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Egyptian Arabic dubbing for YouTube, entertainment and ads

Turn a foreign video into an Egyptian Arabic version that is easy on the ear: dialogue rewritten in Cairene colloquial, a different voice for each character and a review of every sentence before you publish. For YouTube channel owners, kids and entertainment producers, and advertisers addressing Egypt.

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  • Every speaker detected and cast
  • Review every line before you render
  • Minutes, not days

Included in every paid plan, from $1/month (Basic, Starter, Creator, Professional, Business and Enterprise)from $4.99/month (Starter, Creator, Professional, Business and Enterprise). Not available on the Free plan.

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  • Speaker 1Female · Noura
  • Speaker 2Male · Yusuf
0:00 / 0:36

Transcript

Original: English, voiced by Vocla voices · Dub: Saudi Arabic, auto-cast
Real output, published unedited: two speakers detected, cast and dubbed by Vocla with a voice-only track.

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How an English line becomes Egyptian

Three lines from different kinds of content. The Arabic text is what is spoken in the dub, followed by the sentence it came from.

  • YouTube video opener

    Egyptian Arabic

    يا جماعة النهارده هنجرّب حاجة مجنونة شوية: هنبني بيت كامل من الكرتون ونشوف هيستحمل المطر ولا لأ.

    What it says: Original: "Hey everyone, today we are trying something a little crazy: we are building an entire house out of cardboard to see if it survives the rain."

    0:07

    HalaEgyptian · Female

    Vocla recording of this script
    Try this script

  • Kids' cartoon dialogue

    Egyptian Arabic

    إيه ده؟ مين اللي أكل الكيكة كلها؟ أنا مش زعلان، أنا بس عايز أعرف إزاي خلّصتوها بالسرعة دي!

    What it says: Original: "What? Who ate the whole cake? I am not angry, I just want to know how you finished it so fast!"

    0:05

    OmarEgyptian · Male

    Vocla recording of this script
    Try this script

  • Nature documentary narration

    Modern Standard Arabic

    في أعماق المحيط، حيث لا يصل ضوء الشمس، تعيش كائنات تصنع ضوءها بنفسها.

    What it says: Original: "Deep in the ocean, where sunlight never reaches, live creatures that make their own light." A calm documentary may suit Modern Standard Arabic better, and you can duplicate the project into it in one click.

    0:06

    LaylaModern Standard · Female

    Vocla recording of this script
    Try this script

Every recording is real Vocla output in a public library voice, published unedited.

Real renderOne script, seven dialects

Same ad. Seven Arabic dialects.

Switch the dialect while it plays: the scenes stay, the voice and the captions change. Every version is a real Vocla Video render.

This is a Vocla Video, not a dub: the same script was written and generated in each dialect, so you can hear how the dialects differ before you choose one for your dub.

Keyboard: space plays or pauses, M turns sound on or off, F is full screen, left and right arrows skip 5 seconds.
Made with Vocla Video · Egyptian voice
0:00 / 0:12

The problem

A joke translated word for word makes nobody laugh

A successful foreign channel wants an Arab audience, so it adds written subtitles.

  1. But a large share of viewers watch while eating, driving or handing the phone to a child, and none of them will read two lines per shot.

  2. And when the episode is dubbed into textbook formal Arabic, the best part goes missing: the humour. A sarcastic aside becomes an essay sentence, and a cartoon character ends up sounding like a newsreader. Entertainment lives on rhythm and punchlines, and neither survives a word-for-word translation.

  3. Egyptian Arabic is a long-standing answer to this. Decades of films, series and songs have made it familiar to viewers in most Arab countries, so a single version in it reaches beyond one country.

Why Vocla

Why dub into Egyptian with Vocla

  • Dialogue written in the dialect, not translated into it

    A sentence is worded the way an Egyptian would say it in the same situation, with the everyday greeting instead of the textbook one, short lines that keep up with the shot and numbers spelled out so they are spoken correctly.

  • Characters told apart and cast

    In an episode with a host and two guests, or a video where several characters talk, each speaker and their gender is detected automatically and given their own Egyptian voice from the voice library. Swap any voice that does not suit the character.

  • Direction sentence by sentence

    Every line has a delivery style and a pace: excitement for a surprise, a whisper for a secret, calm for an explanation. Comedy needs timing, so you can move a line and shorten it until the punchline lands where it should.

