# Arabic to English translation, voice and video files Kotosay handles Arabic to English translation, voice recordings and video alike. It transcribes the Arabic and returns it in English, each line keeping the time it was spoken, so you can check any passage against the recording. - Standard Arabic and dialects - English lines with timestamps - English subtitles with Single file or Unlimited ## English transcript A lecture, a sermon or a family voice note as English text, every line with its time. ## English subtitles SRT and VTT timed to the Arabic speech, ready to add to your own video. ## Popular language pairs - [Spanish to English](https://kotosay.com/translate-spanish-to-english) - [English to Spanish](https://kotosay.com/translate-english-to-spanish) - [French to English](https://kotosay.com/translate-french-to-english) - [Portuguese to English](https://kotosay.com/translate-portuguese-to-english) - [Arabic to English](https://kotosay.com/translate-arabic-to-english) ## How to translate Arabic audio to English 1. **Upload the Arabic file**: A lecture, a voice message or a video file. Arabic is detected for you. 2. **Transcription and translation**: With Single file or Unlimited, one job writes down the Arabic and turns it into English. 3. **Check spellings**: Settle the English spelling of names in the editor, then export TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT or VTT. ## Arabic recordings people translate ### Lectures and sermons A talk in Modern Standard Arabic, as English notes. ### Family voice notes Long voice messages from relatives in Cairo, Amman or Riyadh. ### Interviews Interviews in Arabic for an English article, report or thesis. ### News clips you recorded Your own recordings of a broadcast, as English text for research. ## Arabic transcript free, translation with Single file or Unlimited | | No account | Free account | Unlimited | |---|---|---|---| | Price | Free | Free | $9.99 a month, or $119 paid once a year | | Files | Your first file | 3 a day | 3 at once | | Transcribed per file | First 5 minutes | First 5 minutes | Up to 10 hours | | Read, edit and copy | Yes | Yes | Yes | | TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT and VTT | No | No | Yes | | Translation | No | No | Yes | English from Arabic comes with Single file for one file, or with Unlimited, which you can stop in one click. ## What happens to your file The Arabic recording is transcribed on secure servers. You decide when it goes: delete the file, the account, or ask support to do it. ## Tools - [video translator for transcripts](https://kotosay.com/translate-audio-video) - [translate French audio to English](https://kotosay.com/translate-french-to-english) - [subtitle generator for SRT and VTT](https://kotosay.com/subtitle-generator) - [interview transcription for research](https://kotosay.com/interview-transcription) ## Pricing ### Free: $0 To try Kotosay on your own recordings. - 3 files per day - First 5 minutes of each file - One file at a time - Read and copy in the browser - Free converters in your browser ### Unlimited: $9.99 a month, $119 a year, pay once a year For long files, exports and translation. - Unlimited minutes - Files up to 10 hours - 3 files at once - Translation - TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT - Use on 3 devices - [Pricing](https://kotosay.com/pricing) ## Checking an Arabic to English voice translation ### What happens in an Arabic to English voice translation Kotosay first writes out the Arabic exactly as it was said, and the English is made from that transcript in short segments. The original timing travels with each segment, so you can translate Arabic audio to English and still trace every sentence back to your recording. With that timing in place, the English file can be loaded as subtitles. A passage with a heavy accent, rapid speech or an unfamiliar name is never more than a timestamp away in your own file. ### Modern Standard Arabic and the dialects Modern Standard Arabic, heard in news, lectures and sermons, follows the written language closely. Everyday speech in Cairo, Riyadh, Beirut or Casablanca uses its own words and sounds, and those are the parts to check first. - Egyptian Arabic often says ezzay for how, where the standard has kayfa. - Gulf speakers say wayed or wajid for a lot. - Levantine Arabic uses shu for what. - Maghrebi Arabic mixes in French and Amazigh words. Tip: Upload a short recording first and read the free 5 minutes. You see quickly how your dialect comes through before you commit to a long file. ### Inshallah, mashallah and other set phrases Arabic speech is full of set phrases such as inshallah, mashallah and alhamdulillah. A translation may render them as God willing or thank God, or keep the Arabic word. Choose one approach for the whole text. Many English readers know inshallah, while alhamdulillah as the answer to how are you often means little more than fine, thanks. ### Speakers who switch to English or French Professionals in the Gulf often drop English terms such as meeting or deadline into Arabic, and speakers in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia switch into French mid-sentence. Pick Arabic from the language list when most of the speech is Arabic, then read the switched passages in the editor. ### Names and spelling in English Arabic names have several English spellings, such as Muhammad, Mohammed and Mohamed, or Abdulrahman and Abd al-Rahman. Pick one spelling for each person and use it throughout. Place names and titles need