From feature films and series to social media clips and museum installations: we translate, subtitle and edit – all from a single source.
Our dedicated team translates quickly and reliably – always into their native language and, whenever possible, working directly with the film.
Already have subtitles? We professionally adapt them to your version and format.
We maintain a subtitle archive that dates back to our founding year.
Simple, transparent and personal – you have a direct contact person from the first enquiry to delivery.
Send us the film length, languages, deadline and – if available – a link to the material.
We review your project and get back to you with a quote.
Native-speaking translators work directly with the film and determine exactly when each subtitle appears.
We check translation and timing and deliver in the format you need.
Since 1937, we have subtitled thousands of films, series, shorts and documentaries – a selection:
Nearly 90 years ago, we pressed our first subtitles into the celluloid of every single film reel using heated stamps. Since then, we have subtitled countless films, series, short films and trailers and kept pace with every technical change – from stamps to lasers to today's digital subtitling.
EST. 1937
In 1937, Cinetyp was founded as Switzerland's first subtitling company. In a country with four national languages, subtitling has always been an important part of local film culture. Over the decades, we developed and sold our own subtitling machines, including to Hollywood and Tel Aviv.
Today we work with a dedicated team of translators and can draw on decades of expertise.
How were subtitles once burned into 35mm film? A look behind the scenes of the analogue era – with historical photos from our archive.
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The price depends mainly on the film length, the languages and whether subtitles already exist. Enter these details in the form – you will receive a quote.
Among others German, French, English, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese – and many more. Translations are always done into the translator's native language.
All common subtitle formats, for example XML, SRT, STL, RTF or TXT. We can also convert existing files into another format.
Yes. We adjust timecodes, apply offsets, split or merge reels, combine monolingual lists into a bilingual cinema version and export multilingual subtitles as individual languages.
In Swiss cinemas, many films are shown with bilingual subtitles: one line in German, one line in French – just like in our example at the top of this page.
Because subtitles have little space and little time. Depending on the format, a line holds only 40 to 52 characters and has to be read in one to two seconds – while people often speak much faster. We condense what is said to its essence while keeping the meaning, tone and humour of the original.
That's intentional. If a subtitle stays on screen across a cut, the eye notices the cut and reads the text a second time – as if it were a new subtitle. During spotting, we therefore time the start and end of each subtitle to match the cuts. That keeps the viewer's attention on the film.
The easiest way is a download link, for example via WeTransfer. You can enter the link directly in the enquiry form.
Tell us briefly about your film – we will get back to you with a quote as soon as possible.