How to Use AI Voice Translator in PowerDirector
Re-voice a video in another language, in the speaker's own voice, with the lips moving to match.
Updated Sep. 13, 2026 · 3 min read
In a hurry? Use the AI Voice Translator quick guide instead.
PowerDirector's AI Voice Translator re-voices a video in another language, using a clone of the speaker's own voice, and can move the lips to match. Our presenter recorded 34 seconds in English; one pass later the same presenter speaks Chinese in the same room. You choose the section, the language and whether to lip-sync.
- With your clip on the timeline, open GenAI and choose AI Voice Translator under Audio.
- Drag the handles on the bar under the preview to trim the section to translate.
- Set Source language and Translated language, tick Lip sync, and click Translate.
Steps to Use AI Voice Translator
Step 1: Open AI Voice Translator
Put the clip with the speech on the timeline. Then open GenAI in the menu bar and choose AI Voice Translator, the first item under Audio.
Step 2: Trim the Section to Translate
The dialog opens with your clip in the preview and a bar underneath with a yellow handle at each end. Drag them in to translate only part of the clip, or leave them at the ends for all of it, as we did.
Selected length, below the preview, shows how long a section you have chosen, and the badge on Translate shows the credits it will use. Trimming to the part you actually need keeps both down.
Step 3: Pick the Languages and Translate
Under Translation Settings, Source language is set to Auto Detection, which works out the spoken language for you. Choose the one you want in Translated language; we picked Chinese.
Leave Lip sync ticked to have the mouth follow the new words, which is what keeps a talking-head clip believable. Then click Translate.
The Result
Play the two clips at the top of this page side by side. The translated one keeps the presenter's voice and the same shot, and the lips move with the Chinese. It also runs about two seconds longer, because the same sentences took longer to say in Chinese.
The Original and Output switch under the preview in the dialog is the quick way to compare the two before you use the result.
Haven't got PowerDirector yet? Record once in your own language and publish in another, in your own voice, with the lips moving to match.
Download PowerDirector Free →FAQ About AI Voice Translator
Yes. The Translate button carries a credit badge showing what the selected section will use, and the dialog has a Get Credits button. Trim to the part you need before you click.
That is the idea. The dialog describes it as cloning your voice into a different language, so the new speech is based on the speaker's own voice rather than a stock one.
No. Source language defaults to Auto Detection. You only need to choose the language to translate into.
AI Speech to Text writes down what is said, as subtitles in the same language. AI Voice Translator changes the spoken audio itself into another language. See how to use AI Speech to Text for the text version.