the same care. Keep the article and family markers the way the person writes them. One family writes al-Rashid, another Alrashid, and bin or ibn follow the same rule. ### Five and twenty: how Arabic says numbers Arabic puts the units before the tens, so twenty-five is spoken as khamsa wa ishrin, five and twenty. A number heard in the wrong order turns 25 into 52. Compare every figure in the English with your recording, above all prices, years and phone numbers. ### Hijri dates and month names Speakers may give dates in the Hijri calendar, such as the 10th of Muharram. Month names also differ by region. Levantine speakers say Tishreen al-Awwal for October, while Egypt and the Gulf say Oktobar. Add the Gregorian date in brackets when your readers need it. ### Two scripts, two directions Arabic is written right to left and English left to right. If you also want the Arabic text, transcribe the same file on the audio or video page. Both versions carry timestamps, so a line in one language is easy to find in the other by its time. ### Arabic and English in one Word file For a bilingual report you may paste Arabic and English lines into one document. In Word, set each Arabic paragraph to right to left text direction. Otherwise full stops and numbers can jump to the wrong end of the line. ### An English track for Arabic video Upload the video itself to translate Arabic video to English subtitle files. With Single file or Unlimited they come out as SRT or VTT, cued to the Arabic speech, and YouTube Studio and video editors accept both. For a written report, download the same result as plain text, from Arabic audio to English text in one document. ### Quotations in sermons and lectures Sermons and religious lectures often quote the Quran or the hadith in Classical Arabic. For a published text, use an established English translation of each verse and name it, and note the sura and verse next to the timestamp. ### Court, ministry and embassy papers A court, a ministry or an embassy will expect a certified translator's work. Give that translator the Arabic transcript, and they begin from written text rather than raw audio. ## Translation questions ### How do I translate Arabic audio to English? Upload the Arabic recording on this page. With Single file or Unlimited, Kotosay transcribes the Arabic and translates it into English in one run, keeping every timestamp. Check names in the editor, then download the English as TXT, DOCX or PDF, or as SRT and VTT subtitles. ### Does it understand dialects such as Egyptian, Gulf or Levantine Arabic? Test it on your own recording first, because dialects vary a lot. Upload the file and read the free first 5 minutes. Modern Standard Arabic follows the written language closely, while Egyptian, Gulf, Levantine and Maghrebi speech use their own words, which are the lines to check. ### Can I get English subtitles for an Arabic video? Yes. Upload the video here, and with Single file or Unlimited the English comes back timed to the Arabic speech. Export it as SRT or VTT and add the file in YouTube Studio, Vimeo or your video editor, where viewers can turn on the English track. ### Can I see the Arabic transcript in right to left text? Yes, as its own transcript. Transcribe the file on the audio or video page to get the Arabic text, which reads right to left like any Arabic, and use this page for the English. Both carry timestamps, so you can match the two by time. You can copy the Arabic on any plan. ### How accurate is Arabic to English AI translation? It handles Modern Standard Arabic and everyday speech well. Dialect words, names with several English spellings, numbers and idioms need a second look. A clear recording gives a cleaner English translation, and timestamps show you where to listen again in your own recording. ### Is Arabic to English translation part of the free plan? Translation comes with Unlimited, at $9.99 a month, or $119 paid once a year, and Single file translates one uploaded file for $4.99. The free plan covers the first 5 minutes of the Arabic transcript, 3 files a day, and you can read, edit and copy it in the browser. ### How should I spell Arabic names in English? Pick one spelling for each person and keep it throughout the text. Muhammad, Mohammed and Mohamed are all common, and so are Abdulrahman and Abd al-Rahman. Check the English against how the person spells their own name, for example on a business card or a profile. ### Can I translate an Arabic voice message? Yes. Save or export the voice message from the chat app first. It is usually an OPUS or OGG file, which uploads directly. Kotosay transcribes the Arabic, and with Single file or Unlimited you translate it into English, which helps with long messages from family or clients. ### Can I download the Arabic text too? Yes. Run the file once on the audio or video transcription page for the Arabic text, and once here for the English. You can copy the Arabic on any plan, and with Unlimited you download either language as TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT or VTT, for bilingual reports or two subtitle tracks. ### When is a certified translator the better choice? For court, ministry or embassy documents, choose a certified human translator. For lectures, interviews, voice notes and your own videos, AI translation gives you a readable English version at a small part of a translator's fee. You can also give that translator the Kotosay transcript as the Arabic source text. - [Kotosay](https://kotosay.com/translate-arabic-to-english)