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Translate SRT files with Google Translate

Ready for 3.0

by DanielV · 1,951 views · created 2025-04-20 · 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 workflow has 14 nodes and runs when someone submits an n8n form (“upload srt”). It uses only n8n's built-in nodes.

How it runs

Trigger: When someone submits an n8n form (“upload srt”).

  1. Expose Binary (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  2. Extract text from Binary File (Extract from File): extracts data from a file (text)
  3. Split SRT Lines (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  4. Split Out: splits a list into separate items
  5. Prep Parts for Translate (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  6. Google Translate: uses Google Translate
  7. Clean Translations & Group Titles (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  8. Aggregate: combines items into one
  9. Join completed text with double new line (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  10. Edit Fields (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 2 fields: complete_text, file

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

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 (9)

From the author

This workflow is designed to translate SRT subtitle files from one language to another using Google Translate. The workflow follows these main steps: 1. Accept an SRT file upload and target language selection 2. Extract and parse the SRT file content 3. Split…

Excerpt from DanielV's description on n8n.io.

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