Generate Accurate Subtitles for Traditional-Chinese Videos

Frequently Asked Questions

• Where can I check pricing and available trial credits?

  Check the current Pricing page and your account balance before submitting a task. Available trial credits, paid options, and the cost shown for your selected workflow should guide your decision. Review the task settings and displayed estimate before confirming; this guide does not promise a fixed free allowance or a specific price.

• Is Traditional Chinese a speech recognition language?

  Traditional Chinese describes written character forms, not a spoken language. Before generating subtitles, identify whether the video's speech is Mandarin, Cantonese, or another variety, then choose a recognition workflow that supports that source speech. Review the written output separately, because selecting Traditional Chinese characters does not automatically convert dialect, vocabulary, or regional usage.

• How should Taiwan and Hong Kong vocabulary be handled?

  Specify the intended audience before review. Taiwan and Hong Kong may use different vocabulary, customary names, and local expressions even when both use Traditional Chinese characters. Character conversion alone is not localization. Check terminology against audience expectations, keep names consistent across scenes, and ask a reviewer familiar with the relevant region to resolve ambiguous word choices.

• Which punctuation needs review in Traditional Chinese?

  Review whether Chinese punctuation uses appropriate full-width forms and spacing. Pay particular attention to commas, periods, quotation marks, brackets, and punctuation beside Latin letters or numbers. Mixed-script lines can acquire inconsistent spacing or visually mismatched marks. Apply one punctuation convention throughout the subtitles while preserving established styling for Latin brand names.

• Do I need professional video editing experience?

  Start by choosing a video and the appropriate subtitle workflow. You do not need to prepare a full editing project, but you should review recognized wording, names, timing, and line breaks before publishing. Specialized dialogue may need a knowledgeable reviewer, especially when a small transcription error changes the meaning.

• How can line breaks avoid splitting Chinese names?

  Place line breaks at meaningful phrase boundaries rather than dividing a person's name, company name, or fixed expression. Traditional Chinese does not separate every word with spaces, so visual wrapping can conceal an awkward split. Read each subtitle as a complete phrase, keep related modifiers together, and redistribute text between adjacent cues when that produces a clearer break.

• When should I use OCR instead of speech recognition?

  Use speech recognition for words spoken in the audio and OCR for visible text embedded in video frames. They address different sources: narration may not match titles, captions, signs, or labels shown on screen. Compare both during review, then decide whether differing on-screen text should become a subtitle, remain visual context, or be handled separately.

• How do hardcoded and external subtitles affect generation?

  Hardcoded subtitles are visible pixels in the video, so OCR is relevant when their text must be captured. External subtitle tracks are separate from the image and should be checked independently when available. Do not automatically treat existing visible captions as narration, because that can create duplicate lines. Compare generated cues with each subtitle layer before preparing the output.

• How should Traditional Chinese subtitle timing be reviewed?

  Play the video while checking that each cue appears with the corresponding speech and leaves the screen at a natural boundary. Long Traditional Chinese lines may need redistribution rather than denser presentation. Watch for overlapping speakers, pauses, scene cuts, and text detected from frames, since OCR-derived content may require different timing from narration recognized in the audio.

• What should I check before exporting the subtitles?

  Review traditional character forms, regional terminology, names, full-width punctuation, mixed Latin brand names, line breaks, and cue timing. Compare narration with any on-screen text so differences are intentional rather than recognition errors. Inspect the selected output for missing, duplicated, or overlapping cues, and confirm that the wording suits the intended Taiwan or Hong Kong audience.

• What should I check before uploading private or licensed footage?

  Use footage you are entitled to process and check the current privacy policy and service terms before uploading sensitive material. For client projects, confirm that the agreed handling of faces, voices, personal details, and licensed media permits this workflow. Ask support about any specific retention or processing requirement rather than assuming a promise from this guide.