Translate .ASS subtitles with ChatGPT online AI service

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How to translate .ASS subtitle files with ChatGPT

You probably heard that ChatGPT is great at translating texts and songs. It gets the meaning right and keeps the original style and tone - but there's a catch when it comes to subtitles. The big issue is that it messes up the timing of each line in .ASS files, which basically makes the translations useless for actual subtitles.

Plus, there is the size limit - ChatGPT UI will only allow to translate a couple of kilobytes at once. Movie subtitle files can be up to 200-400KB, so you have to chop them up into smaller pieces and translate them bit by bit, which can be tedious if done manually.

That's exactly why this .ASS subtitle translator was created! It takes advantage of AI smarts to give you accurate subtitle translations while fixing both of these headaches.

Is ChatGPT better for subtitles than Google Translate?

If you ever tried Google Translate or another online subtitle translation tool, you know thet can break the markup, change time codes and line breaks. On top of that, they treat every line as a separate entity, which leads to mistranslations.

AI-powered translation tools, on the other hand, keep the whole context and meaning, so that the translated subtitles are accurate. Sentences meanings are preserved, and the formatting is kept intact, character names are consistent and the overall quality is much higher.

To make the quality even better, for each chunk of text to be translated, the AI model is fed with the previous and following lines, and the formatting is validated by an algorithm. This way, the translated subtitles are more accurate and can be used with confidence.

Can you translate .ASS subtitles with AI preserving structure and markup?

This is exactly what this tool is for! It lets you translate .ASS subtitle files while keeping all the formatting and timing exactly like the original. If you've ever tried copying .ASS contents into ChatGPT and asking for a translation to Spanish, French, German, or whatever, you probably noticed it makes a mess of things - the formatting gets broken and the lines don't match up anymore, making the whole thing pretty much useless. This tool was created specifically to fix that problem!

How much can I translate for free?

Free users of TranslateSRT have quota 10 KB per day. The limit is reset daily. If you need to translate bigger files, please top up your account.

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