English to Chinese Audio Translation

Upload an English recording, or speak into your microphone, and get it in Chinese with each speaker labeled. It suits calls with suppliers and partners in China, lectures and trainings, interviews, and Chinese subtitles for videos.

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 Chinese

  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 Chinese 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

Is it Simplified or Traditional Chinese?

The translation normally comes out in Simplified Chinese, as used in Mainland China and Singapore. If you need Traditional characters for readers in Taiwan or Hong Kong, convert the downloaded text with a converter tool and review it.

Can I hear it in Mandarin?

Press Listen above the translation and your browser reads it aloud with a Chinese voice installed on your device, which is usually Mandarin. It is a synthetic voice, not a dub of the original speaker.

How are English names handled?

Well-known names and places use their usual Chinese forms. Other names may be transliterated into characters or kept in English, so check how people and companies write their names in Chinese.

Can I make Chinese subtitles?

Yes. Upload the video and download the Chinese translation as .srt or .vtt, with each cue timed to the English line it translates.

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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