GitHub - ryansonshine/amazon-translate-subtitles: Translates subtitles to the provided language

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amazon-translate-subtitles

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Translate subtitles embedded in video files using Amazon Translate

Currently supports mkv input and srt output.

Install

npm install amazon-translate-subtitles

Usage

import { translateSubtitles } from 'amazon-translate-subtitles';

const video = createReadStream('my-video.mkv');

const thaiSubs = await translateSubtitles({ video, targetLanguage: 'th' });
console.log(thaiSubs);
/*
"
1
00:00:03,549 --> 00:00:05,290
... ยักษ์ใหญ่แห่งโรดส์!

2
00:00:05,757 --> 00:00:06,678
ไม่!
"
*/

API

translateSubtitles(options)

options

Type: object

awsClientOverrides

Type: object

Default: {}

Configuration options passed to the AWS SDK Translate client as overrides.

showProgress

Type: boolean

Default: false

Turns the progress bar on or off.

sourceLanguage

Type: string

Default: 'en'

Source language for translating the subtitles from.

sourceTrackType

Type: string

Default: 'auto'

Source track type to select if multiple subtitle tracks of the same language are available. Options are auto, sdh, and forced.

Auto: The library will attempt to grab the standard subtitles.

SDH: Subtitles designed for those who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Forced: Displayed when the video has a secondary language being spoken.

targetLanguage

Type: string

Target language for translating the subtitles to.

video

Type: ReadStream

Read Stream of the video file you would like to translate subtitles for.

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