# Video Localization, Dubbing & Lip-Sync Guides | Vitra.ai > Plan video translation, voice cloning, dubbing, lip-sync and subtitles. Learn what to review before releasing a video in another language. **Canonical URL**: https://www.vitra.ai/blog/topics/video-localization **Source**: This is the Markdown rendering of https://www.vitra.ai/blog/topics/video-localization, generated at build time from that page. --- Practical guides · 6 selected articles # Video Localization, Dubbing & Lip-Sync Guides A translated script is only part of a localized video. The voice has to fit the speaker, the timing has to fit the edit, and the viewer still needs readable text and a clear message. Learn it. Try it. Review it. A clear path from question to finished work. 01 Understand 02 Prepare 03 Review ## Start here Follow the steps in order, or open the guide that answers today's question. 01 ### Choose what the audience needs Use subtitles when the original performance matters. Use a dub when listening is the main way to follow the content. Some releases need both. [Subtitles or Dubbing: How to Choose↗](https://www.vitra.ai/general/subtitles-vs-dubbing)[How AI Video Dubbing Works, Step by Step↗](https://www.vitra.ai/general/how-to-dub-a-video) 02 ### Prepare the voice and timing Check permission to use a voice, agree on pronunciation and review a short representative scene before processing a whole library. [Translate a Video and Keep the Voice↗](https://www.vitra.ai/general/keep-original-voice-translation)[AI Lip Sync: How It Works and When to Use It↗](https://www.vitra.ai/general/ai-lip-sync) 03 ### Watch the finished video A correct transcript does not prove a correct export. Watch for cut-off speech, mismatched mouths, unreadable captions and untranslated text in the frame. [Video Dubbing Quality Checklist: Before You Publish↗](https://www.vitra.ai/general/dubbing-quality-checklist)[Video Accessibility: Captions, AD and Rules↗](https://www.vitra.ai/general/video-accessibility-compliance) ## Keep reading [4 min readHow AI Video Dubbing Works, Step by StepDubbing is seven operations that used to be seven vendors. What each stage does, which ones fail quietly, and where a human still has to approve.Read the guide ↗](https://www.vitra.ai/general/how-to-dub-a-video)[4 min readTranslate a Video and Keep the VoiceVoice cloning carries the original speaker into another language. What transfers, what does not, and the consent question to settle before the first clone.Read the guide ↗](https://www.vitra.ai/general/keep-original-voice-translation)[4 min readAI Lip Sync: How It Works and When to Use ItLip sync realigns mouth movement to new audio. What it fixes in dubbing, what it enables for AI avatars, and the cases where it is the wrong tool to use.Read the guide ↗](https://www.vitra.ai/general/ai-lip-sync)[5 min readVideo Dubbing Quality Checklist: Before You PublishReview video dubbing for meaning, voice, timing, lip sync, subtitles and final exports. A practical checklist with a sample review and editable brief.Read the guide ↗](https://www.vitra.ai/general/dubbing-quality-checklist) Free working templates ## Turn the guidance into a handoff. Use a worked example, edit the details and take the file into your next review. No signup required. [Localization QA Checklist↗](https://www.vitra.ai/templates/localization-qa-checklist)[Video Localization Brief Template↗](https://www.vitra.ai/templates/video-localization-brief) A useful question Should every translated video use lip-sync? No. Lip-sync is most useful when a visible speaker needs to appear to speak the target language. Screen recordings, narrated slides and many training videos can work well with a reviewed voiceover and subtitles. Put it into practice ## Explore video dubbing Connect transcription, translation, voices, lip-sync and review without losing the source video or its context. [Explore video dubbing →](https://www.vitra.ai/features/video-dubbing) [← Browse other topics](https://www.vitra.ai/blog/topics) --- ## Structured data ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "CollectionPage", "name": "Video Localization, Dubbing & Lip-Sync Guides", "description": "Plan video translation, voice cloning, dubbing, lip-sync and subtitles. 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