Q: Dutch speech > English captions
When I upload my Dutch spoken video in the trial version I see no option to have captions in English. I assume in Tier2 that's possible?
Matt_CaptionBolt
Nov 9, 2026A: Thanks for reaching out!
To answer your question directly: Tier 2 handles languages the same way as the trial version—there isn’t a separate "Dutch to English translation" toggle.
CaptionBolt focuses on native-language transcription to support our word-by-word active highlighting, which requires millisecond-exact timing. Because sentence structure and word order differ between Dutch and English, direct translation breaks that precise word-level sync.
However, you can easily get English captions right now with a simple trick:
When uploading your Dutch video, manually set the spoken language to "English" instead of "Auto-detect."
Our engine will automatically translate the Dutch speech into English captions.
A quick note on how it works: Because the English words cannot align 1:1 with the spoken Dutch audio, the word-by-word highlight won't strictly match the mouth movements. If your primary goal is delivering English captions for your viewers and you don't require pixel-perfect word sync, this workaround works completely fine for everyday use.
Bilingual captions and dedicated translation features are also already on our development roadmap.
Give that upload setting a try, and let us know if you need any help!
Best regards,
Matt
The CaptionBolt Team