Generate Occitan subtitles for your English videos

How English audio becomes Occitan subtitles

Audio in English (English) is transcribed first, then translated into Occitan (Occitan). Because the translation runs on the transcript rather than on the audio, the Occitan subtitle file keeps the timings of the original English speech — each line appears at the moment it was actually said.

Both languages are written in the Latin alphabet, so the file needs nothing from your player beyond that script.

Why translate English video into Occitan

English is spoken principally in worldwide; Occitan in southern France and neighbouring valleys. A Occitan subtitle track is what lets one recording reach both audiences without re-recording, re-editing or dubbing it.

Because subtitles are a separate file rather than part of the picture, you can attach several language tracks to the same video and let viewers pick.

About the English audio

English has a wider spread of accents than any other language here, and the gap between spelling and pronunciation means recognition leans on context rather than sound alone. Names and technical terms are where errors concentrate, because those are exactly the words context cannot predict.

About the Occitan subtitles

Occitan covers several varieties — Provençal, Languedocien and Gascon among them — that differ enough in sound and vocabulary to complicate a single transcript. French is present in most recordings, and detection between Occitan and neighbouring Romance languages is not dependable.

What to check before publishing

• Names and places, which translation handles less reliably than ordinary prose.
• Idiom — a phrase that is natural in English may need loosening to read well in Occitan.
• Timing on fast exchanges, where two speakers overlap.