YouTube Now Offering Content Translation in 36 Languages

YouTube has gone to great lengths to help creators make their content available to viewers around the globe, regardless of language. Their auto-captioning and translation feature was a start, and last September the video site took things to a new level, letting creators enlist the help of friends for caption translation. This week they’ve announced a new ‘Request translation’ feature that lets creators connect directly with translation vendors and pay to have their captions translated by professionals.

YouTube has gone to great lengths to help creators make their content available to viewers around the globe, regardless of language.  Their auto-captioning and translation feature was a start, and last September the video site took things to a new level, letting creators enlist the help of friends for caption translation.  This week they’ve announced a new ‘Request translation’ feature that lets creators connect directly with translation vendors and pay to have their captions translated by professionals.

YouTube Product Manager Jeff Chin writes on the YouTube Creator blog, “When you request a translation for your captions in YouTube, we’ll display a list of vendors along with their estimated pricing and delivery date so you can easily compare. 

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