Source: https://mindstamp.com/help/translate-an-interactive-video
Generated from the Help Center records: 2026-10-05

# How do I translate an interactive video into another language?

Topic: [Design, branding and languages](https://mindstamp.com/help/design) · Updated: 2026-09-25

## Short answer

Open the video and select **Translate**. Choose **Interactions only** to translate buttons, questions, forms, hotspots, text and player text for free on every plan, or **Full audio dub** to also add translated audio, captions and a transcript. Pick the languages and submit. One share link then serves every language.

## Steps

1. Open the video and select **Translate** in the left menu.
2. Choose **Interactions only** or **Full audio dub**.
3. For **Full audio dub**, the video needs a finished transcript. Check and edit it first on the **Transcript** page.
4. Select one or more languages. Use the search box, or **Select all suggested**.
5. For a full dub, choose a voice and preview it.
6. Add protected terms, such as product names, brand names or acronyms that must stay unchanged. Type each term and press Enter.
7. Check the cost summary, then submit. Interactions-only jobs take a few minutes. Dubbing takes about 4 minutes per language.
8. Test: open the share link with ?lang= and a language code at the end, such as ?lang=es. Expected result: buttons, questions and player text show in that language, and a dubbed video plays the translated audio.

![Mindstamp Translate page with the Full audio dub and Interactions only options and the language search](https://cdn.mindstamp.com/website2026/help/translate-options.webp)

_Translate: choose a full audio dub or interactions only, then pick the languages._

## What is translated

- **Interactions only**: buttons, questions, forms, hotspots, text overlays, labels and player text. The original audio stays. No transcript is needed. Free on every plan.
- **Full audio dub**: everything above, plus a new audio track, captions and a transcript in each language.
- Variables such as {{NAME}} and your protected terms stay unchanged.

## How viewers get their language

- The player uses the viewer's browser language when a matching translation exists.
- Viewers can change the language in the player.
- You can share a link for one language by adding ?lang= and a language code, such as ?lang=fr.
- If no translation matches, the video plays in its base language.

## Edit the player text yourself

Open **Design** and go to **Translations**, then select **Show Translations**. Set the **Base language** of the video, then use **Edit text for language** to change any piece of player text, such as button prompts, form labels and certificate text, for one language.

## Change a translation later

If you edit an interaction after you translate, run the translation again for the languages you need. The Translate page warns you when a language already has a translation and will be overwritten. Review AI output before you share, especially for legal, medical or safety content.

## Go further

- [Video translation and dubbing](https://mindstamp.com/features/video-translation)
- [Captions tutorial](https://mindstamp.com/tutorials/captions)

## Related answers

- [How much does AI dubbing cost?](https://mindstamp.com/help/ai-dubbing-cost)
- [How do video transcripts work in Mindstamp?](https://mindstamp.com/help/video-transcripts)
- [How do I add closed captions or subtitles to a video?](https://mindstamp.com/help/how-do-i-create-a-video-with-closed-captions)
- [How do I pass URL parameters from my page into an embedded video?](https://mindstamp.com/help/pass-url-parameters-into-an-embed)

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