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French YouTube Transcript

Paste a YouTube link to get its transcript in French (Français). Videos with French captions show them directly; any other video is translated into French, with the original above each line. Free, no sign-up.

How to get a YouTube transcript in French

  1. 1

    Copy the video link

    Any YouTube video, Short, or finished livestream, in French or any other language.

  2. 2

    Paste it above

    If the video has French captions you get them as they are. If not, the transcript is translated into French automatically.

  3. 3

    Copy, compare, or download

    Turn on Show original to see each line next to its source, then copy the text or download a French TXT or SRT file.

French captions or a French translation

French videos from France, Quebec, and Africa usually have French auto-captions, and many news and education channels upload their own. When a video has no French track, the tool machine-translates the transcript, which is accurate enough to follow along, study, or search. For publishing, have a French speaker review it.

Learn French with YouTube

Read a video's French captions with your own language underneath, click any line to replay it, and download the bilingual transcript to study offline. Pick videos with creator-uploaded captions for the most accurate text.

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Need transcripts at scale? Use the API

The same transcripts are available through the YouTube Transcript API: timestamped JSON, text, SRT, VTT, CSV, or Markdown, 150+ languages, and AI transcription for videos without captions. Or connect the YouTube MCP server to Claude, Cursor, or Codex and just paste links in chat.

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Common questions

How do I get a French transcript of a YouTube video?

Paste the link above. The tool uses the video's French captions when it has them and translates the transcript into French when it doesn't.

Can I translate an English video into French?

Yes. Any video's transcript can be translated into French. Turn on Show original to read both languages line by line, and download them together as a bilingual SRT or TXT.

Can I download French subtitles?

Yes. After the transcript loads, click SRT or VTT for a French subtitle file with the original timings.

Are French auto-captions accurate?

French videos from France, Quebec, and Africa usually have French auto-captions, and many news and education channels upload their own. Clear speech with little background noise gives the best results.

Is it free?

Yes. A few videos a day need no account, and signing in with Google raises the limit.