Rewritten for English ears
Lines aren't translated word for word. They're rewritten the way native speakers talk: long, tangled sentences get shorter, references only Chinese viewers get are swapped, and the conflict and twists stay intact.
Short-drama English dubbing
Short drama English dubbing software: the same cast, speaking English
Taking a Chinese drama overseas usually starts with an English version. This short drama English dubbing software starts from the script: AI rewrites the lines the way English speakers actually talk, the original cast performs them again in English, and you export English MP3 and SRT. Not a robot reading a word-for-word translation.
Pay per character · Failed runs refunded · Alipay / WeChat Pay accepted
Sample C · Poisoned wine in the cold palace
English · Script excerpt · 4 characters
NarratorCalm
The cold palace door had not opened in three years. Tonight, the Noble Consort walked in carrying a jug of wine.
Noble Consort · Liu RuyanSarcastic
A gift from His Majesty, sister. Drink up.
Deposed consort · Shen QingciCold laugh
And your baby, is it really in there?
The EmperorFurious
Silence, all of you!
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English
English sample
Palace intrigue, just as sharp in English
An excerpt from Poisoned wine in the cold palace; play the Chinese original and the English version. Court forms of address have no direct English match, so we turned them into what viewers instantly get: sister and His Majesty.
Palace intrigueSample C · Poisoned wine in the cold palace
A deposed consort exposes a fake pregnancy just as the emperor walks in.
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Sample C · Poisoned wine in the cold palace
🇺🇸 English38s
Script excerpt
- NarratorMidnight RadioCalm
The cold palace door had not opened in three years. Tonight, the Noble Consort walked in carrying a jug of wine.
- Noble Consort · Liu RuyanIce QueenSarcastic
A gift from His Majesty, sister. Drink up.
- Deposed consort · Shen QingciElegant LadyCold laugh
And your baby, is it really in there?
- The EmperorThe CEOFurious
Silence, all of you!
Cast of this episode
- Narrator
- Deposed consort · Shen Qingci
- Noble Consort · Liu Ruyan
Maid · Xiao He- The Emperor
English previews
Three multi-character English clips
An office romance, an urban "system" story and a radio reunion: English multi-voice clips with the transcript as spoken and a scene summary.
Office romance · 4 voices
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Transcript
- NarratorThe oat milk slipped out of Lin Xiaoman's hand and hit the floor with a splat.
- Lu JingshenGood morning, everyone. I'm Lu Jingshen.
- Wang JieXiaoman, why does he keep looking at you? Do you two know each other?
- Lin XiaomanWang Jie… do you think I still get to keep my desk?
Scene
Oat milk hits the floor as the new CEO, Lu Jingshen, greets the office; a colleague whispers to Lin Xiaoman, who only wonders whether she still has a desk.
These are example multi-character English clips. Their lines differ from the Poisoned wine in the cold palace excerpt above: not the same scene and not the same cast.
Why us
Why use this short drama English dubbing software
There are plenty of English voice tools, but most translate a finished video or read everything in one voice. We start from the script and perform it character by character.
The original cast, in English
The CEO, the heroine and the villain from the Chinese version keep their voices in English. Viewers switching between versions recognize the same cast.
Emotion kept line by line
Cold laughs, sobs, shouts and whispers: every line's emotion tag carries into the English version, so the payoffs and twists still land.
Subtitles synced line by line
The English SRT has one cue per line, timed exactly to the dub, so it imports into CapCut without re-timing.
Who it's for
Who needs short dramas in English
English is usually the first stop overseas. These four teams use it most.
Teams launching on English drama apps
A Chinese catalogue heading to English-language drama platforms: dub English first to test the numbers. One episode per run, dozens in a queue.
Rights holders and distributors
With the script and voice-free footage you can re-voice in English from the script, rewritten the English way, which is cleaner than translating a finished video.
Ad creative teams
One creative, Chinese and English versions: the English MP3 and SRT go straight into the editor, and a new audio track makes a new ad.
Teams with an English script already
Paste a translated English script and dub it directly. Write it as "Name (emotion): line" for the most accurate casting.
How it works
Three steps to an English version
Go from Chinese script to English dub directly, with no need to finish a Chinese cut and translate it afterwards.
- 01
Paste the Chinese script
Paste the whole episode. AI identifies characters, narration and each line's emotion, and builds the cast for the Chinese version first.
- 02
Pick English, confirm the cast
Tick English as a target and check each character's voice and each line's emotion tag. English voices include American Lily and Brian and British Arthur, so cast by role.
- 03
Generate and export
During the run AI rewrites each line in English, keeping speaker and emotion, then voices it. Export English MP3, SRT subtitles or a ZIP of every language, and make the vertical cut in CapCut.
What you get
What you get: English MP3, SRT and ZIP
We deliver audio and subtitles, not video. For a vertical cut, drop the English MP3 and SRT into CapCut and they line up in minutes.
One MP3 per episode and language
The English version and the Chinese original each get a file, every character in script order, ready for the audio track.
Line-timed SRT subtitles
One cue per line, starting and ending exactly where that line's audio does, UTF-8 encoded. No manual re-timing after import.
A ZIP of every language
Picked several languages? Each one's MP3 and SRT download together in one ZIP, the easiest hand-off to an editor.
Making the vertical cut in CapCut
- 1
Create a 9:16 project and import the footage for the episode.
- 2
Drag the English MP3 onto the audio track, starting at 0 seconds.
- 3
Import the matching SRT with the subtitle import; the cues fall into place on the timeline.
