English to Arabic Audio Translation

Upload English audio or video, or record yourself, and get an Arabic translation line by line, with speakers and timestamps. It works for lectures, trainings and calls shared with teams in the Middle East or North Africa, messages for family, and Arabic subtitles.

Drop an audio or video file to translate

m4a, mp3, wav, mp4, webm and more — up to 200MB. Free, no account needed.

How to translate English audio to Arabic

  1. Upload the recording. Drag in an audio or video file: an interview, a voice message, a lecture, a family video, a meeting in another language.
  2. Pick the languages. English and Arabic are already selected. Change either one if your recording needs it, or set the spoken language to auto-detect.
  3. Read, copy or download. The translation opens first, speaker by speaker with timestamps. Switch to the original transcript or the AI summary, copy the text, or download it as .txt, .srt or .vtt subtitles.

Common questions

Which Arabic does it write?

The translation normally comes out in Modern Standard Arabic, which readers across the Arab world understand, rather than a spoken dialect such as Egyptian or Gulf Arabic.

Does the Arabic display right to left?

Yes. The translation is shown right to left on the page and in the downloaded text. Numbers and English brand names inside the Arabic keep their usual direction.

Can I hear the Arabic read aloud?

If your device has an Arabic voice installed, press Listen and the browser reads it aloud. Some computers have no Arabic voice by default; in that case the page says so, and you can add one in your system's language or speech settings.

Can I get Arabic subtitles for an English video?

Yes. Download the Arabic translation as .srt or .vtt. Each cue keeps the timing of the English line it came from.

Is this audio translator really free?

Yes. You can translate up to 5 files per day (200MB each) free, with no account and no watermark. For unlimited recording and transcription, the Wave app has a free plan and paid plans from $80 a year or $15 a month.

What happens to my file?

Your file is uploaded to temporary storage, transcribed and translated. We may then keep a private copy of the audio and the original transcript to improve Wave's speech recognition. They are never published. Please don't upload recordings you aren't comfortable sharing with us.

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