Korean to English Subtitles

• Auto-transcribe the Korean audio

  Upload a video and EchoWave detects that the speech is Korean on its own, there is no source-language picker to fill in. Speech recognition writes Hangul cues with word-level timestamps, so 안녕하세요 lands exactly when it is said. If detection ever misses, you can set the source language manually after transcription.

• Translate every cue into English

  On Pro, one click converts the whole Korean track into English cues, drawing on the same 86-language catalog as our subtitle translator. Timing carries over untouched, so the English lines stay locked to the Korean speech. Every translated cue remains editable.

• Show Korean and English together

  Display Hangul on one line and English on another with bilingual subtitles. Korean learners get listening practice, Korean-speaking viewers keep the original, and everyone else follows along. You choose which language sits on top.

• Fix what machine translation misses

  Korean puts the verb at the end of the sentence and drops pronouns constantly, so machine translation occasionally guesses who did what. Click any cue to rewrite it, merge cues that were split mid-sentence, and nudge timing on the timeline. Honorific speech flattens into neutral English, so adjust tone where it matters. English also runs longer than compact Hangul, which makes line breaks and reading speed worth a quick check after translating.

• Korean to English subtitles from an SRT file

  Already have a Korean SRT or VTT file? Import it, run the Pro translation, and on a paid plan download the English version as SRT, VTT, TXT or JSON without touching a single timestamp. Handy when a colleague or an outside transcriber delivered the Korean file first.

• Style with 176 caption presets

  Pick from 176 caption presets, including word-by-word karaoke styles with active-word fill. Hangul and Latin text both render natively, no broken boxes, and you can recolor or emphasize individual words. Upload a brand font if your channel has one.

• English to Korean works too

  The same workflow runs in reverse: transcribe English speech and translate the cues into Korean for viewers in Seoul or Busan. For Korean-only captions on Korean footage, the Korean subtitle generator is the shorter path.

• Burn in or keep a separate file

  Hardcode the English subtitles into the video so they show on every player, or add subtitles as a file you upload alongside it, which needs a paid plan to download. Free exports are 720p MP4 with a small removable badge and a short end card.

1. 1

   Upload your Korean video

   Drag in an MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM or most other common formats. Files upload straight from your browser, nothing to install. The canvas sizes itself to your footage automatically.

2. 2

   Generate the Korean subtitles

   Open the Subtitles panel and hit auto-generate. EchoWave detects Korean, transcribes the speech and lays Hangul cues on the timeline with word-level timestamps. Skim the cues and fix any misheard names before translating, since romanization varies and 김지수 can come out as Kim Ji-soo or Jisoo Kim.

3. 3

   Translate the cues to English

   Choose English as the target language and the whole track converts in one pass. Keep Korean and English together as dual subtitles or replace the Hangul outright. Rewrite any line that reads stiff.

4. 4

   Style, burn in and download

   Apply one of 176 caption presets, then export. Burn the English subtitles into the MP4 for free, or on a paid plan download the track as SRT, VTT, TXT or JSON to upload wherever your video lives.

• K-pop covers and fan channels

  Translate your cover intros, practice-room commentary and reaction talk so subscribers outside Korea can follow. Karaoke presets with active-word fill suit lyric-heavy edits.

• Mukbang and daily vlogs

  Mukbang began as 먹방 on Korean streams, and its global audience watches with subtitles on. Translate your chatter to English and keep the original audio exactly as recorded.

• Sermons and community events

  Korean churches with English-first, second-generation members can subtitle Sunday recordings in both languages. Bilingual cues let one upload serve the whole congregation.

• Korean lessons and lectures

  Teachers can pair Hangul cues with English translations so students see structure and meaning side by side. Learners studying with dual subtitles catch dropped particles they would miss by ear.

• Team updates from Korean offices

  Subtitle all-hands recordings, product demos and training videos from a Seoul team for colleagues abroad. On a paid plan, download a clean SRT for the company knowledge base.

• K-beauty and cooking tutorials

  Routines and recipes travel badly when ingredient names stay untranslated. English cues turn 고추장 into gochujang chili paste for viewers shopping the recipe.

Based on each tool's public pages as of July 2026. Plans and features change often, so check current pricing pages before choosing.