How to translate your YouTube video titles and descriptions

Open YouTube Studio, the dashboard where you manage your channel and videos. You need access to the video’s channel and a translated title and description ready to add.

For example, if you published a tutorial in Spanish, you can add an English title and description so English-speaking viewers can understand what it covers. You’ll find an example below to help you prepare both texts.

Add the translation from your channel

1. Sign in to YouTube Studio with the account you use to manage your channel. Open Subtitles in the left menu. Despite the section’s name, you can also translate the video’s title and description there.
2. Choose the video you want to add a translation to. If YouTube asks for the video’s original language, set that language and confirm.
3. Click Add language and choose the language of your translation, such as English.
4. Find Title and description and click Add. Type or paste the title and description you prepared for that language.
5. Read both texts and check that they describe the same content as your video. Click Publish. Then return to the language you added and check that your title and description have been saved.

YouTube’s guide to translating titles and descriptions documents this workflow. YouTube can show the title and description in different languages depending on who views the video. The version displayed can vary.

A title and description in two languages

Worked fictional example: a video introduces an imaginary photography studio. Adapt the text into English while keeping the studio’s details: 12 m² and its three zones.

Field	Spanish original	English adaptation
Title	Nuestro set de fotografía de producto en 12 m²	Our 12 m² Product Photography Set
Description	Recorre nuestro set de 12 m² y conoce sus tres zonas: preparación, fotografía y revisión.	Tour our 12 m² set and explore its three zones: preparation, photography, and review.

The 12 m² area and three zones stay the same. Check links and proper names before publishing, too. These texts are invented to illustrate equivalence across languages.

Check that the translation is accurate

• The title and description describe the same topic and purpose as the source video.
• Proper names, tools, and technical terms refer to the same things.
• Numbers and units match the source; convert them only when the audience needs it and the underlying fact remains correct.
• Links point to the intended destination and don’t retain an incorrect or test URL.
• The translated description doesn’t add promises, requirements, or instructions absent from the source.
• Both fields are complete under the right language and show a published state.

If you cannot find the saved text, return to the video and select the language you added. Check that you clicked Publish after completing both texts. To translate another video, repeat the workflow with that video.

What if I also want to translate what’s said in the video?

The title and description are the texts you use to introduce your video. Audio and captions that follow the spoken words are managed separately. If you also need to work on captions, follow how to add or fix YouTube captions. YouTube’s caption guide explains that task.

If you need to review an automatically dubbed audio track instead, see how to review or remove an automatic dub from your YouTube video.