StreamTranslateClips

Clips / Guides

Translate a video on X

StreamTranslate Clips adds translated subtitles to public videos on X. Reply to a video, tag @StreamTranslate, and name the language you want. When processing succeeds, the captioned video arrives as a reply to your request, with the original audio preserved.

Request a translated video

  1. Open the public post containing the video you want to understand.
  2. Reply to that post with @StreamTranslate and the caption language.
  3. Find your request on the Clips queue.
  4. Open the delivered reply to watch the captioned version.
@StreamTranslate translate this to Spanish

You do not need to download the video, open an editor, or create a separate StreamTranslate account. You do need an X account to post the request. Naming the output language is important: the service detects the speech, but it should not have to guess which language you want to read.

What changes in the video?

The result has translated captions placed over the video. The speaker's voice stays in the original language: this is subtitle translation, not dubbing. The request does not edit or replace the original author's post. Instead, it creates a separate public video reply that other people can watch.

Caption timing and placement are automated. Existing on-screen text, fast speech, music and overlapping speakers can make the result less accurate. Review the finished video before relying on it or sharing a translation as a direct quotation.

Spoken language and caption language are different

The spoken language is what the person in the recording says. The caption language is what you ask to read. An English video can have Spanish captions, and a supported non-English video can have English captions. Supported input and output lists are not necessarily identical.

See supported languages and current limits before requesting a less common language. Recognition can be affected by dialects, code-switching and unclear audio; a listed language is not a promise that every word will be correct.

When to use a different workflow

Clips is for available public videos on X. It cannot promise access to protected, deleted or restricted media. Processing takes time, and queue demand, service limits and API availability can affect delivery.

For a local recording, a longer video or subtitle editing, use the separate Video / VOD Translator. For speech during a broadcast, use IRL captions or the live-caption setup instead. Those products have their own access requirements and pricing.