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# Smart Publish

> Publish translated videos faster by reusing imported source metadata, translated titles and descriptions, localized thumbnails, and scheduled delivery.

# Smart Publish

Publishing translated content manually is slow. You have to switch accounts, recreate metadata, upload again, and repeat the same process for every language and every channel.

Smart Publish is built to reduce that work.

## What Smart Publish helps you do

* take a translated project and publish it more quickly
* reuse source metadata from imported videos
* translate the title and description
* choose the target channel
* choose privacy settings
* schedule the publication
* localize the thumbnail when needed

## Typical workflow

<Steps>
  <Step title="Import the source video">
    Smart Publish works especially well when the original source was imported from a connected platform such as YouTube.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Generate the translated version">
    Finish the dubbing workflow first so the translated video, metadata, and optional assets are ready.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review metadata">
    VoiceCheap can help carry over the title and description, then translate them for the target audience.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose channel, privacy, and schedule">
    Select the publishing channel, privacy level, and whether the publish should happen immediately or later.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Thumbnail handling

You can:

* use the original thumbnail
* upload a custom thumbnail
* translate thumbnail text when that workflow is available for the project

## Current platform scope

Smart Publish is built around connected social channels. Today it is strongest for YouTube workflows, with broader platform support expanding over time.

## Related pages

* [Social accounts](/docs/publishing/social-accounts)
* [Downloads and exports](/docs/publishing/downloads-and-exports)