Guides and tips on translation, subtitles, and language tools.
Copy a spreadsheet into a translator and your formulas, numbers, and layout fall apart. Here is how to translate an .xlsx for free, whole workbook or a single column, with every formula kept intact.
Most PDF translators give up the moment a page is a scan instead of text. Here is how to translate any PDF for free, with built-in OCR for scanned pages, and get clean output as a Word doc or plain text.
Paste a long text file into a translator and it comes back as one merged blob. Here is how to translate a whole .txt file for free with every line, blank line, and indent kept exactly in place.
Copy a Word file into a translator and the fonts, tables, and layout fall apart. Here is how to translate a .docx for free while keeping every font, color, table, heading, and header exactly in place.
Paste an HTML page into a translator and the tags get mangled and the layout falls apart. Here is how to translate an .html file for free, keeping every tag, link, image, and style exactly in place.
Translate a page and your brand name comes back as a literal word, or a product term is different on every line. Here is how to use a free glossary to keep brand names untranslated and terms consistent.
Localizing a marketing email or transactional template? Here is how to translate an HTML email into another language for free, keeping the table layout, buttons, and brand names exactly as they are.
Need to translate a block of text into another language without making an account? Here is how to do it in seconds, free, across 50+ languages, and how to handle longer text.
Pasted text from a PDF and got page numbers, double spaces, and broken line breaks? Here is how to clean it up in seconds, free, and get tidy text ready for a document or for ChatGPT.
Need to write a name or a phrase from one script in another, like Cyrillic or Arabic into the Latin alphabet? Here is how to transliterate text in seconds, free, and how it differs from translation.
Want just the words out of a subtitle file, with no timecodes or line numbers? Here is how to turn an SRT into a clean transcript in seconds, free, in the format you need.
Need a VTT file for the web, or an SRT for your video player? Here is how to convert between the two subtitle formats in seconds, free, with the timings kept exactly as they are.
Got a block of text and not sure what language it is? Here is how to identify it in seconds, why short snippets are harder, and what to do once you know.
Subtitles showing up too early or too late? Here is how to shift the timing of an SRT file back into sync in a few seconds, free, and when a simple shift will not be enough.
Translate a subtitle file into another language and get a working SRT back, with the timestamps and line numbers intact. A step-by-step guide, free and with no signup.
What's the difference between SRT and VTT subtitle files? A practical guide to both formats, when to use each, and how to convert between them for free.