Italian video translator

Italian

Italian is selected when you start from this page. Add any other language in the same job; each is priced on its own.

Lip sync, on or off

On, the speakers' mouths are rendered again to match the Italian lines. Off, your picture stays exactly as it was and only the voice changes.

Proofread the Italian script

Read the transcript beside its Italian translation, line by line, and correct it before anything is voiced. Or upload your own Italian .srt or .vtt and the dub says exactly those lines.

Italian subtitles in the picture

When the dub comes back with its Italian script, style the subtitles and export a copy with them burned in, set in Noto Sans unless you pick another font.

Choose tu or Lei

Italian distinguishes the informal tu from the formal Lei. Lifestyle brands, apps and creators mostly use tu; banks, insurers, healthcare and many B2B companies prefer Lei or a neutral voi. Decide once and read the translated script with only that in mind, because switching midway sounds careless.

Italian runs longer than English

Italian usually needs more syllables than English for the same idea. A dense English line can come back rushed. While you proofread, shorten long phrases and drop filler so the Italian voice can keep a natural, unhurried rhythm.

Gender and agreement

Italian adjectives and past participles agree with the gender of the person they describe. If your speaker is a woman, or you address an audience of women, check that the script agrees throughout; a translation can default to the masculine.

Food, design and English terms

Italians care about the words for things they know well, food and design above all, so check those terms carefully. Many tech and marketing words, such as smartphone, marketing and social, are used in English, and translating them can sound stiff.

Fashion, food and design brands

Brands selling into Italy, or Italian brands showing their products in Italian, can turn one master video into an Italian version without a new shoot. Proofread every claim and product name before it is voiced.

Online stores and product demos

Italian shoppers respond to product videos in their own language. Translate the demo, quote prices in euros, and download the Italian cut for each marketplace and social account.

Training and corporate video

Companies with teams in Italy and Italian speaking Switzerland can give staff training and updates in Italian, and add German and French in the same job for the rest of Switzerland.

Creators and educators

Channels about history, travel, cooking or science can reach Italian viewers, who are used to dubbed content, with the videos they already have.

The soundtrack stays

Sonilo keeps the original background music and sound effects and replaces only the speech, with lip sync on or off.

The speaker’s own voice

Sonilo keeps the speaker’s own voice in the new language, so the translated speech sounds like the person in your video, not a stock voice. There is no voice to record or set up.

Lip sync, when you want it

On: mouths are re-rendered to match the new language. Off: your original picture stays untouched and only the voice is replaced.

You approve the words

The translation is a script you can read and correct first. A product name, a joke, a line of dialogue: fix it before it is spoken.

Your subtitles, spoken

Upload an .srt or .vtt for a language and the dub says exactly those lines, instead of a machine translation of them.

Music for the new cut

Sonilo also adds music to video. If a translated version needs its own soundtrack, add music to it in the same account.