🎬 Subtitle Translator (English → Dutch)

This is a simple Python script designed to translate .srt subtitle files from English to Dutch using an offline machine translation model (MarianMT via Hugging Face).

If you'd like to translate between different languages, simply update the MODEL_NAME variable within the script with a compatible MarianMT model (e.g., Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt-nl-en for Dutch → English).

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📂 Project Setup

Before you begin, please ensure you have the following folder structure set up in the root directory of your project:

• srt_en/: Place your original English .srt files in this directory.
• srt_nl/: The translated Dutch .srt files will be automatically saved here.

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▶️ Getting Started

Here's how to use the script:

1. Install Dependencies: Open your terminal or command prompt and run the following commands to create a virtual environment and install the necessary packages:

python -m venv venv

Activate the virtual environment:

• macOS/Linux:

source venv/bin/activate

• Windows:

.\venv\Scripts\activate

After activating the virtual environment, install the required libraries:

pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Run the Script: Once the dependencies are installed, execute the translation script:

python srt_translator.py

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💡 Important Notes

1. Offline Operation: This script performs the translation entirely offline, meaning you don't need an internet connection after installing the necessary libraries.

2. Subtitle-Optimized Translation: The MarianMT model is pretrained on subtitle data (OpenSubtitles), making it highly effective at translating conversational text commonly found in subtitles.

3. Customization: If you wish to modify the translation's tone, language style, or implement features like profanity filtering, you can directly edit the script.

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Enjoy your translated subtitles! 🎉