Subtitle Translator Script

This Python script translates subtitle files (.srt) from one language to another using the Google Translator via the deep_translator library.

Features

• Translates subtitle text while preserving timestamps and formatting.
• Automatically generates an output file with a standardized naming convention.
• Supports multiple languages.

Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• deep-translator library
• tqdm library

Installation

1. Clone the repository (or download the script):

   git clone [email protected]:fam007e/SRT_Trans.git
   cd SRT_Trans

2. Install the required libraries:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Command Line Interface

Run the script from the command line with the following format:

python srt_tr.py input_file.srt source_language target_language

• input_file.srt: Path to your input .srt file.
• source_language: Language code of the input file (e.g., en for English).
• target_language: Language code to translate to (e.g., bn for Bangla).

Example

python srt_tr.py movie_subtitles.srt en bn

This will read the movie_subtitles.srt file, translate the english subtitles to bangla, and save the output to movie_subtitles_trs_bn.srt.

Help

To display help information:

python srt_tr.py -h

This will display:

usage: srt_tr.py [-h] input_file source_language target_language

Translate subtitles from one language to another.

positional arguments:
  input_file        Input .srt file path
  source_language   Language code of the input file (e.g., en for English)
  target_language   Language code to translate to (e.g., bn for Bangla)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help        show this help message and exit

Language codes examples:
  en - English
  bn - Bangla
  es - Spanish
  fr - French
  de - German
  zh - Chinese
  ja - Japanese
  ko - Korean
  ru - Russian
  hi - Hindi

Supported Languages

The script supports all languages available through the Google Translator API. Some common language codes are:

• en - English
• bn - Bangla
• es - Spanish
• fr - French
• de - German
• zh - Chinese
• ja - Japanese
• ko - Korean
• ru - Russian
• hi - Hindi

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgements

• This script uses the deep_translator library. Special thanks to the contributors of this library.

Contributions

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request for any improvements or bug fixes.