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MissOC
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Jun 12, 2020

Microsoft Stream 2nd Language Subtitles

Hello,    I am new to this, so sorry if this is a silly question.    For our MFL department. Is it possible to upload a video to stream that is in English say, and have the subtitles in French? O...
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MissOC
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Jun 12, 2020

Tomislav Karafilov Ah ok, thank you. And what program do you use to open the .vtt file so that it can be translated?

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Tomislav Karafilov
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Jun 12, 2020

MissOC  It is a simple text based file. Just use a text editor of your choice and just edit the "text", not the control information. There may be a separate tool for this. I can't recommend any of them because I don't use them myself.

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    MissOC
    Brass Contributor
    Jun 12, 2020

    Tomislav Karafilov A text editor like Word or Notepad? The text is split up into timed sections which is a pain (see below). I was hoping to be able to paste the text into a translator, but couldn't with the timestamps everywhere.   Is there no other more practical solution. Thanks so much for your help by the way. 

    WEBVTT

    NOTE duration:"00:05:19"

    NOTE language:en-us

    NOTE Confidence: 0.89572644

    00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:04.454
    Hey everybody, this is a video
    about Microsoft Stream which is

    NOTE Confidence: 0.89572644

    00:00:04.454 --> 00:00:09.182
    a little bit like sort of like
    YouTube, but like an internal

    NOTE Confidence: 0.89572644

    00:00:09.182 --> 00:00:14.304
    one for the kind of a or for the
    whole Education Department. So

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      Tomislav Karafilov
      MVP
      Jun 12, 2020

      MissOC  Yes, I mean Notepad. Maybe there are tools that can help translating vtts. I see some when searching the Internet. But I cann't recommend one. The problem in the vtt file is that the sentences are interrupted by the timestamps.

      I have written a PowerShell script to extract the plain text from a vtt file: https://github.com/tomka75/Tools/tree/master/MicrosoftStream/VTTCleaner

      This text can be translated, but you have to put it back manually into the vtt file to preserve the timestamps. Or you copy the vtt file and upload it as caption, translate the plain text, edit the caption in the Stream Editor having the translated plain text, download this, restore the original vtt as caption and upload the translated vtt in the new language. And yes, it's a lot to do :smile:.

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        MissOC
        Brass Contributor
        Jun 12, 2020

        Tomislav Karafilov Hello, you are right, that's sounds like too much. It was to be used by a Languages teaching department and sounds like more hassle than its worth. I'll send a plea to the developers! Thanks so much for your help 👏

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