Kannada video translator

Kannada

Kannada is selected when you start from this page. Add any other language in the same job; each is priced on its own.

Lip sync, on or off

On, the speakers' mouths are rendered again to match the Kannada lines. Off, your picture stays exactly as it was and only the voice changes.

Proofread the Kannada script

Read the transcript beside its Kannada translation, line by line, and correct it before anything is voiced. Or upload your own Kannada .srt or .vtt and the dub says exactly those lines.

Kannada subtitles: not yet in the picture

None of the subtitle fonts can set Kannada text yet, so subtitles cannot be burned into a Kannada dub today. The dubbed video itself is unaffected.

Everyday Kannada mixes in English

Spoken Kannada, particularly in Bengaluru, borrows English words freely: phone, office, bill, update. A script that replaces all of them with formal Kannada can sound stiff. Keep the English terms your viewers actually use, and save formal Kannada for official or educational content.

Formal and spoken Kannada differ

Written Kannada is noticeably more formal than the Kannada people speak at home and on screen. While you proofread, move lines toward natural spoken Kannada for ads, creators and entertainment, so the voice sounds like a person rather than a textbook.

Address viewers with respect

Kannada distinguishes the respectful neevu from the familiar neenu. Brands, teachers and presenters almost always use neevu for viewers. Check that the whole script uses one form of address, and that names and titles appear the way your audience expects.

Bengaluru is multilingual

Many people in Bengaluru speak Kannada, English, Hindi and Tamil or Telugu. For a city wide audience, consider pairing the Kannada version with English and Hindi from the same upload, so every viewer can pick their language.

Regional brands and local businesses

Ads and product videos in Kannada reach customers across Karnataka, beyond the English speaking parts of Bengaluru. Translate the master, keep the brand name and offer exactly as approved, and download the Kannada cut for each platform.

Education and skilling

Teachers, edtech companies and training programs reach students across Karnataka in Kannada. Translate lessons recorded in English, and keep the English technical terms students meet in exams and at work.

Technology companies

Companies in Bengaluru serving customers across the state can turn product demos and support videos into Kannada, so users who are not comfortable in English can still follow along.

Film and creators

Trailers, short films and creator videos can be voiced in Kannada for audiences at home and abroad. Lip sync makes presenters appear to speak Kannada; with it off, the original picture stays untouched.

The soundtrack stays

Sonilo keeps the original background music and sound effects and replaces only the speech, with lip sync on or off.

The speaker’s own voice

Sonilo keeps the speaker’s own voice in the new language, so the translated speech sounds like the person in your video, not a stock voice. There is no voice to record or set up.

Lip sync, when you want it

On: mouths are re-rendered to match the new language. Off: your original picture stays untouched and only the voice is replaced.

You approve the words

The translation is a script you can read and correct first. A product name, a joke, a line of dialogue: fix it before it is spoken.

Your subtitles, spoken

Upload an .srt or .vtt for a language and the dub says exactly those lines, instead of a machine translation of them.

Music for the new cut

Sonilo also adds music to video. If a translated version needs its own soundtrack, add music to it in the same account.