Translate English subtitles to Turkish
Last updated September 2026
Turkish subtitles serve Turkey's large streaming audience. This page explains how to turn an English .srt or .vtt file into Turkish without uploading it anywhere: the translation runs on your own computer using the translation model built into desktop Google Chrome (138+) or Microsoft Edge. Turkish uses the Latin alphabet with ç, ğ, ı, İ, ö, ş and ü — including separate dotted and dotless i, which legacy encodings frequently break. Below are the steps plus Turkish-specific things to check before you publish.
How to do it
- Open the translator in desktop Chrome 138+ or Microsoft Edge — the link on this page presets English → Turkish.
- Drop your English .srt or .vtt file onto the page (or click to choose it). Nothing is uploaded; the file is read locally.
- Confirm the languages show English → Turkish and press Translate. The first time, the browser downloads the English–Turkish model once, which can take a minute.
- Watch cues translate in place. Timestamps, cue numbers and tags such as <i> stay exactly as they were.
- Download the Turkish file (same format as the input) and load it in your player or upload it to your video platform.
Tips
- Turkish is agglutinative: long words built from suffixes can make single lines wide. Check dense cues.
- Save as UTF-8; the dotless ı and ğ are commonly lost in Windows-1254 or Latin-1 workflows.
- Choose “sen” or “siz” consistently for how characters address each other.
FAQ
Why do some Turkish letters show as question marks?
Your player or editor is reading the file with the wrong encoding. The tool saves UTF-8; make sure the player is set to UTF-8, not Windows-1254.
Is translating English subtitles to Turkish really free?
Yes. There's no account, no per-file limit and no paid tier — the translation is done by your browser's built-in on-device model, so there's no server cost to pass on.
Does it work on my phone?
Not at the moment. The built-in Translator API is only available in desktop Google Chrome 138+ and Microsoft Edge. Mobile browsers, Firefox and Safari don't offer it yet.