Subtitle translation guides
Practical guides to subtitle translation from SubFly: formats, timing, readability, Hinglish, glossaries and AI workflows.
- The Complete Guide to Translating Anime Subtitles (SRT & ASS) - A start-to-finish workflow for translating anime subtitles in SRT and ASS: clean sources, safe timing and styling, consistent names, and a proper review.
- How AI Is Changing Video Localization in 2026 - What AI now does well in subtitle and video localization, where it still needs people, and how to build a workflow that uses both in 2026.
- SRT vs ASS vs VTT: Which Subtitle Format Should You Use? - How SRT, ASS/SSA and WebVTT differ in timing, styling, positioning and player support - and which subtitle format to pick for TV, fansubs or the web.
- How to Fix Subtitle Timing and Sync Drift for Good - Why subtitles run early, late or drift out of sync - offsets, frame-rate mismatches, different cuts - and how to diagnose and fix each one for good.
- 5 Ways to Translate Subtitles with AI in 2026 (and Which to Pick) - An honest comparison of five ways to translate subtitle files with AI - chat assistants, editors, platform auto-translate, scripts and dedicated tools.
- How to Translate Subtitles into Hinglish and Regional Dialects with Gemini - How to get natural Hinglish and regional-dialect subtitles from Gemini: Roman script, consistent spelling, tu/tum/aap register, glossary terms and prompts.
- How to Get a Free Gemini API Key for Subtitle Translation - Create a free Gemini API key in Google AI Studio, keep it safe, understand free-tier limits, and fix the common "key rejected" errors in subtitle tools.
- Keep Character Names Consistent: How to Build a Subtitle Glossary - Why names and terms drift across a season of translated subtitles, and how to build a glossary that keeps every episode consistent.
- Translating ASS Subtitles Without Breaking Styles, Signs or Karaoke - Which parts of an ASS subtitle file are safe to translate, and how to keep override tags, typeset signs, karaoke and vector drawings intact.
- Subtitle Readability: Line Length, Reading Speed and Line Breaks - The rules that make subtitles easy to read: characters per line, reading speed (CPS), minimum and maximum durations, and where to break lines.
- Fansub Style Guide: Honorifics, Tone, Swearing and Translator Notes - The style decisions to make before episode one: honorifics, localisation vs. literal, tone per character, profanity, cultural references and TL notes.
- Batch-Translating a Full Season: A Subtitle Workflow That Scales - How to plan and run the translation of a whole season of subtitles: organise files, lock style and glossary, pilot one episode, batch the rest, review fast.