How to add subtitles and translations to ANY YouTube Videos

1. In today's article, I'm going to show you how you can go on to YouTube and add your own subtitles or translations to videos.

Let's dive into it with another Flipped Classroom tutorial.Now, this video is a response to a question I've been asked a couple of times and that is, "Can we add our own subtitles in our own native language to your videos?" Well, the answer is, "Absolutely, you can.

" Now, many channels have opened up translations, and I will show you exactly how to get to them. Now, the first thing you'll have to do is go on to YouTube. Now, I'm going to use my own videos as an example, so I'm going to jump on to the video. Now, if you've been a fan of the channel for a while, I would really appreciate it if you considered adding your own native language to my videos.

I would really like to see all these different languages in those subtitles and it would also help us reach even more teachers and students around the world, bring this community together. Now, let's say that you're on this video right here, and you'd like to add your own subtitles. Now, there are two places you can go to to get this done. The first is on the video itself. So there is a cogwheel right there, and when you click on that cogwheel, you enter the video menu. This is where you can select different playback qualities, but at the bottom, you'll also see "Closed captions", "CC" or "Subtitles".

Now, go ahead and click on that. In addition to the already present closed captions and subtitles, you can click on that button that says "Add translation". Now, when you add your own translation, what you can do now is you can fill out your own translation and then that will be approved by whoever uploaded the video in the first place. Now, these translations won't go live as soon as you finish, because I do have to approve and check everything before it goes live.

Now, if you do not see this option, well, then that is because the original content creator or the producer of the video has not enabled you, as the community, to upload their own community translations. Now, if that happens and you have a video and you really would like to add some translations, you could always reach out to that creator and there's a very good chance that they will switch it on for you. Now, the second option to add translations, well, that's a little bit closer to that description box. 

You will see as you scroll down, above the "Subscribe" button, you'll see three dots. Now, if that "Subscribe" button on your page at the moment is still red, make sure that you hit that "Subscribe" button and subscribe to our channel, and then go ahead and click on those three dots. Once you've clicked on those three dots, you can now add translations. It brings you into the translation menu, and it's automatically set to a default language. At the top, you can switch the language, so whenever you switch the language, you can start adding in your own translations or tweaking them. 

Now, this is not the only thing you can do. You can also translate the title and description, and really help the users of this platform on YouTube find our content, and really help the viewers of these videos understand each and every step. Once you've translated everything, you can save that as a draft or you can even submit it. Now, once you've submitted your translations, it goes to the original creator, and then that creator can make your subtitles and translations live. Now, I would really appreciate it if you did so and do let me know in that comment section below if you are adding translations to any channel, what sort of channels you are adding translations to, what makes you want to add translations, and what some of the reasons that you do not want to add translations are. 

I would really love to read all about it in that comment section below, and again, I read every single comment. So do let me know if you are considering adding translations to my videos. Now, you've probably seen some channels with dozens of different subtitles and different languages, and wondered how this is possible. Well, in that description, you'll see exactly who has contributed to those translations.