Translate Video to French (Français)
Get French subtitles for a video in English or another language: AI writes down what's said, translates every line into French and keeps it in time with the voice. Make the video with French subtitles drawn in, or download an SRT. Free, no sign-up.
Your video never leaves your device. How?
In Accurate mode only the audio is sent to our server to be transcribed, then deleted. Choose "On this device" in the settings and nothing is uploaded.
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Click, tap, or drop a fileHow to translate a video to French
Choose the video
Pick the video from your phone or computer: a tutorial, a class, a Reel or any clip (MP4, MOV, WebM).
Check the settings
Subtitles in is already set to French. The spoken language is detected by itself, or you can set it.
Generate
The subtitles are written in the spoken language, then translated into French, usually within a minute.
Read and fix
Check names and terms, and change any word to suit your viewers.
Make the video
Pick a caption style and make the video with French subtitles drawn in, or download the SRT for YouTube, VLC or an editor.
French subtitles for viewers in France, Canada and Africa
French is read across France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec and much of West and North Africa. French subtitles on an English video, course or Reel let all of them follow it, and drawn-in captions work on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube Shorts.
It also helps with a lecture, an interview or a family video that someone who reads French more easily needs to follow.
How the translation is made
First the video's own subtitles are written: in Accurate mode (the default) your browser takes the audio out of the video and sends only that audio to be transcribed by Whisper large-v3-turbo, with each line's timing. Nothing is kept. Choose On this device and the speech is recognised in your browser instead.
Then the subtitle lines, and only their text, are translated by an AI language model, a whole video at a time so each line is translated with the lines around it in mind. Every line keeps its timing, so the translated subtitles stay in sync. The text isn't stored.
The video itself never leaves your device: the subtitles are drawn onto it in your browser, or you download them as an SRT or VTT file.
Features
From any language
English most often, but Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi or any of 99 spoken languages can be translated into French.
Accents in every caption style
The caption fonts include accented letters, so the drawn-in subtitles show every é, ñ, ç and ã as they should.
Subtitles here, dubbing too
The speech is translated into subtitles you can read, timed to the voice, and the original voice stays as it is. To hear it spoken in the new language, use AI Dubbing.
Edit before you download
AI translation can get a name or an idiom wrong. Every line can be fixed before you make the video or download the file.
Your video stays private
Only the audio is sent to be transcribed and only the text to be translated; neither is kept. The video never leaves your device.
Free, no sign-up
No account, no watermark. Free with fair use: a day's translations cover about 15 ten-minute videos.
Frequently asked questions
How do I translate an English video to French?
Choose the video on this page and press Generate. The English subtitles are written first, then translated into French line by line, each keeping its timing. Make the video with French subtitles drawn in, or download the SRT.
Can I translate an Arabic video into French?
Yes. Arabic speech is recognised and the subtitles are translated into French. Check names before you download.
Will the accents show correctly in the video?
Yes. The caption fonts include é, è, à, ç and the other accented letters, so the subtitles drawn into the video look right.
Can I use the French subtitles on YouTube or in VLC?
Yes. Download the SRT and add it in YouTube Studio as French subtitles, or keep it next to the video with the same name and VLC loads it.
Is my video uploaded?
No. Only the audio is sent to be transcribed and only the text to be translated, and neither is kept. The video stays on your phone or computer.
How long can the video be?
Videos up to an hour are transcribed in Accurate mode, in a minute or two; longer ones on your device (slower), or in Accurate mode with ClipUtils Pro, up to 2 hours.