How to Dub a Video Into Another Language in Your Own Voice

To dub a video into another language in your own voice, you need a tool that does three jobs in one go: transcribes what's said, translates it, and re-voices the translation in a voice made from the original speaker. With AI dubbing that takes minutes rather than a studio booking, and you can still correct the translation line by line before you publish.

This guide walks through doing it in Leelo, what to check before you publish, and how to put the result on YouTube.

What do I need before I start?

• The video or audio file. Upload the file itself (up to 100 MB) or a direct link to it. Links to YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, Netflix or Spotify pages can't be used, so download your own video first.
• Clear speech. Music and background sound are fine; the dub keeps the background. Heavy noise makes the transcript, and so the translation, less accurate.
• The languages. You can choose up to three at a time from 91, and the original language is detected for you.

How do I dub the video?

1. Open Dubbing and upload the video.
2. Pick the languages, for example Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic.
3. Leave Keep the background and Match each speaker's voice on. The first keeps your music and sound effects; the second re-voices each person in a voice made from their own.
4. Start. The cost shows before anything is charged.

When it's done you get the dubbed video to watch and download, SRT and VTT subtitles, and transcripts in both languages.

Can I fix the translation?

Yes, and you should check it. Machine translation is good but it can translate a product name, miss a pun or choose a formal tone where you'd use an informal one. Press Send to Studio and the dub opens as a timed project: every translated line is there to read, edit and voice again on its own, without redoing the whole video. If you can, have a native speaker watch the first video in each language.

Will it sound like me?

It's re-voiced in a voice made from yours, speaking the new language, so viewers hear your voice, not a stranger's. It won't move your lips to match the new words, so it reads like a well-made dub rather than an original recording.

How do I put a dub on YouTube?

You have two options:

• Extra audio tracks on the same video. Where YouTube offers multi-language audio to your channel, upload each dubbed audio as an additional track in YouTube Studio. Viewers pick the language in the player, and your views stay on one video.
• A separate channel per language. Upload the dubbed videos to a channel for that language, with a translated title and description.

Either way, add the matching subtitles (SRT or VTT) so viewers who prefer the original can still follow.

What does it cost?

Dubbing is paid in the same credits as everything else, by the second and for each language, and the cost shows before you start. A month of the Starter plan covers about 16 minutes of dubbing, Creator about 40 and Pro about 120. See pricing for the details.

Tips for a better dub

• Speak clearly in the original; it's the source of everything that follows.
• Keep on-screen text minimal, or plan to translate it separately.
• Check names and brands in each language and fix them in the Studio.
• Start with the language where most of your foreign viewers already are: YouTube Studio's audience report shows you.