This feature is available for users on select Vimeo Enterprise plans. Please contact your account manager to get access to the feature. This feature is available for AI-eligible videos under 150 minutes. This feature is not available for users located in Illinois or Texas.
You can use Vimeo AI to translate the audio track and subtitles of your video in another language. For example, if you upload a video in English, you can change the audio output of your video into 29 different languages including Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, and more.
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Translate your video into another language
Each account is provided with a number of translation minutes that can be used to translate videos into another language. Each language selected counts towards that number of minutes. If you need to purchase additional minutes, please contact your account manager for further information.
For example, if you have a 6-minute video and you select to translate your video into Spanish and Japanese, 12 translation minutes will be used.
To translate your video into another language:
- Select the Vimeo AI sparkles button from your video’s settings page
in the lower-right corner.
- Select Translate Video.
- From the Select Languages dropdown menu, select the checkboxes next to the language(s) that you would like to translate your video into
💡Tip: You can also generate a free preview of your translated video by selecting the checkbox next to Generate Free Preview. - Select Continue.
- You can select the number of speakers in the video, or you can select Auto-select for AI to automatically detect the number of speakers in the video.
- Select Continue.
- To remove a translated language from your video, hover over the language track and select the garbage icon.
- If you are happy with your preview and are ready to translate your video, select Finish and Save.
- Your video will begin the translation process. The time it takes for your video to translate is roughly aligned with the length of your video. For example, if your video is 5 minutes long, it will take roughly 5 minutes for your video to generate a translation. The time may vary.
- ⚠️Note: While processing your video, do not make changes using tools such as the Editor, Interactive Studio, or Text-Based video editor.
- In the Languages panel on the left-side toolbar of the video settings page, you can manage which language tracks are displayed to users. Select the toggle next to each track to turn the tracks on and off.
You can manually edit generated subtitles as needed. Learn more at How do I edit my video's transcript.
What if my translation attempt fails?
If your translation attempt fails, you may see one of the following error messages:
- If your source video is not a supported language, you’ll receive an error that AI translation is not supported for this video’s language.
- If the translation fails, you’ll receive an error message stating that Vimeo AI could not process it. You may decide to try the translation again. Regenerating a failed translation request will not cost additional translation minutes.
If you try your translation once more and your translation fails, you will see a red exclamation mark next to the failed track. Select the garbage can icon to remove the track.