Translation and Closed Captioning for Websites

Capital Captions offer a comprehensive service for companies looking to add captioning to their websites’ video content. Starting from basic video transcription and working up to subtitling, translation and video editing, we cover all of your website captioning needs. Using transcription services, translation and closed captioning for websites can be a great way to maximise your audience…

Capital Captions Translation and Closed Captioning for Websites

At Capital Captions, we offer a number of services to transcribe, translate and subtitle website videos.

We provide English website closed captions at low cost with fast turnaround times. We work with subtitle formats including:

• .SRT subtitling for websites
• Vimeo and YouTube subtitling for websites using URLs to display videos
• .WebVTT / .VTT subtitling for sites using HTML5
• .TTML subtitling for videos requiring more complex formatting
• .SCC subtitles for companies editing videos using Adobe Premiere or other software
• .STL subtitles for websites also working with broadcast

Our subtitle translation services for foreign videos and international audiences include the following languages:

• French subtitling
• German subtitling
• Spanish subtitling
• Italian subtitling
• Portuguese subtitling
• Chinese subtitling
• and more…

In addition to working with a number of subtitle formats, Capital Captions are able to edit and burn captions to your videos in all of the above languages and more. We always ensure that our captions are matched to your videos in terms of resolution, frame rate, bit rate, etc, in order to retain sync, consistency and the highest quality. We are also able to export videos to a number of formats including .mp4, .mov, .wmv, .avi and more…

Adding Website Subtitles and Closed Captions for English Speakers

Video closed captioning is a necessity for deaf or hard of hearing viewers, but there are a number of ways in which hearing viewers can also benefit from captions. Mobile phones and tablets are used on a far more regular basis nowadays than traditional PCs, Macs or even laptops. Watching videos on-the-go often means turning down the volume. Visually stimulating videos are more likely to be clicked on by today’s audiences English closed captions can extend viewing time users have access to audio information even when they mute their device.

Foreign Subtitles and Closed Captioning for International Audiences

Regardless of whether a site uses international domains or works from a single hub, international ecommerce means that with the right tools, any website should be able to attract a global audience Videos are great for SEO and by using video translation and subtitling, audiences across the world can find your content.

Foreign Subtitle Burning

For sites with a number of international domains, foreign subtitle burning can be a good option as potential customers can immediately access video content relevant to them. Subtitle burning also includes more specific formatting and placement changes when compared to basic .srt subtitling.

When a website runs from one central domain (e.g. .com), closed subtitle translation is preferable, so users can choose the language relevant to them. Video subtitles can be exported as .mov, .mp4, .avi, .wmv and more…

Website Translation

Alongside our closed captioning services, we are also able to translate websites a range of different languages. Our translation services include French, German, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese and more. We can work directly with website translation (if given access to CMS). Alternatively, we can provide our website translations as Word documents, plain text, or PDF files as preferred.

Using Subtitles and Closed Captioning for Websites to Enhance SEO

Whilst transcription, translation and subtitling for your website can at first seem like an additional expense, there are significant benefits which outweigh the costs. Search engines can index and find images and video, but spiders still rely heavily on text. High quality web content isn’t easy to create, so making the most of what you have can increase the effectiveness of your SEO strategies tenfold.

If you are interested in translation and closed captioning for your website, contact us today for a quote. If you’re considering website translation but aren’t sure where to start, feel free to contact us for subtitling and translation advice.