AI transcription tuned for Cantonese
Speech is transcribed into a clean, punctuated Cantonese transcript first, because everything the translation gets right depends on getting this step right.
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Translate Cantonese audio to English text online free. UniScribe transcribes your Cantonese audio, then translates it into English text you can export.
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How to Translate Cantonese Audio to English Text in Three Steps
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Upload your Cantonese audio
The Cantonese source and English target are already selected, so just drop in the Cantonese audio you want to translate to English text.
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Transcribe, then translate
UniScribe transcribes the spoken Cantonese into an accurate transcript, then translates that transcript into English text.
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Review and export the English text
Edit the English text, then export it as TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT, or CSV.
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What to Know When You Translate Cantonese Audio to English Text
Cantonese is written without spaces, marks time with particles instead of tenses, and its spoken form differs from the written Chinese you may have learned. English needs all of that made explicit. That is why UniScribe splits translating Cantonese audio to English into two steps: it transcribes your Cantonese audio into an accurate transcript first, then translates that transcript into English text you can edit, export, and share. Translate Cantonese audio to English text in minutes, free to start.
Source language
Cantonese粵語
- Script
- Chinese characters (Traditional)
- Speakers
- ~85 million speakers
- Regions
- Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong
Target language
EnglishEnglish
- Script
- Latin alphabet
- Speakers
- ~1.5 billion speakers
- Regions
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia
What Changes from Cantonese to English
Cantonese-to-English translation has to make explicit what the particles and the context carry. Four differences shape every result.
No spaces between words
Cantonese is written without spaces, so the transcript has to decide where each word begins and ends before anything can be translated.
上個禮拜last week開會have a meeting
Particles mark time, not tenses
Verbs never change form. Small particles after the verb say whether something is done, ongoing, or experienced.
咗completed緊ongoing
Final particles carry the tone
Particles at the end of a sentence add attitude, certainty, or doubt, and English has to express that with wording instead.
㗎assertion咩really?
Spoken Cantonese isn't written Chinese
Everyday Cantonese uses its own words and characters that differ from standard written Chinese, so the transcript has to capture what was actually said.
唔係written: 不是佢written: 他
See it in action
Cantonese
呢份報告我哋上個禮拜傾咗喇，下個月再睇吓效果。
English
We already discussed this report last week; we'll see how it performs next month.
This example highlights:Particles mark time, not tenses · Final particles carry the tone · Spoken Cantonese isn't written Chinese
Why Choose UniScribe to Translate Your Cantonese Audio to English
Those differences are why a single word-for-word pass falls short. UniScribe is built to translate audio accurately: it translates Cantonese audio to English in two AI steps, transcribing the Cantonese audio first, then translating that full transcript into English with the surrounding context intact.
AI translation, not word swapping
The whole transcript is translated with its context, so English tense, subjects, and word order come out as real sentences rather than a literal gloss.
Translate between 60+ languages
Transcribe in 60+ languages and translate between them, so the same workflow covers whatever recording lands on your desk next.
Speaker identification
Meetings and interviews stay readable. Each speaker is labelled, so the English transcript still shows who said what.
Export in 6 formats
Download the English text as TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT, or CSV, whether you need a document, subtitles, or a shareable link.
AI summaries and mind maps
Turn a long recording into key points, action items, and mind maps so you can act on it without reading every line.
Built for Real-World Cantonese Audio
Audio recordings are rarely studio-clean: they are meetings, calls, and voice notes. UniScribe is built for Cantonese as it is actually spoken.
Speaker labels
Multi-voice recordings like meetings and interviews keep who said what, and the labels carry into the English text.
Meetings, calls, and podcasts
From conference-room recordings to phone calls and podcast episodes, long recordings stay organized and readable.
20+ audio formats
Upload MP3, WAV, M4A, and more; large files are fine, with no conversion needed.
Timestamped segments
Each segment is timestamped, so you can check the English text against the original audio in seconds.
Translate Cantonese Audio to English for Any Use Case
Hong Kong business calls
Cantonese meetings and calls become English minutes with the decisions and follow-ups written down.
Film, TV, and interviews
Cantonese footage becomes English text you can build subtitles and scripts on top of, starting from what was actually said.
Research in HK and Guangdong
Focus groups and interviews recorded in Cantonese, read by an English-speaking team without waiting on an agency.
Oral histories and family recordings
Cantonese recordings preserved as English text that the whole family can read and search.
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Frequently Asked Questions
UniScribe transcribes colloquial spoken Cantonese, not just formal written Chinese, so the transcript reflects what was actually said. You can review that transcript first, then produce the English text.
Yes. UniScribe transcribes the Cantonese first and keeps that transcript, so you can read or correct it before the English text is produced. You can export either version, or both.
Yes. UniScribe labels each speaker in the transcript, and those labels carry through to the English text, so meetings and interviews stay readable.
Yes! UniScribe offers a Free Plan with 120 minutes of free transcription per month. You can upload up to 3 files per day.
Each uploaded file can be up to 5GB in size and up to 5 hours in length.
Yes! You can export your transcript as txt, pdf, docx, srt, vtt, or csv. You can also share a link to let others view the transcript online.
We support transcription in 63 languages, covering widely used languages across regions so more voices can be accurately transcribed.
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