Translate subtitles
Translate subtitles with Ollama or your own API key
Toucan Subtitle transcribes the media locally with Whisper, then uses a model you configure to translate the subtitle text. The app retains the transcription timeline and matches the translated text to its cues. The installer does not bundle a large language model.
Option 1: Local Ollama
Install and start Ollama, then download your chosen model. In Toucan Subtitle, select subtitle translation, choose local Ollama, enter the model name and select a target language. With a local service, the subtitle text stays on your computer.
Option 2: Remote API
In translation settings, select an OpenAI-compatible service, enter its endpoint URL, model name and your own API key, then choose a target language. Subtitle text goes to that endpoint. Fees and retention depend on your provider.
Data and privacy ↗Bilingual preview and SRT output
The app previews original and translated text on the same timeline. Keep the original-subtitle output enabled to get separate source and translated SRT files. Turn it off to keep only the final translation output. The two illustrative files below use matching timecodes.
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00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000
Early in the morning, we take a slow walk down the street.1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000
清晨，我們沿著街道慢慢走。