You Can Translate YouTube Videos Subtitle English to Other Languages!

Hey guys! This is a special video where I'm going to show you a cool feature on YouTube,

Sasa watu! Hii ni video maalum ambapo nitakuonyesha kipengele cha baridi kwenye YouTube,

and ask you if you have time to help other people

na kukuuliza ikiwa una muda wa kuwasaidia watu wengine

who speak your native language learn English.

ambao wanazungumza lugha yako ya asili kujifunza Kiingereza.

Some of you may know this already but YouTube has a feature that allows anyone,

Baadhi yenu unaweza kujua hili tayari lakini YouTube ina kipengele kinachoruhusu mtu yeyote,

including you, to submit a translation of the subtitles.

ikiwa ni pamoja na wewe, kuwasilisha tafsiri ya vichwa.

If you've used my subtitles, then you know that I create

Ikiwa umetumia vichwa vyenu vya chini, basi unajua kwamba ninaunda

English subtitles for every video.

Machapisho ya Kiingereza kwa kila video.

First, let me show you some of these features.

Kwanza, napenda kukuonyesha baadhi ya vipengele hivi.

Here's my video on how to make the AH as in Bat vowel.

Hapa ni video yangu juu ya jinsi ya kufanya AH kama kondoo cha Bat.

And if you go over here, you can press the CC button to turn the subtitles off and on.

Na ikiwa unapita hapa, unaweza kushinikiza kifungo cha CC ili kurejea vichwa vya chini na kuendelea.

But if you click this gear for settings,

Lakini kama wewe bofya gear hii kwa mipangilio,

you can then click on subtitles

unaweza kisha bonyeza vichwa vya chini

and you can see that there are four different languages here: the English, which I made

na unaweza kuona kwamba kuna lugha nne tofauti hapa: Kiingereza, niliyoifanya

and I put -RE here, so you know that that's something I made.

na mimi kuweka -RE hapa, hivyo unajua kwamba ni kitu mimi alifanya.

It's not just the automatic captions.

Siyo tu maelezo ya moja kwa moja.

Then someone has contributed Portuguese,

Kisha mtu amechangia Kireno,

Russian, and Vietnamese caption file as well.

Faili ya Kirusi, na Kivietinamu pia.

So you can select which language you would like to see the subtitles in.

Kwa hivyo unaweza kuchagua lugha ambayo ungependa kuona vichwa vya chini.

So a great way for you to not only work on your language skills but also help someone else

Hivyo njia nzuri sana ya kufanya kazi tu kwa ujuzi wako wa lugha lakini pia kumsaidia mtu mwingine

whose English skills might not be as advanced as yours,

ambao ujuzi wa Kiingereza hauwezi kuwa wa juu kama wako,

is to create a translation of the captions.

ni kujenga tafsiri ya maelezo mafupi.

Let me show you how to do that and how to keep track of them.

Hebu nionyeshe jinsi ya kufanya hivyo na jinsi ya kuweka wimbo wao.

YouTube has some pretty cool features

YouTube ina sifa poa

and you may find that this becomes a fun hobby of yours.

na unaweza kupata kwamba hii inakuwa furaha ya kujifurahisha yako.

Let's say you find a video that you want to add captions to.

UHebu tuseme kupata video ambayo unataka kuongeza maelezo mafupi.

This video is where I showed people my wedding photos

Video hii ni pale nilipowaonyesha watu picha zangu za harusi

from several years ago and it doesn't have any contributed caption translations.

kutoka miaka kadhaa iliyopita na haina tafsiri yoyote ya maelezo ya mchango.

So what you can do is you can go click on the Settings button

Kwa hiyo unachoweza kufanya ni unaweza kubofya kifungo cha Mipangilio

and then click on 'subtitles'

na kisha bonyeza 'vichwa'

and then there's an option to add subtitles.

na kisha kuna fursa ya kuongeza vichwa.

So when you click on that button, it opens another tab.

Kwa hiyo unapobofya kifungo hiki, inafungua ta nyingine.

To start, you select the language that you want to add.

Kuanza, unachagua lugha unayoongeza.

Let's say I'm going to add Spanish subtitles.

Hebu tuseme nitaongeza vichwa vyenye Kihispania.

