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title: "Translation"
description: "Translate a finished transcript into any of 111 supported languages. Covers how translation is billed against your credits."
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# Translation

![The Translate panel for a media file. A Translations heading sits beside a Translate button that adds a language, and the form it opens holds a Select language picker, an Enable Dubbing toggle that is off, an estimated cost for the run split between translation and dubbing, and Cancel and Start Translation buttons.](/help/media/transcription/transcription-translation.jpg)

Translation runs on a finished transcript, so transcribe the file first and then translate the text
into any of the [111 supported languages](/help/transcription/languages/). Your original transcript
is kept, so you can switch back to the source at any time.

## Translate a file

1. Open the transcribed media file.
1. Open the **More actions** menu, the three dots at the top right, and select **Translate**. A
   dialog opens headed **Translate to Another Language**.
1. Pick your **Target Language**. Add terms under **Glossary** if particular names must carry across
   unchanged, and turn on **Enable Dubbing** if you want a translated voiceover as well.
1. Select **Start Translation**.
1. Speak AI saves the translation alongside the original, in the same folder, and alerts you when it
   is ready.

To translate a batch, select the files from the folder view and translate them in one action rather
than opening each file.

## How translation is billed

Translation is measured by character count, and your plan includes a set number of translated
characters. Check what you have left under
[Profile > Usage](https://app.speakai.co/profile/usage). See
[Credits](/help/account/credits/) for how the rest of your usage is counted.

## Getting a better translation

- **Clean the transcript first.** Errors in the source text carry into every language you translate
  it into, so fix them in the [editor](/help/transcription/editing/) before you start.
- **Label your speakers.** Speaker names carry over, which keeps a multi-person conversation
  readable in the translated version.
- **Check specialized terms by hand.** Drug names, legal terms and product names are the ones worth
  reading through after a translation finishes.

## Dubbed audio

Speak AI can also generate a translated voiceover of your recording rather than translated text
only. Turn it on with **Enable Dubbing** in the translation dialog. It is available in a subset of
the translation languages, listed alongside every other language capability on
[Supported languages](/help/transcription/languages/).

Dubbing is not available for audio-only files, for files longer than 2.5 hours, or for files larger
than 1 GB. The dialog tells you which of these applies when the option is greyed out.

## Video walkthrough

<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vIZPc_C1AIU?rel=0" title="Speak AI video" width="560" height="315" loading="lazy" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe>

Want a hand setting this up? [Book a free consult](https://calendly.com/speak-ai/consult?utm_source=docs&utm_campaign=consult) and we'll do it together on your account.

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Related: [Transcription](/help/transcription/) · [Accuracy](/help/transcription/accuracy/)

Source: https://docs.speakai.co/help/transcription/translation/index.mdx