Translations Follow
Overview
Verbit enables the translation of captions to multiple languages and in various file formats.
At this stage, we are translating captions only and not plain transcripts.
Please reach out to your Verbit Success Manager to add translation services to your account.
Below is the current list of supported translation pairs, which feature the original language being spoken in the media and the language it can be translated to.
| MEDIA LANGUAGE | TRANSLATION LANGUAGE |
| Catalan | English (US/GB) |
| Danish | English (US/GB) |
| Dutch | English (US/GB) |
| English (US/GB) | Arabic |
| English (US/GB) | Chinese (Simplified/Traditional) |
| English (US/GB) | Czech |
| English (US/GB) | Dutch |
| English (US/GB) | French (FR/CA) |
| English (US/GB) | German |
| English (US/GB) | Hebrew |
| English (US/GB) | Hindi |
| English (US/GB) | Italian |
| English (US/GB) | Japanese |
| English (US/GB) | Korean |
| English (US/GB) | Lithuanian |
| English (US/GB) | Polish |
| English (US/GB) | Portuguese (PT/BR) |
| English (US/GB) | Russian |
| English (US/GB) | Spanish (ES/US) |
| English (US/GB) | Turkish |
| English (US) | English (GB) |
| English (US) | Swedish |
| French (FR) | Chinese Mandarin |
| French (FR) | English (US/GB) |
| French (FR) | German |
| French (FR) | Italian |
| French (FR) | Russian |
| French (FR) | Spanish (ES) |
| German | English (US/GB) |
| Hebrew | Arabic |
| Hebrew | English (US/GB) |
| Hebrew | Russian |
| Portuguese (PT/BR) | English (US/GB) |
| Portuguese (PT/BR) | Spanish (ES/US) |
| Spanish (ES/US) | English (US/GB) |
| Spanish (ES/US) | Portuguese (PT/BR) |
NOTE: This list will be updated from time to time.
Uploading Files for Translation
Translations can be ordered when uploading media through one of these options:
Manual Upload
- Login to Verbit
- Click UPLOAD (the + symbol) in the lower-right area of your home page
This will launch the Select Files to the Upload dialog box - Choose your media files and click UPLOAD
This will launch the Job Settings dialog box - In Job Settings:
- Choose a Profile (that includes a translation flow)
- Choose a Translation Profile (this field will appear only if you have multiple translation profiles)
- Choose a Translation Turnaround Time
- Media Language will show the media language set in the translation profile.
It cannot be edited here. - Choose the Translation Language(s) you need to translate to.
- Add speaker names, glossary, and attachments, as needed
- Add permissions and labels/tags as needed
- Click CONFIRM
Once the files are uploaded, they will appear in your jobs dashboard as Work in Progress.
Links Upload
- Login to Verbit
- Hover over UPLOAD (the + symbol) in the lower-right area of your home page
- Click LINKS UPLOAD
This will launch the Link Upload dialog box - Enter the media URLs
- Click ADD FILES
- Click UPLOAD
This will launch the Job Settings dialog box - In Job Settings:
- Choose a Profile (that includes a translation flow)
- Choose a Translation Profile (this field will appear only if you have multiple translation profiles)
- Choose a Translation Turnaround Time
- Media Language will show the media language set in the translation profile.
It cannot be edited here. - Choose the Translation Language(s) you need to translate to.
- Add speaker names, glossary, and attachments, as needed
- Add permissions and labels/tags as needed
- Click CONFIRM
Once the files are uploaded, they will appear in your jobs dashboard as Work in Progress.
Linked Accounts: Manual Upload
You can manually pull media files from your linked accounts, such as Google Drive, YouTube, and LMS platforms, for translation.
- Login to Verbit
- Hover over UPLOAD (the + symbol) in the lower-right area of your home page
- Choose the linked platform where your media files are stored
This will launch the Upload Files dialog box - In Upload Files:
- Select the files you need to upload
- Choose a Profile (that includes a translation flow)
- Choose a Translation Profile (this field will appear only if you have multiple translation profiles)
- Choose a Translation Turnaround Time
- Media Language will show the media language set in the translation profile.
It cannot be edited here. - Choose the Translation Language(s) you need to translate to.
- Add speaker names, glossary, and attachments, as needed
- Add permissions and labels/tags as needed
- Click UPLOAD
Once the files are uploaded, they will appear in your jobs dashboard as Work in Progress.
Linked Accounts: Automatic Upload
Some of our integrations with 3rd party media providers; such as Google Drive, YouTube, and LMS platforms, allow automatic fetching of media files from a folder for translations.
If a transcription profile with translations is configured, a Default Translation Profile field will appear.
Choose the translation profile you wish to enable for jobs uploaded through this connection.
Downloading Finished Translation Files
Manual Download
You can download any or all available translations by going to DOWNLOAD, then choosing TRANSLATION.
To download translations:
- Open the relevant job
- Click DOWNLOAD
- Choose TRANSLATION
This will launch the Download Translation dialog box - In Download Translation:
- The list of languages shown includes the ones that were selected during upload, including the original media language. By default, all available languages will be pre-selected (see more below on “available languages”)
- Select one or multiple file formats
- Click DOWNLOAD
NOTE: Even if not all languages are available, you can still download the ones that are available.
NOTE: If multiple languages or multiple file types were selected, then the download will be zipped.
Translation Not Available
Since turnaround time may vary per translation language, some languages may not be available for download until the job is fully finished. If a language is grayed out, the translation is currently unavailable for download.
You will see a tooltip that will give you more context about the progress on that translation order.
Translation is still in progressmeans the translation for the relevant language is still in production and will be available shortly.
Translation is not availablemeans an issue was encountered during production, and we cannot produce the translation for the specific language.
Please reach out to Support for more details.
Bulk Download
The translations from multiple jobs can be downloaded in one go using the ‘bulk’ download feature.
To download multiple translation jobs simultaneously:
- Login to Verbit
- Select the jobs to download by clicking the icon to the left of the file name(s)
- Click DOWNLOAD (upper-right area of the page)
- Choose TRANSLATION
- Choose the relevant file types
By default, all available translations of all the selected jobs will be downloaded, and there’s no need to select languages.
NOTE: If multiple file formats are selected, the translation files will be zipped and sorted in folders per job.
Billing
You can review billing for all your translation orders through your PAYMENTS page, which you can access by clicking ADMIN, then choosing BILLING.
Billing for translations will have its own “type” to distinguish and separate it from transcription and real-time/live transcription services. Each translation for each job will be presented as its own billing item on the page.