You open it up and then it takes you to the page where you can watch the video

Unaifungua na kisha inakuchukua kwenye ukurasa ambapo unaweza kutazama video

and then you also see in the left-hand side here.

na kisha utaona upande wa kushoto hapa.

The English caption file which I've made and then there's a place for you to translate each caption.

Faili ya maelezo ya Kiingereza ambayo nimefanya na kisha kuna nafasi ya kutafsiri maelezo kila.

So I could start typing in Spanish what I wanted to,

Kwa hivyo ningeanza kuandika kwa Kihispania nini nilichotaka,

what I thought was a good translation for this...

kile nilichofikiri ilikuwa tafsiri nzuri ya hii ...

and so on, I won't type the whole caption translation here.

na kadhalika, siwezi kuandika tafsiri ya maelezo yote hapa.

But when you're done, you can delete it if you feel like you've messed up and you don't want to save it.

Lakini unapomaliza, unaweza kuifuta ikiwa unajisikia kama umeharibu na hutaki kuiokoa.

You can submit if you're done and you're ready

Unaweza kuwasilisha ikiwa umefanya na uko tayari

and if you're not, if you don't have time to finish it all at once,

na kama huna, ikiwa huna muda wa kumaliza mara moja,

it will save what you've typed into your drafts

itahifadhi kile ulichochapisha katika rasimu zako

so it automatically saves every time you add something.

hivyo huhifadhi kila moja kila wakati unapoongeza kitu.

If you want, you can click credit my contribution,

Ikiwa unataka, unaweza kubofya mkopo mchango wangu,

which I believe means that it will link back to you

ambayo ninaamini ina maana kwamba itaunganisha kwako

so that people can know who contributed these awesome translations.

ili watu waweze kujua nani aliyechangia tafsiri hizi za kushangaza.

To keep track of your translations,

Kuweka wimbo wa tafsiri zako,

you can click on the 'your contributions' tab here in the left bar menu

unaweza kubofya tab ya 'michango yako hapa kwenye orodha ya bar ya kushoto

and you can see videos that you have submitted

na unaweza kuona video ambazo umewasilisha

that you're done with and then you can also see your drafts.

kwamba umefanya na kisha unaweza pia kuona rasimu zako.

So this is where you can come back and edit if you don't have time to finish all at once.

Kwa hiyo ndio ambapo unaweza kurudi na kuhariri ikiwa huna muda wa kumaliza mara moja.

How many of you out there feel that your skills are good enough to do this?

Je! Wangapi kati yenu huhisi kwamba ujuzi wako ni mzuri wa kufanya hivyo?

Please pick your favorite Rachel's English video

Tafadhali chagua video yako maarufu ya Rachel ya Kiingereza

and see if there's already a translation for your language there.

na uone ikiwa tayari kuna tafsiri ya lugha yako huko.

If not, start one. See what it feels like.

Ikiwa sio, fungua moja. Angalia nini anahisi kama.

Maybe it's fun and you end up finishing and submitting it.

Labda ni furaha na unakaribia kumaliza na kuwasilisha.

I can't wait to see how many translations we get in the next few weeks.

Siwezi kusubiri kuona tafsiri ngapi tunazopata katika wiki chache zilizofuata.

Think of the positive impact you're going to have on somebody who needs that translation.

Fikiria athari nzuri ambayo utakuwa nayo juu ya mtu ambaye anahitaji tafsiri hiyo.

One of the things I found to be really incredible about YouTube

Moja ya mambo niliyoyaona kuwa ya ajabu kuhusu YouTube

is that you can create something and put it out there

ni kwamba unaweza kuunda kitu na kuiweka huko nje

and end up changing people's lives. It's awesome!

na kuishia kubadilisha maisha ya watu. Ni ya kushangaza!

And I have no doubt that the translations on my videos are used.

Na sijui kwamba tafsiri kwenye video zangu zinatumiwa.

Maybe some of you have already contributed translations

Labda baadhi yenu tayari umechangia tafsiri

to my channel or videos on others' channels.

kwa kituo changu au video kwenye video vya wengine.

Awesome. You know what I'm talking about.

Awesome. Unajua kile ninachozungumzia.

To everyone else, take a minute to play around with this powerful YouTube feature.

Kwa kila mtu mwingine, fanya dakika ili kucheza karibu na kipengele hiki cha YouTube.

That's it and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.

Hiyo ndio shukrani sana kwa kutumia Kiingereza cha Rachel.