We have loved YouTube's Community Contributed Subtitles feature, and we are so sad to report that YouTube has announced this feature will be going away on September 28, 2020. Translations submitted by the community before that date that we publish will be permanently available though so we are asking our community to please help us reach others if they know another language!
How do I submit a translation?
Make sure you are signed into YouTube. Then follow these quick instructions to submit subtitles.
How do I get credited? Or opt out and remove so it is anonymous?
Here are instructions to get credited for subtitle and CC contributions (or to be anonymous). YouTube places credits for subtitles in the expanded video details of the video.
How do I see what translations exist for one of your videos?
Go to any of our videos on our YouTube channel. Once our video is playing, click the gear icon and click "subtitles" to see all available languages. Just a note, if you find mistakes in the subtitles that exist for a video, you can edit it by clicking "add subtitles" and selecting that language.
So I made and submitted subtitles. What happens now?
Once or twice a week, we go into the system and check to see if there are any community-contributed subtitles. Google translate scans them and if they follow along the original script, we publish them. They will be permanently available unless you choose to delete them. (Instructions for how to delete them are at the bottom of this support page here.)
Do you allow dubbing of your videos?
Unfortunately, our videos cannot be dubbed due to our licensing. Our videos can only be hosted on our YouTube channel. Please do not download them and upload them somewhere else as this violates our terms of use as well as YouTube's Terms of Service.
Thank you so much for your help, community! Looking for other ways to support us? Visit our support page.
How do I submit a translation?
Make sure you are signed into YouTube. Then follow these quick instructions to submit subtitles.
How do I get credited? Or opt out and remove so it is anonymous?
Here are instructions to get credited for subtitle and CC contributions (or to be anonymous). YouTube places credits for subtitles in the expanded video details of the video.
How do I see what translations exist for one of your videos?
Go to any of our videos on our YouTube channel. Once our video is playing, click the gear icon and click "subtitles" to see all available languages. Just a note, if you find mistakes in the subtitles that exist for a video, you can edit it by clicking "add subtitles" and selecting that language.
So I made and submitted subtitles. What happens now?
Once or twice a week, we go into the system and check to see if there are any community-contributed subtitles. Google translate scans them and if they follow along the original script, we publish them. They will be permanently available unless you choose to delete them. (Instructions for how to delete them are at the bottom of this support page here.)
Do you allow dubbing of your videos?
Unfortunately, our videos cannot be dubbed due to our licensing. Our videos can only be hosted on our YouTube channel. Please do not download them and upload them somewhere else as this violates our terms of use as well as YouTube's Terms of Service.
Thank you so much for your help, community! Looking for other ways to support us? Visit our support page.
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