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Translate Chinese audio into multilingual voiceovers with GPT-4o and ElevenLabs

Ready for 3.0

by Cheng Siong Chin ✓ · 68 views · created 2026-01-02 · Content Creation, Multimodal AI

Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 16 nodes and runs when an HTTP POST request hits its webhook URL. Along the way it connects OpenAI Chat Model, Google Drive and Gmail.

How it runs

Trigger: When an HTTP POST request hits its webhook URL.

  1. Workflow Configuration (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 4 fields: chineseContent, targetLanguages, elevenLabsApiKey…
  2. Split Languages (Split Out): splits a list into separate items
  3. Translation Agent (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: OpenAI Chat Model; output parser: Structured Output Parser
  4. Generate Audio with ElevenLabs (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (POST)
  5. Format Audio Result (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 4 fields: language, translatedText, audioFileName…
  6. Calculate Translation Metrics (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  7. Check Translation Quality (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
  8. Enhance Audio Metadata (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  9. Send Quality Alert Email (Gmail): uses Gmail
  10. Upload to Google Drive (Google Drive): uses Google Drive

…plus 3 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

OpenAI Chat ModelGoogle DriveGmail

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.

Nodes used (13)

From the author

How It Works This workflow automates end-to-end audio translation with quality assurance for content creators, educators, and international teams managing multilingual content. It solves the challenge of translating audio into multiple languages while…

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