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Auto-Translate Youtube Videos

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 Hello everyone! I was challenged recently on finding a way to translate a Zoom recording from Spanish to English. As we already know, Zoom provides closed captions but only in English. If the meeting was going to be in Spanish, the CC option wouldn't work for us. It seems you would need to add a third party option to translate the CC into another language. I remembered trying to translate a video on Youtube some time ago and decided to give it a try. It was a charm and worked just as expected! Here are the steps: UPLOADING VIDEO: 1- Record the video. 2- Upload video to Youtube channel (make sure your channel is verified in order to upload longer than 15 minute videos). 3- Wait for the video to be processed. 4- Get sharable link to the Youtube video. NEXT STEPS ARE FOR VIEWERS: 5- Open the Youtube video in another tab. 6- Wait until the CC button appears (it takes some extra processing time). 7- Turn on the CC option. 8- Go to Settings (gear) and turn on Subtitles. 9- Choose Auto-t