- 4
Preview line by line, adjust subtitle position and size, then export.
Picture and final export happen in your own editor: we don't render video or lip-sync. If the original footage has Chinese voices baked in, use a voice-free version or the music-and-effects track.
ep01.en.srt
SRT example (format only, timings illustrative)
- 100:00:00,400 --> 00:00:06,400The cold palace door had not opened in three years. Tonight, the Noble Consort walked in carrying a jug of wine.
- 200:00:06,700 --> 00:00:09,300A gift from His Majesty, sister. Drink up.
- 300:00:09,600 --> 00:00:11,900And your baby, is it really in there?
- 400:00:12,200 --> 00:00:13,600Silence, all of you!
Audio MP3
Subs SRT
English specifics
What makes English dubbing hard, and how we handle it
A lot of a Chinese drama's punch lives in the language itself. Translate it literally and the punch is gone. These are the spots we focus on.
- 01
Localizing slang and cultural references
The problem
Classic Chinese drama put-downs, fate-defying vows and internet slang either make no sense in literal English or lose all their impact, and viewers can't tell why the moment should feel satisfying.
How we handle it
AI looks for English lines that do the same job in context: a brutal put-down becomes a put-down English viewers know, slang becomes a close equivalent, and when nothing fits it rewrites rather than forcing a translation.
你算什么东西？ → Who do you think you are?
- 02
Titles and period settings
The problem
Imperial self-references, sect seniority terms and "young master" have no ready-made English words. Transliterations confuse viewers, and turning everything into "you" erases rank.
How we handle it
We settle on one set of English titles for each rank, such as His Majesty, Senior Brother and Young Master, and keep it consistent across the series. You can always change them to your preferred translations in the lines.
陛下 → His Majesty · 师兄 → Senior Brother · 少爷 → Young Master
- 03
Pacing and length
The problem
English often needs more syllables to say the same thing, so squeezing it into the original timing sounds rushed. Other lines end up too short and the voice stops before the shot does.
How we handle it
The rewrite keeps English lines close to the original timing, and lines that have to hit a cut can be trimmed further so the pacing never drags.
- 04
Subtitle line breaks
The problem
A long English subtitle line covers half a phone screen, and breaking after a preposition or an article makes it hard to read.
How we handle it
The exported SRT has one cue per line, timed to the dub, with no automatic line breaks. The rewrite keeps lines short; split a very long sentence in the script, or break it by hand in CapCut.
At a glance
What this English dubbing software does, and what it doesn’t
This is script-first English dubbing software for short dramas: paste a Chinese script, AI casts the characters, assigns voices and tags emotions, rewrites every line in English with speaker and emotion kept, and the same cast voices it. You get an English MP3 per episode, line-timed SRT subtitles and a ZIP, billed per character, with failed lines refunded automatically.
- Besides Chinese
- 8foreign languages
- Max per run
- 8,000characters
- Exports
- MP3 · SRT · ZIP
- Billing
- Per character
- Failed lines
- Auto-refunded
What it does
- Turns a Chinese script into English, localizing slang and titles and keeping each line’s emotion
- Gives every character in a script its own voice, the narrator one more, with an emotion tag on each line
- Exports an MP3 and line-timed SRT per episode and language, plus a ZIP of all languages
- Swapping one character's voice re-voices only that character's lines
- Adding a new episode to the same series keeps the existing cast
What it doesn't do (yet)
- No video rendering or 9:16 MP4 export; make the vertical cut in CapCut
- No lip-sync, and no translating finished videos
- No pronunciation dictionary; respell a misread word in the script
- Chinese plus 8 foreign languages only: English, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean
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FAQ
Short drama English dubbing software FAQ
Choosing short drama English dubbing software, proofreading the translation, and billing.
If you have the Chinese script, choose a script-first tool that casts characters, keeps the emotion and exports time-coded subtitles. If you only have a finished video and need lip-sync, a video-translation tool fits better. This short drama English dubbing software does the former, exporting English MP3 and line-timed SRT.
No. We work from scripts and don't process a video's original audio or lip-sync. Provide the Chinese script (the dialogue text); AI rewrites it in English and re-voices it, and you lay the English MP3 and SRT over voice-free footage.
Yes. Every character uses the same voice in Chinese and English, just in another language. For a series, pick the same voices from one cast sheet every episode.
Everyday dialogue is usually ready to use. Before a flagship release, have someone fluent in English read the subtitles once, focusing on names, titles and wordplay.
Credits are charged on the characters of the English text you generate, separately from the Chinese original, and failed runs are refunded automatically. See the pricing page for plans.
Yes. English voices include American-accented Lily and Brian and British-accented Arthur, so cast by role, for example British for a butler or an aristocrat and American for younger characters.
No. We deliver English MP3, line-timed SRT subtitles and a ZIP, not rendered video. Create a 9:16 project in CapCut, import the footage, put the MP3 on the audio track and import the SRT; the timings line up on their own.
Names default to pinyin, and titles become what English viewers know, such as His Majesty, Senior Brother or Young Master, consistently across the series. To use your own translations, write them into the Chinese script before generating.
Up to 8,000 characters per run; split long scripts by episode. New episodes in the same series keep the characters already cast, so the English version always sounds like one cast.
No. Swap that character's voice in the cast list and only their lines are re-voiced. Failed lines re-run in one click, with their credits refunded automatically.
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Let your drama play again, in English
Paste one Chinese episode, analyse the cast for free, then generate the English version. Pay per character; failed lines are refunded automatically.