From b92e52b90072c4cd448d3bf2e77e74a54a5c0b24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mappu Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 19:24:38 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] add README.md --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..86241ed --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +# srt-split-for-deepl + +Split an *.srt subtitle file into batches of 5000 characters to help machine-translate it with deepl. + +The deepl API would be a much more suitable solution for translating long subtitle files, but it's not available in all countries. The next best thing to do is copy in batches of 5000 characters. This script uses `xclip` to make it require three key-chords per 5000 characters - paste in current batch; copy translated batch; press enter in terminal window.