Translate a Podcast Into Another Language
A great episode in a language you do not speak is just noise. Upload the episode or paste a link, and ScreenApp transcribes it so you can translate the podcast into the language you read, or have it spoken back to you in a new voice.
Most people searching for a way to translate a podcast want one of three things. Read it, download it, or hear it. ScreenApp does all three from the same upload.
Read it
View the transcript in your language, with the speakers labeled, and search it.
Download it
Ask the AI chat to write the translation as a document, then download it as PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Markdown or plain text.
Hear it
Dub the episode: translated synthetic speech with a separate voice for each speaker, saved as a new audio or video file.
Ask about it
AI chat with any recording, so you can ask what the guest said about a topic in your own language.
What a Translated Podcast Looks Like
The episode and the lines are made up for this example.
episode-42.mp3
Host, 03:12
¿Cómo empezaste con tu primera tienda?
Host, 03:12
How did you start your first shop?
Guest, 03:18
Vendíamos café en la calle durante dos años.
Guest, 03:18
We sold coffee on the street for two years.
The transcript keeps speaker identification, so you can tell the host from the guest in either language. ScreenApp transcribes in 100+ languages, so the episode can start in almost any language.
How to Translate a Podcast
- Upload the episode or paste a link. Upload an MP3, WAV, M4A or AAC file, or paste a YouTube, Vimeo or direct media link. Sign in with a free account.
- Let it transcribe. The episode is transcribed with speaker labels.
- Pick how you want it translated. Read the transcript in your language, ask the chat for a translated document, or dub the episode.
Downloads of the transcript itself keep the original language. Transcript downloads use the recording's saved transcript and speaker labels; selecting a displayed translation does not change the exported language. For a translated file, ask the chat to write the translation as a document and download that: AI documents export as PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Markdown or plain text, and free accounts can download them.
Translating a Spotify podcast?
Find the show on YouTube
Many podcasts post every episode there too.
Paste that link
ScreenApp imports YouTube links directly.
Or upload the file
If you have the MP3, upload it instead.
Spotify links cannot be imported, because Spotify is a DRM-protected service.
Translate a Podcast to English
The most common version of this job is a podcast in another language that you want in English. The steps are the same: import the episode, then read the English translation, ask the chat for an English document, or dub it into English. Translation quality follows the transcript, so a clean studio recording translates better than a noisy room with people talking over each other. See how we measure accuracy.
What It Can and Cannot Do
Good at
- Transcribing a podcast with speaker labels
- Showing the transcript in another language
- A translated document you can download
- Dubbing the episode with a separate voice per speaker
Not built for
- Spotify links: Spotify and other DRM-protected streaming services cannot be imported
- Translated transcript downloads: the transcript file keeps the original language
- Voice cloning or lip sync: dubbing uses new AI voices
- Perfect translation of noisy audio: quality follows the recording
Who Uses a Podcast Translator
Podcast creators and producers translate an episode’s transcript to publish show notes in a second language, reaching listeners who read rather than listen.
Media and broadcasting teams translate interview and panel transcripts for international editions, so an editor working in another language can quote the episode accurately.
Educational institutions translate lecture-style and academic podcasts so international students can read the material alongside the original audio.
Business and marketing teams translate internal podcasts and training recordings for global teams.
Language learners translate short segments of a podcast they are studying, then compare the original and the translation line by line.
