# Chinese to English Voice Translation > Chinese to English voice translation turns spoken Chinese into spoken English in the same voice, from files up to 15 minutes long. On Kenerate AI you upload or record Chinese audio or video, choose English, and the ElevenLabs dubbing engine transcribes, translates and re-voices each speaker, up to 32 of them. It works the other way too. URL: https://kenerateai.com/chinese-to-english-voice-translation Publisher: Kenerate AI (https://kenerateai.com) Last updated: 6 October 2026 ## Key facts - Direction: Chinese → English, or English → Chinese - Source language: Auto-detected, or pin Chinese - Longest file: 15 min · video 500 MB · audio 50 MB - Speakers: Auto, or 1 to 32 - Voices: Each speaker's own, cloned - Engine: ElevenLabs dubbing - AI Dubbing → English (ElevenLabs): Chinese video or audio, up to 15 min → English speech in the same voice. The translation itself. - AI Dubbing → Chinese (ElevenLabs): English (or another language) video or audio → Chinese speech in the same voice. The other direction. - Lip sync (VEED, Sync Labs, ByteDance): Video + the dubbed audio → Lips matched to the English. On-camera speakers. - Auto Subtitles (VEED): Video up to 4 min → Burned-in captions in the spoken language. English captions on the English dub. ## Steps 1. Open AI Dubbing — Sign in with a verified email; new accounts get starter credits to try it. 2. Upload or record the Chinese — A video up to 500 MB or an audio file up to 50 MB, up to 15 minutes. For audio you can also record with the mic in the browser. 3. Choose English — Leave the spoken language on Auto-detect or pin Chinese, and set the number of speakers if several people talk. 4. Download the English version — Compare it with the original on the result card, then download. For on-camera faces, run lip sync afterwards. ## In depth ### Why spoken Chinese is tricky for machines Chinese is tonal: the same syllable said with a different pitch is a different word [1]. Speech recognition needs clean audio to hear the tones, which is why close-mic recordings translate better than a phone held across a noisy room. Chinese also leaves out much that English must say: verbs don't change for tense and the spoken third person, tā, covers 'he', 'she' and 'it'. The translation infers these from context, so they are the first things to check. ### Numbers and names Chinese groups large numbers in units of ten thousand (万) and a hundred million (亿) [2], while English groups them in thousands. A figure like 三万 is 30,000, not 3,000. Check every price, date and amount in the English version. - Big numbers: 万 = 10,000 and 亿 = 100,000,000. - Names: may come out in pinyin or as an English name. - Brands and places: check the spelling your audience expects. ### What happens to the original audio The Chinese speech is transcribed and translated, then each speaker is re-voiced in English with a clone of their voice and mixed back with the background sound [3]. Turn on Drop background audio to keep only the English voices. References: [1] Wikipedia — Chinese language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language [2] Wikipedia — Chinese numerals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numerals [3] ElevenLabs — Dubbing docs: https://elevenlabs.io/docs/capabilities/dubbing ## FAQ Q: Is there a Chinese to English voice translator that keeps my voice? A: Yes. Upload or record the Chinese in Kenerate's AI Dubbing, choose English, and the ElevenLabs engine re-voices each speaker in English with a clone of their own voice. Q: Does it work for Mandarin and Cantonese? A: The tool lists one source language, Chinese, and Mandarin is the common case. Cantonese and other varieties aren't listed separately, so try a short clip first and check the result before translating a long file. Q: Can it translate English voice to Chinese? A: Yes. Chinese is one of the 33 target languages, so upload English speech, pick Chinese and download Chinese speech in the same voice. The demo on this page shows exactly that. Q: Can I translate a Chinese video to English? A: Yes, up to 500 MB and 15 minutes. The picture stays the same and the speech becomes English; add lip sync afterwards for close-ups. Q: Is this a live interpreter for conversations? A: No. It translates recorded files, not live calls. For a face-to-face conversation, a phone app with a conversation mode is the better fit. Q: How accurate is Chinese to English voice translation? A: Clear speech from one mic translates well. Background music, crosstalk, slang and fast speech lower accuracy, so check names, numbers and technical terms before you share the English version. Q: Is Chinese to English voice translation free? A: Kenerate isn't free to use, but new accounts get starter credits that work on AI Dubbing, enough to try a short Chinese clip. After that it is priced by length, billed by the second up to 15 minutes, with automatic refunds when a run fails. ## Related pages - Translate video to English: https://kenerateai.com/translate-video-to-english - Translate audio: https://kenerateai.com/translate-audio - Spanish to English: https://kenerateai.com/spanish-to-english-audio-translation - AI dubbing: https://kenerateai.com/ai-dubbing - AI lip sync: https://kenerateai.com/ai-lipsync-generator ## Sources - Kenerate AI Dubbing (tool): https://kenerateai.com/app/tool/dubbing - ElevenLabs — Dubbing docs: https://elevenlabs.io/docs/capabilities/dubbing - Wikipedia — Chinese language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language - Wikipedia — Chinese numerals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numerals - Google Translate Help — translate by speech: https://support.google.com/translate/answer/6142474