English → Japanese

English to Japanese video translation and dubbing

We translate and dub your English videos into Japanese with the right level of politeness, subtitles that follow Japanese conventions and a human review of every file.

  • Human review at every step
  • 70+ languages
  • GDPR, based in Paris
  • Exact quote before production

Why translate English videos into Japanese?

Japan is a premium market for training and expert content, and Japanese audiences expect content in Japanese. The language requires choices that go beyond vocabulary: the level of politeness, the rhythm of speech and subtitle conventions all shape how your brand is perceived. We set those choices with you before production.

Japanese speakers
~123M
workflow steps, including 2 sign-offs by your team
8
masterclass videos localized for a single client
~100

What matters from English to Japanese

  • 01

    Keigo is a brand decision

    Polite, honorific or plain style changes how your brand reads in Japan. The level is set in the glossary before production.

  • 02

    Syllable-timed rhythm

    Japanese sentences do not compress easily, so sync is tuned segment by segment and lip-sync needs dedicated adaptation.

  • 03

    Subtitle conventions

    Japanese subtitles follow their own line-length conventions, around 13 to 16 characters per line, and mix three writing systems. Our segmentation respects them.

~123M

Japanese speakers

The market

A premium market

Japanese has roughly 123 million speakers according to Ethnologue, concentrated in one of the world's largest economies.

Services available for this language pair

Process

One managed workflow, from source video to publish-ready files

Eight steps, two sign-offs from your team and a human quality check on every file.

  1. 01

    Scoping

    We agree on target languages, volumes, output formats, voices and a delivery date before any work starts.

  2. 02

    Transcription

    Your source videos are transcribed with timecodes and speaker labels, using your brand vocabulary.

  3. 03

    Transcript sign-off

    Your team approves the transcript and the glossary of names, products and technical terms.

  4. 04

    Translation

    Each language is translated in context and adapted to the timing of the original speech.

  5. 05

    Translation sign-off

    You review and approve every translation before any audio is produced.

  6. 06

    Dubbing and subtitles

    Cloned or professional voices, optional lip-sync and subtitles are produced for each language.

  7. 07

    Quality control

    A human reviewer checks timing, pronunciation, terminology and the final render.

  8. 08

    Delivery

    You receive publish-ready videos, audio tracks, subtitles and transcripts, with corrections if needed.

Results

Results our clients have measured

Managed localization projects delivered for education, media and enterprise teams.

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Frequently asked questions

For corporate training and commercial content, the polite desu/masu style is the standard. We set the level with you before production.
Yes, with a dedicated adaptation of sentence length before lip-sync, scoped video by video.
Yes, segmented to Japanese conventions, in SRT and VTT.
Yes, with their written consent. Otherwise we cast a native Japanese voice.

Tell us about your videos. We will scope your project on a short call.