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Export Bilingual Subtitles

Once your transcript is ready, open Export Script in the study player, choose a format, and select the original text and translation you want to include. For bilingual subtitles, include both. You can edit transcription errors before exporting.

What you want to doSuggested format
Load timestamped subtitles in a video playerSRT
Copy text into notes or a text toolTXT
Print a bilingual script or read offlinePDF
Keep editing the content, layout, and annotationsWord (.docx)

What This Solves

Aelano’s subtitles are designed for studying inside the player, but many people want to take them elsewhere:

  • Print a paper script to memorize on the go
  • Get a subtitle file to use with another video player
  • Export to a Word document and keep editing it — trim sentences, add annotations
  • Collect vocabulary and key expressions into a single study handout

Aelano’s subtitle export supports four formats, which cover these common needs.

Where to Find “Export Script”

In the study player, the “Export script” entry lives in subtitle editing or the More menu (the exact location differs a little by platform).

Opening it brings up an export panel where you choose the format and what to include.

Four Export Formats

SRT

The standard subtitle file format, with timestamps.

Good for: use with other video players (VLC, PotPlayer, IINA, CapCut, and so on) — put the video and the SRT together and the player loads the subtitles automatically.

TXT

Plain text, no timestamps.

Good for: copying into Word / Notion / a notes app to organize; building study notes; printing; further processing with text tools.

PDF

A formatted script PDF, laid out sentence by sentence, which can be bilingual and carry study aids such as phonetic symbols and furigana.

Good for: printing paper study material; offline reading; sharing with someone else; keeping a proper study archive.

Word

Exactly the same layout and content as the PDF (bilingual pairs, highlighted vocabulary, key expressions, notes, and pronunciation guides are all there), just written as a .docx you can keep editing in Word, WPS, or Pages.

Good for: annotating the exported script yourself, deleting sentences you do not need, or adjusting the type before printing; handing out a class script.

Furigana, pinyin, and phonetic symbols use Word’s native phonetic guide, so Word and WPS render them above the characters. Japanese romaji (and Korean or Thai romanization) has no “below the word” equivalent in Word, so it follows the word inline in small grey type.

Choosing What to Include

Whichever format you pick, each of the following can be switched on independently:

  • Include original: the source-language subtitles (usually on by default)
  • Include translation: your native-language translation (good for building bilingual study material)
  • Include speakers: for dialogue content, marks who is speaking
  • Highlight my vocabulary: words you have already saved in My Words & Sentences are marked with a distinct style in the export
  • Include key expressions: the key expressions the AI identified in each sentence, listed separately in the export

Phonetics and pronunciation guides

Depending on the language, you can choose whether to include:

  • Phonetic symbols (IPA, mainly for English)
  • Furigana (Japanese, kana readings above the kanji)
  • Romaji (Japanese, the whole text romanized)
  • Pinyin (Chinese)
  • Jyutping (Cantonese)
  • Korean romanization
  • Thai romanization

These pronunciation guides are especially useful for beginners — you can print them out and read along.

A Few Practical Tips

  • Printing a script: PDF + bilingual + pronunciation guides. Together they make the most complete study material, and paper reading does not depend on a device.
  • Want to revise it yourself: pick Word. The content matches the PDF exactly, but you can keep editing it in Word or WPS — drop sentences, add notes, change the type.
  • Pairing with another player: SRT + original only. Many people prefer watching video in IINA or PotPlayer, and taking Aelano’s SRT over there works better than playing inside the app (especially on a big screen).
  • Building study notes: TXT + translation + vocabulary highlighting. Copy it into Notion or Obsidian and add your own annotations, which is more flexible than the in-app notes.
  • Edit the subtitles before exporting. What gets exported is the subtitles as they currently are. If you have already fixed some errors by hand or merged some sentences, the export reflects those changes.
  • Long content taking a while is normal. An hour of content can take tens of seconds to export (it has to pull all the sentences and translations), so just wait it out.

Common Questions

Does exporting use up my membership allowance?

Subtitle export itself does not use any allowance. But if you tick “include translation” at export time and some sentences have not been translated yet, those sentences are translated first (which uses translation allowance), then exported.

Can the SRT file be used with a video directly?

Yes. Put the video and an SRT of the same name in the same folder (for example movie.mp4 + movie.srt), and the large majority of video players will load the subtitles automatically.

Can the PDF layout be adjusted?

Right now it uses one default layout optimized for studying (font size, line spacing, and the bilingual layout are all fairly friendly). Send feedback on specific details; more customization may open up in the future. If you want to change the layout yourself, export to Word and edit it there.

What is the difference between Word and PDF?

Same layout, same content, same options. Two differences only: Word stays editable, and the PDF embeds its fonts so it looks identical on every device, while Word renders with the fonts installed on your machine.

What format is a bilingual SRT?

If you tick “include original + include translation” and export SRT, each subtitle contains two lines, the original and the translation, and the large majority of players that support two-line subtitles will display it properly.

Can I export just one section instead of the whole episode?

Export currently works per episode. If you only need one section, export first and then cut out that part in a text tool or a video editor.

Can I use exported content commercially?

The subtitles are generated from the content you imported. Copyright in the original content belongs to its author, and the exported subtitles are for your own study only. Commercial use has to follow the copyright terms of the original content.

Why do some languages not show pronunciation-guide options?

Pronunciation-guide options only appear when they match the content language — English content will not show a “furigana” switch, for example. Less common languages may not have pronunciation support yet.

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