Transcribe your reel to an editable SRT, translate it into a second market's language, and burn styled captions back onto the clip, all in one Morphic workspace.

By The Morphic Team · Updated 2026-10-17

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To translate reel captions into another language, let Morphic transcribe the clip into a subtitle file, translate that into your second market's language, then style and burn the captions back onto the reel. The speech becomes a downloadable SRT first, with the language auto-detected, so you can check the words before they go on.

What you need

Your finished reel with clear speech
The language you are launching into
A Morphic account

Steps

Transcribe the speech to an SRT

Run the reel through transcription. The spoken language is auto-detected and the speech becomes a downloadable SRT, a plain subtitle file with the words and their timing. Check the transcript against the audio and fix any misheard words here, because everything downstream follows this file.

Translate for the second market

Translate the transcript into the language you are launching into. Keep both tracks for bilingual subtitles if viewers read along in two languages. Check that names, product terms and the call to action read naturally in the new language rather than word for word.

Style and burn the captions

For a Latin-script language, style the captions, the font, weight, colour and position, and burn them onto the clip so they travel with the file. The transcript carries word-level timing, so you can set a karaoke style that lights each word as it is spoken. Check the captions sit inside the safe area for the platform.

Return the file for non-Latin scripts

For CJK and Indic scripts, Morphic returns the translated subtitle file rather than burning it on. Add that file on upload, where the platform renders the script with its own fonts. Check the timing lines up once it plays on the platform.

	Latin-script languages	CJK and Indic scripts
Transcription	Auto-detected to SRT	Auto-detected to SRT
Translation	Bilingual subtitles	Bilingual subtitles
Styled captions	Burned onto the clip	Returned as a file
On the reel	Font, weight, colour, position set	Add the file on upload

Common problems and fixes

The transcript mishears a word. Edit it in the SRT before translating; the burned captions and the translation both follow the corrected text.
The second language is CJK or Indic. The styled caption does not burn on for those scripts; the subtitle file is returned to add on upload instead.
The captions sit under the interface. Set the position inside the safe area for the platform, clear of the top and bottom controls.

Put it together

Launching a reel in a second market is three moves from the clip you already have: transcribe the speech to an SRT, translate it, then burn styled captions for a Latin script or return the file for a CJK or Indic one. You pay for what you transcribe, and you check the words before they ship. Start from the add subtitles to video tool, and see where the reel comes from in how to make a product launch video.

FAQs

How do I translate reel captions into another language?

Transcribe the clip into a subtitle file, translate that file into the second language, then style and burn the captions back on. Morphic auto-detects the spoken language, so you start from an accurate SRT you can check before it goes onto the reel.

Can I show both languages at once?

Yes. Translate the transcript for bilingual subtitles and keep both tracks in the SRT, so the original and the second language sit together. This suits a reel launching in a market where viewers read along in two languages.

Will the captions burn onto the clip in any language?

Styled captions burn onto the clip for Latin-script languages, with font, weight, colour and position set in Morphic. For CJK and Indic scripts, the subtitle file is returned so you add it on upload instead.

Does it handle word-by-word karaoke captions?

Yes. The transcript carries word-level timing, so you can style captions that highlight each word as it is spoken. This is the look many reels use to hold attention through a voiceover.

How is this billed?

You pay for what you transcribe. The cost follows the length of speech in the clip you run, so a short reel costs less to caption than a long one, and translating the transcript works from that same pass.

What if the transcription gets a word wrong?

Fix it in the subtitle file before translating. Because the speech becomes a downloadable SRT first, you edit the text there, and both the burned captions and the translation follow the corrected version.