  • Rewrites on request

    If a sentence comes out heavier than it should, ask for a more casual or shorter version, or type your own instruction such as "make it funnier". The suggestion appears next to the current wording and nothing changes until you apply it.

  • Every publishing file from one project

    An MP4 with the Arabic track, a version with Arabic subtitles burned in, MP3 or WAV audio, SRT and VTT files in Arabic and in the original language, and a share link for whoever reviews the work before it goes out.

How it works

Dubbing an episode into Egyptian Arabic, step by step

  1. Step 1

    Start with an episode where people speak clearly

    Videos that are mostly explanation and conversation give the best result. Upload the file, set its original language and choose Egyptian as the dubbing dialect.

  2. Step 2

    Name the characters and fix the names

    After the analysis, rename Speaker 1 to the host's or character's name so the dialogue is easy to follow. Put the channel name and recurring segment names in the glossary so they are not translated differently in each episode.

  3. Step 3

    Set the tone before the details

    Listen to the whole first minute. If the dialogue feels more formal than you want, rewrite the opening lines in a casual tone: they decide whether a viewer stays or leaves.

  4. Step 4

    Deal with long lines in one pass

    The problems panel lists every line that runs past its slot. Ask for all of them to be shortened, then check each suggestion, because automatic shortening can cut the very word that carries the joke.

  5. Step 5

    Export and upload to your channel

    Download the video and the subtitle file and upload them yourself to YouTube or wherever you publish. Many channels open a separate Arabic channel for their dubbed versions.

Listen to the voices

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    ArabicEgyptianMale · Podcast

Text to speech in the matching dialects

Cost

How is the cost of an Egyptian dub worked out?

You pay in credits for the Arabic characters that are actually voiced, plus a small processing fee for each minute of video. A video with little speech costs less than a dialogue-heavy one of the same length, and the exact cost is shown before you press render.

Dubbing is not part of the Free plan. Starter at $4.99 a month accepts videos up to 10 minutes and includes the commercial usage rights that monetised channels and ads need, and Professional raises the limit to 30 minutes with 80,000 credits a month.

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The numbers

  • Not available on the Free plan; included in every paid plan.
  • Longest video per project: 10 minutes on Starter, 30 on Professional and 60 on Business.
  • Rendering uses credits for the characters voiced plus a small per-minute processing fee. The exact cost is shown before you render, and re-renders only charge for the lines you changed.
  • Commercial usage rights and WAV export start with Starter: $4.99 a month with 5,000 credits.

Figures use the current plans and default credit rates. The exact cost is always shown in the app before you confirm.

Questions people ask

How do I dub a YouTube video into Egyptian Arabic?

Take the video file you own the rights to and upload it to dubbing in Vocla, then choose its original language and Egyptian as the target dialect. Within minutes the Egyptian script appears, split by speaker. Review it in the studio, export the MP4 and upload it to your channel yourself.

Is Egyptian Arabic understood in the Gulf and North Africa?

For the most part, yes. Decades of Egyptian films, series and songs have made the dialect familiar to Arab viewers in general. If your main audience is in one country, you can duplicate the project into its dialect, such as Saudi or Maghrebi Darija, with no new analysis.

Can I dub a kids' cartoon into Egyptian Arabic?

Yes, as long as you own the rights to the content. Each speaker gets their own voice and you set the delivery style per line. Bear in mind the dub is voice-over style with no lip-sync, which is less noticeable in animation than in live action.

Does the dub translate jokes and expressions?

A sentence is adapted to its Egyptian colloquial equivalent instead of being translated literally, but wordplay specific to the source language always needs your review. Use a rewrite with your own instruction, or type the line yourself, then listen to it in context before applying it.

Can I use the dubbed video in a paid ad?

Yes, from the Starter plan, which includes commercial usage rights. You export the file from Vocla and upload it yourself to the ad manager of the platform you advertise on; there is no direct connection to ad platforms.

Which files do I get after dubbing?

An MP4 with the Arabic track, an MP4 with burned-in Arabic subtitles in three styles, MP3 or WAV audio, and SRT and VTT subtitle files in Arabic and in the original language. You can also send a share link to a page where the dubbed version can be watched.

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