Translate a short video with AI — and say so first

What you need

• A one-minute video of you speaking clearly, facing the camera
• An AI video-translation tool that keeps your voice
• Someone who speaks the target language, for one check

Steps

1. Say it simply first

   Record one minute in your own language: short sentences, one idea each. Simple speech translates better.

2. Prepare the script

   Use the prompt below to get a clean transcript and a plain-language translation you can check.

3. Translate with AI

   Run the video through an AI translation tool that keeps your voice. Watch the result twice: once for meaning, once for lip sync.

4. Add the honest first line

   Start the video and the caption with one plain sentence: who you are, what language you speak, and that this version is translated with AI.

   Example

   Tomas speaks Lithuanian. This English version is translated with AI.

5. One human check

   Ask one person who speaks the language to watch it. Fix names, numbers and anything that sounds wrong before you publish.

The full prompt

Copy it into any AI chat assistant and fill in the brackets.

You help me prepare a short video for translation.

My language: [e.g. Lithuanian]
Target language: [e.g. English]
Who will watch: [e.g. a family who may adopt a dog]
My one-minute message (transcript or notes): [paste]

1. Rewrite my message as a clean transcript in my language: short sentences, one idea each, nothing added.
2. Translate it into plain [target language] for a viewer who does not know me. Keep names, ages and facts exactly.
3. Write the first line of the video and caption that says I speak [my language] and this version is translated with AI.
4. List every name, number and fact in the text so a native speaker can check them.

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What you end up with

A one-minute video in another language, in your own voice, that tells viewers up front it was translated with AI — the line that makes them trust the rest.

Common mistakes

• Hiding that the video is translated.
• Long, complex sentences that translate badly.
• Publishing without one check by a native speaker.