It would be magical if you could translate your foreign language interviews and video edits to any language for distribution anywhere in the world, simply and easily and in seconds. This previously time-consuming and complicated process is now solved with A.I. and Simon Says! In this 4-step guide, we’ll show you how to quickly and accurately translate audio/video in Adobe Premiere Pro with the free Simon Says Extension.

1. Install Adobe Premiere Pro Extension

Download and install the Simon Says Extension from the Adobe Exchange (search ‘Simon Says’ in Adobe Exchange or use the download link is on SimonSays.ai) – it’s compatible with PC and Mac computers. Then launch Premiere Pro, navigate to ‘Window > Extensions > Simon Says’, and log in.

2. Transcribe audio/video

Select sequences/clips in your project bin, click on the ‘+’ button in the Simon Says extension, and then choose ‘Import’. Next, choose the original language of your project’s dialogue and click ‘Transcribe’.

3. Translate audio/video

Export to ‘Translate’ and select the languages you want to translate the media files into. Simon Says supports 100+ languages. You can also edit the transcript and add metadata, such as speaker labels, notes, and bookmarks. Simon Says will automatically sync timecodes for you too.

4. Add translations to project

Go to ‘Export’ and choose ‘Adobe XML Markers’ (recommended if you’re at the start of your editing process and need to translate clips, such as interviews in a foreign language that you need to cut from) or ‘SRT Subtitles’ (recommended for a timeline/sequence). You will find the translated markers/subtitles in your project bin.

Et voila — translations complete! Thanks to Simon Says, accurately translating audio, video and edits for Premiere Pro is easy and quick.

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