How much does it cost to translate SRT?

From 249 RUB per book up to 200 thousand words on Basic, or 445 RUB on Premium. The exact price appears once the file is uploaded.

Can I check the quality before paying?

Yes. A sample of the book is translated automatically after upload so you can compare it against the original. Payment comes after that.

How long does translating a book take?

Usually from tens of minutes to a few hours depending on length. Progress is visible on the order page and the finished file arrives by email.

How is this different from machine translation?

Translation runs through large language models with surrounding context rather than word by word. The difference shows in dialogue, terminology and long descriptive passages.

Translate SRT from Chinese to Japanese

A SRT file translates from Chinese to Japanese in full, automatically. The SRT file is split into meaning-preserving segments and translated piece by piece. The preview is free and pricing starts at 249 RUB per book.

Upload a bookPreview is free; you pay after checking the quality.

What happens to your file

The SRT file is split into meaning-preserving segments and translated piece by piece. Markup, chapter order and structural elements are rebuilt on assembly, so you download the same SRT format you uploaded.

How the translation runs

You upload a SRT file and we parse its structure: chapters, markup, structural blocks.
Text is split at sentence boundaries so the model sees a complete thought rather than a fragment.
Segments are translated with neighbouring context, which keeps names and terminology consistent across the book.
Translated segments go back into the original structure and you download SRT.

What is preserved

Translating SRT preserves:

subtitle timecodes

Chinese to Japanese: what changes

Japanese text usually runs about 50% longer than the source. For SRT that means the translated file grows and pagination shifts.

This pair crosses writing systems: Han characters to Japanese script. For SRT that means embedding a font covering the target character set, otherwise glyphs render as empty boxes.

Japanese does not separate words with spaces, so volume is counted in characters rather than words.

What makes translation into Japanese harder:

the honorific system colours every line and encodes character relationships
the verb moves to the end of the clause, restructuring word order entirely
plurality is not marked grammatically and must be recovered from context
subjects are frequently dropped and inferred from context
sentences run long, with several nested clauses

What makes the Chinese original harder to read

Difficulty comes from the source language as much as the target. Here is what has to be untangled in Chinese text:

The original does not separate words with spaces, so phrase boundaries have to be recovered algorithmically — and that determines where the text is cut into translation segments.
Chinese originals are more compact than most languages: one character carries more meaning, so a short page can expand into a noticeably longer translation.
number is not marked grammatically, so singular versus plural has to be recovered from context
the subject is often omitted, so who is acting has to be inferred from preceding sentences

What to keep in mind

The format stores text only — there is no formatting to preserve.

What can go wrong

The honest weak points of this particular combination:

A Japanese line runs about 50% longer than the source. We do not touch the timecodes, so some lines may be hard to read in time and are worth reviewing by hand.
In technical writing, terms can be rendered differently across chapters. If consistency is critical, use the Premium tier with its double pass.
If the translation fails, you get a full refund — the request form is on the site.

What it costs

Basic is 249 RUB for a book up to 200 thousand words; Premium is 445 RUB. The exact price is calculated once the file is uploaded and the real word count is known. A free preview shows translation quality before you pay.

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to translate SRT?: From 249 RUB per book up to 200 thousand words on Basic, or 445 RUB on Premium. The exact price appears once the file is uploaded.
What format do I get back?: The same format — SRT.
Can I check the quality before paying?: Yes. A sample of the book is translated automatically after upload so you can compare it against the original. Payment comes after that.
How long does translating a book take?: Usually from tens of minutes to a few hours depending on length. Progress is visible on the order page and the finished file arrives by email.
How is this different from machine translation?: Translation runs through large language models with surrounding context rather than word by word. The difference shows in dialogue, terminology and long descriptive passages.