Translate Video to Swedish

What to expect when translating into Swedish

Swedish translations are close to English in length and use compound words. Swedes use the informal du almost everywhere, even in business, which suits machine translation well.

The Swedish voice track

Swedish dubbing is mainly used for children's content and training; for other audiences, pair the voice with subtitles.

Voice, MP4, subtitles and transcripts: 450 credits (45¢). Subtitles and transcripts only: 9 credits (0.9¢).

Swedish subtitles

Sweden subtitles foreign TV and film, so Swedish viewers read subtitles fluently; a Swedish SRT is the expected format for most adult viewers.

Swedish (Svenska) is written in the Latin alphabet.

Switch Full translation output off for subtitles only: 14 credits (1.4¢). If the video is already in Swedish, select Swedish as the language instead and the subtitles come back untranslated — see Swedish transcription.

Translating audio files into Swedish

Podcasts and recordings go through the audio translator, which returns a Swedish M4A and transcripts: 1,400 credits ($1.40) with voice, 28 credits (2.8¢) as text only.

Who translates into Swedish

Swedish is spoken in Sweden and parts of Finland. It's used by Nordic companies, Swedish universities, and gaming and music creators.

Building the subtitle file first

For most adult Swedish viewers the Swedish subtitle file is the main deliverable and a voice track is the extra. That makes transcript mode with Swedish as the target the natural starting point: you get "Download subtitles" (SRT) for platforms like YouTube and LinkedIn, "Download VTT" for the player on your own site, and the translated transcript for a reviewer. The VTT generator page explains where each file goes.

Swedish viewers read subtitles quickly, but timing rules still apply: a cue needs enough time on screen, and a long sentence is better split at a clause than squeezed into one cue. Subtitle timing guidelines gives the professional conventions.

When you do make a Swedish dub, for children or for staff training, ship the subtitles with it. The dub-mode SRT follows the Swedish voice line for line, including any lines shortened to fit the timing, so viewers who read along see what they hear.

Särskrivning and other errors Swedes notice

Swedish joins compounds into one word, and splitting them changes the meaning. The classic example is sjuksköterska (nurse) versus sjuk sköterska (a nurse who is ill); kassapersonal versus kassa personal works the same way. Splitting compounds, särskrivning, is an error Swedish readers spot instantly, and it appears in machine output and in quick hand edits. Read the translated subtitles once just for compounds.

Two other checks are quick. Nouns are en or ett words, and a product name can end up with the wrong article or adjective form, so check how your brand is treated the first time it appears. And English "you" spoken to a group may come out as du in one line and ni in the next: du suits one viewer, ni a room, so decide which the speaker means and apply it throughout.

Swedish public bodies are expected to write in klarspråk, plain and easily understood Swedish. Machine translation of a formal English script can come out heavier than that, with long noun phrases and passive constructions such as "ansökan ska inlämnas". If a municipality or agency is publishing, ask the reviewer to simplify as well as correct: "skicka in ansökan" says the same thing in the voice Swedish readers expect from public information.

Workplace Swedish also keeps English words like deadline and feedback, and spells some loans the Swedish way, as in mejl. Note which forms your organisation uses so the reviewer has one reference.

Viewers in Finland and the rest of the Nordics

There is one Swedish option, and it follows Sweden Swedish. Finland-Swedish speakers share the written standard, but some everyday words and official terms differ, so a Finnish university or municipality publishing in Swedish should have a Finland-Swedish reader check the file. Organisations in Finland usually need a Finnish version too; see the Finnish video translator.

Norwegians and Danes can often follow written Swedish, but for training, safety or customer material a separate version reads better. The Norwegian video translator page covers what changes there.

Numbers, dates and quotes

• Decimal comma and a space between thousands: 1 250,50 kr.
• Dates often in ISO order (2026-10-01) or written out as 1 oktober 2026.
• Times as kl. 14.00 or 14:00, on the 24-hour clock.
• Weekdays and months in lower case: måndag, oktober.
• Quotation marks are the same at both ends: ”så här”.

Costing a subtitle-first webinar series

The gap between the two modes is large enough that the choice is about audience, not budget. If viewers are adults watching at a desk, the subtitle files alone usually do the job; subtitles versus dubbing walks through the trade-offs.

Swedish proofreading list

• No split compounds in subtitles, titles or on-screen labels you retype.
• du or ni chosen deliberately for each speaker.
• Brand names take a consistent en or ett form.
• Numbers, dates and prices in Swedish style.
• å, ä and ö intact when the SRT opens in your player.
• A Finland-Swedish read-through for audiences in Finland.

Using the tool on this page

• The spoken language is detected automatically; you select the output language — the spoken language itself for an untranslated transcript, or another language for a translation. Files can be up to 2 hours long.
• Only the audio is sent for processing — the video stays on your device — and audio and text are deleted within 30 minutes of delivery (how files are protected).
• You can download a translated video that keeps your music and effects, the translated audio as M4A, a transcript and subtitles (SRT and VTT). Every output, step and limit is explained on the video translator page.