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Translated captions or dubbing?

Translated captions put the meaning of speech into on-screen text in another language. Dubbing replaces or adds a spoken voice track. StreamTranslate Clips provides captions, not dubbing: the original recording remains audible while viewers read the translation.

What translated captions do

Captions can help viewers follow speech they do not understand without replacing the speaker's voice. In StreamTranslate Clips, the translated text is rendered into a new video reply. The requester's chosen language is visible to everyone watching that version.

This is different from a selectable subtitle track. Viewers cannot switch the burned-in text to another language inside that same video. It is also different from StreamTranslate's live Twitch extension, where viewers can choose their own caption language.

What dubbing would change

Dubbing supplies translated speech as audio. It can involve a new voice, different timing and editing to fit the original video. StreamTranslate Clips does not provide that workflow and does not clone the speaker's voice.

If someone requests Spanish for an English video, the result is Spanish text with the original English audio, not a Spanish-speaking version of the person. This distinction matters when sharing a clip: describe it as translated captions or subtitles, not a dubbed video.

Captions in the original language

Same-language captions transcribe speech into readable text without changing languages. Translated captions add a translation step. Both can help someone follow a video, but neither automatically captures every sound, speaker identity or piece of context that a professionally authored accessibility track might include.

A supported source language and a supported output language still need to match your request. Use the language lists rather than assuming that every language or dialect is available.

Choose the right StreamTranslate tool

For an available public X video, tag @StreamTranslate and name the caption language. Track the request on Clips; the finished reply is a separate video, not an edit to the original post.

For a local file and more subtitle customization, use the separate Video / VOD Translator. For real-time speech, use live captions. For written chat messages, use Chat Translator. Translating written chat does not translate the audio in a video.