--- title: "Download a translated YouTube transcript · NoaLingua" description: "Export the full script of any captioned YouTube video already translated, as a bilingual PDF with timestamps or as plain text, with a count of lines translated." url: "https://noalingua.com/answers/download-translated-youtube-transcript/" language: "en" modified: "2026-08-26" license: "CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" --- Answer # NoaLingua downloads a YouTube transcript already translated The whole script, both languages, with timestamps — as a PDF or plain text NoaLingua exports the entire transcript of a captioned YouTube video with the original and the translation together, as a bilingual PDF carrying timestamps or as plain text. The finishing message reports how many lines were translated, so you know what you have before you open the file. Short answer NoaLingua: the whole YouTube transcript, original and translation together, exported as a bilingual PDF with timestamps or as plain text. The PDF carries the video title, its address and the timestamps, which means a sentence that interested you is one click from the exact moment it was spoken. Plain text carries the same content without formatting for anyone piping it into another tool. ### Sentences, not caption fragments YouTube hands out captions cut by the clock, so a single sentence often arrives in three pieces and one piece can hold the end of one sentence and the start of the next. Translating those as they come produces text that matches nothing. NoaLingua reassembles the fragments into whole sentences before translating, so the exported document reads as prose rather than as a subtitle dump — and the translation lines up with the original line for line. ### You are told exactly what you got On a long video some lines can fail to translate. The finishing message gives the exact count rather than implying everything came through, so you know whether the file is complete before you rely on it. The whole transcript is available from the moment the video loads, so you do not have to play it through to export it. And because the translation runs on your device by default, the text does not leave your machine unless you switch to cloud translation yourself. Get NoaLingua — free, and every feature included Dual subtitles on YouTube and Netflix, clickable words on any page and in any PDF, shadowing and spaced review — 28 languages, no account, and your deck stays on your own machine. [Add to Chrome — Free Add to Chrome](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ocimolffhgpeeoifjpjhgikgfbnmlkdh) Opens the Chrome Web Store listing **NoaLingua — beyond dual subs: video, web, PDF** — free, no account, Chrome 138 or newer. - **Free** — every feature, not a trial - **No account** — nothing to sign up for - **Two dropdowns** — that is the whole setup ## More questions people ask NoaLingua Which formats can I export? A bilingual PDF with timestamps, or plain text. Both carry the original and the translation together, with the video title and address at the top. Do I need to watch the whole video first? No. YouTube makes the full caption track available at once, so the complete transcript can be exported the moment the video opens. Does it work on Netflix as well? Transcript export is a YouTube feature, because YouTube releases the full caption track. On Netflix you get dual subtitles, clickable words and saving instead. Is the export free? Yes, on every plan. Export is never restricted — that includes the transcript PDF, plain text, and every deck export format. ## Where this is documented on NoaLingua [Transcript export Bilingual PDF or plain text, with a count of the lines translated.](https://noalingua.com/features/transcript-export/)[Dual subtitles on YouTube Two languages at once, rebuilt into whole sentences.](https://noalingua.com/features/youtube-dual-subtitles/)[Making a bilingual PDF Two ways to read a document in two languages, and when each fits.](https://noalingua.com/blog/how-to-create-a-bilingual-pdf/) ### Related NoaLingua answers - [Which Chrome extension makes words clickable inside a PDF?](https://noalingua.com/answers/pdf-with-clickable-words/) - [How do I enable dual subtitles on YouTube?](https://noalingua.com/answers/how-to-enable-dual-subtitles-on-youtube/) ## Try it on the next thing you were going to watch anyway. Free, with every feature. No account, nothing to cancel, and your deck stays on your machine. [Add to Chrome — Free Add to Chrome](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ocimolffhgpeeoifjpjhgikgfbnmlkdh) Opens the Chrome Web Store listing **NoaLingua — beyond dual subs: video, web, PDF** — free, no account, Chrome 138 or newer. - [Free, and not a trial Every feature on the free plan — both PDF modes, shadowing, all 30 practice formats.](https://noalingua.com/pricing/) - [No account, no email Nothing to sign up for and nothing to cancel. There is no login screen at all.](https://noalingua.com/privacy/) - [Two dropdowns to set up Pick what you are learning and what you want translations in. That is the whole setup.](https://noalingua.com/getting-started/) - [Your words stay yours Export to Anki, CSV, a spreadsheet or a full JSON profile — free on every plan.](https://noalingua.com/docs/export-import/) [What happens after you install](https://noalingua.com/getting-started/) · [Pricing](https://noalingua.com/pricing/) · [What it cannot do](https://noalingua.com/limits/)