forms become plain English; the politeness level is lost in translation
- Names
- Family name first: 田中健太 can appear as Tanaka Kenta or Kenta Tanaka in English; save the form you use in My terms
- Numbers
- 万 is ten thousand and 億 is a hundred million: 5万円 is 50,000 yen
- Loanwords
- Katakana words like ミーティング come back as their English originals
- Transcript
- The Japanese is written in kanji and kana, without romaji
- Output
- Japanese and English with the same timestamps, each exported as its own file
Before You Translate a Japanese Recording
The English is built on the Japanese transcript, so start there.
Speakers
Turn on speaker labels
Because subjects are often left out, knowing who is speaking is what lets the English say “I” or “you” correctly. Set 2 to 5 speakers.
Names
Add names in kanji and in English
Personal and company names have several possible readings. A My terms entry fixes the kanji in the transcript and the spelling in the English.
Review
Read polite requests carefully
Indirect refusals and requests can sound vaguer in English than they were meant. Keep the Japanese line next to anything important.
How to Translate Japanese Audio to English
From recording to English text in three steps.
Add an audio or video file up to 8 GB, or paste a link from YouTube, Google Drive or Dropbox.
Set Japanese as the spoken language and pick English under “Also translate into”.
Compare names and numbers with the Japanese, then download the English as a document, text or subtitles.