For creators
Publish a real English track for your CJK channel
YouTube auto-captions do not exist for Mandarin, and auto-translate mangles names. Upload your SRT or video to DramaSub and get a glossary-checked English SRT ready for YouTube Studio.
Built for Mandarin, Korean, and Japanese channels. No software to install — your first 3 full translations are free.
Translate your first fileHow it works
Create a free account and upload your file
Upload an SRT, ASS, or VTT subtitle file — or the video itself and we transcribe it. One episode or a whole backlog.
List the names and terms to keep exactly
Add your glossary before translation starts: character names, your channel name, recurring jargon. Everything on the list comes back exactly as you wrote it.
Download the English SRT
Processing finishes with a timed, glossary-checked English SRT. You get it by email and on your profile page.
Upload it in YouTube Studio
In YouTube Studio, open Subtitles, pick English, and use Upload file. Takes about 30 seconds. Done — your channel now has a real English track.
Why Mandarin, Korean, and Japanese channels need this
Mandarin has no YouTube auto-captions
YouTube does not generate automatic captions for Mandarin at all. 99.8% of Mandarin subtitle tracks on the platform were uploaded by a human — the only path to English captions is a file you publish yourself.
Korean and Japanese auto-translate chains two lossy steps
For KR and JP, YouTube machine-translates from its own auto-generated transcript. Speech recognition errors flow straight into the translation, and the mistakes compound line after line.
Auto-dubs cannot be edited line by line
Auto-dubbed audio tracks sound convenient, but you cannot fix a mistranslated line or a wrong name inside them. A published SRT stays editable: you own every line.
Your names stay your names
The biggest giveaway of machine-translated subtitles is a mangled name. DramaSub lets you list a glossary before every upload: character names, your channel name, show jargon, place names.
Every glossary term is passed to the translator as do-not-change, so it comes back in the English track exactly as you wrote it. Viewers see consistent names from episode one to episode fifty.
Prepaid packs, no subscription
Your first 3 full translations are free. After that, buy a pack when you need one — packs never expire, and nothing renews automatically.
Subtitle translations
- 22 translations — S$5.90
- 55 translations — S$14.90
Video minutes
- 300 video minutes — from S$14.90
- 720 video minutes — from S$14.90
Questions creators ask
Does DramaSub upload the subtitles to YouTube for me?
No. You add the SRT yourself in YouTube Studio under Subtitles → Upload file — it takes about 30 seconds. Direct publishing through the YouTube API is planned for a later phase, but for now the final step stays in your hands, which also means nothing touches your channel without your review.
Which languages can I translate from?
Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin Chinese to English. That focus is deliberate — the models and glossary handling are tuned for CJK dialogue, drama speech patterns, and honorifics.
What happens to names and special terms?
You list them. Before translation runs, you enter the character names, channel name, and jargon that must stay exactly as you wrote them, and the translator is instructed to preserve every glossary term verbatim.
What does it cost?
Your first 3 full translations are free. After that, buy a prepaid pack: 22 translations for S$5.90, 55 translations for S$14.90, or 300/720 video minutes from S$14.90. Packs never expire and there is no subscription.
Give your channel an English track
Upload an episode, keep your names exact, and publish the SRT in YouTube Studio.
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