Source Analysis
We read the script for register, running jokes, wordplay, cultural specifics and anything that will not carry directly, and flag it before translation starts.
A translation brief with the hard passages mapped.
Green Books Entertainment / Audio & Media
The Same StoryIn a NewLanguage
Script and dialogue translation, adapted for culture and formatted for the subtitling or dubbing work that comes next.
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A screen translation is a production document, not prose. It has to time, it has to perform, and it has to survive the room it is spoken in.
Stories Across Borders✳Adapted, Not Converted✳Timed For Production✳Ready To Record✳
( What we bring )
The capability behind it
Translation
Human translation for meaning, rhythm and speakability, with a second editorial pass in the target language.
A translated script that reads as writing.
Cultural Adaptation
Idiom, humor, references and names are adapted so the intent survives — with the alternative always shown against the literal version.
Lines that land, with the reasoning on record.
Production Formatting
The script is delivered as a timed dialogue list, formatted for the subtitling or dubbing process it feeds into.
A production-ready handoff.
( Selected work )
Recent projects
01Feature Screenplay
Selected Translation
02Episodic Localization
Series Dialogue
03Subtitle-Ready Script
Festival Submission
04International Development
Pitch Package
( What's included )
Inside this service
The full screenplay or dialogue, translated and editorially reviewed in the target language.
Every non-literal choice logged against the source, with the reasoning.
Lines broken and timed to the picture, ready for subtitling or dub scripting.
Character names, places, invented terms and repeated phrases fixed for consistency.
Dialogue segmented to reading-speed limits for the subtitling stage.
Everything the localization or dubbing team needs to start without back-and-forth.
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Translated Script
The full screenplay or dialogue, translated and editorially reviewed in the target language.
( How it works )
The process, step by step
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Analysis
The script is read for tone, wordplay and cultural specifics, and the hard passages are flagged.
OutcomeA translation brief.
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Translation
Human translation for meaning and speakability, followed by editorial review.
OutcomeA first full translation.
- 03
Adaptation
Idiom, humor and references are adapted, with alternatives shown against the literal.
OutcomeAn adapted, documented script.
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Timing
Dialogue is broken and timed to the picture for downstream use.
OutcomeA timed dialogue list.
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Review
A final read checks consistency, register and formatting against the brief.
OutcomeAn approved script.
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Handoff
The package is delivered to the subtitling or dubbing team.
OutcomeA clean production handoff.
( Outputs )
What the translation is delivered as
Production-formatted script/Timed dialogue list/Subtitle-ready segmented text/Dub-ready dialogue/Adaptation notes/Terminology glossary/Production-formatted script/Timed dialogue list/Subtitle-ready segmented text/Dub-ready dialogue/Adaptation notes/Terminology glossary/
Production-formatted script/Timed dialogue list/Subtitle-ready segmented text/Dub-ready dialogue/Adaptation notes/Terminology glossary/Production-formatted script/Timed dialogue list/Subtitle-ready segmented text/Dub-ready dialogue/Adaptation notes/Terminology glossary/
Target languages are confirmed at scoping. Subtitling and dubbing production themselves are handled by our Subtitling & Localization service.
( Perspective )
Worth knowing first
Craft01
Translating Idiom and Humor for Screen
A joke that depends on a word rarely survives a literal translation. The job is to find the equivalent effect, then show your working.
Format02
Why Screen Translation Isn't Prose
Screen dialogue has to fit a mouth and a reading speed. A beautiful sentence that runs three lines long is a failed subtitle.
Handoff03
Preparing a Script for Dubbing
Dub lines need matching syllable counts and lip-sync friendly phrasing. Getting the translation dub-aware upfront saves a rewrite in the booth.
Make it landin every language.
Send the script and the target market. We will translate, adapt and format it for the production that follows.