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Subtitling · Georgian

Georgian subtitling services

Native Georgian linguists subtitling corporate video, eLearning, documentary, broadcast and advertising. Correctly encoded, and shaped to whatever spec your platform publishes. Georgian subtitles, voice over scripts and translation, handled together.

Native-speaking subtitlers
SDH & closed captions
ISO 9001 & ISO 14001
Burnt-in or separate files
In-house subtitling team
Native-speaking subtitlers
SDH & closed captions
ISO 9001 & ISO 14001
Burnt-in or separate files
In-house subtitling team

About Georgian subtitling

Georgian subtitles that survive the journey to the player

Georgian is written in Mkhedruli, a script used for no other major language and one that behaves differently from Latin or Cyrillic in ways that matter for subtitling. It makes no distinction between upper and lower case, so the emphasis conventions borrowed from English subtitling simply do not apply, and font support outside Georgia is patchy enough that files regularly arrive rendering as empty boxes.

Georgian is also agglutinative, with verbs built from multiple stacked morphemes. Words run long, and long words cannot be broken across subtitle lines.

At GoLocalise, we work with native Georgian subtitlers and confirm that files display correctly in the target environment rather than assuming they will.

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Our in-house subtitlers working on Georgian files
GoLocalise subtitling and localisation team at work in the London studio
Inside our London studio — where our in-house subtitling team times, spots and quality-checks every file.

Which do you need?

Open captions, closed captions or SDH

Three different deliverables that people often ask for by the wrong name. Here is the short version.

Open captions

Burnt in

Subtitles burnt permanently into the picture. Nobody can switch them off, which is exactly what you want for social feeds that autoplay muted — and in Georgian it removes any dependency on the player having a Mkhedruli font.

  • Always visible
  • Mkhedruli rendering fixed at delivery
  • Delivered as a finished video file

Closed captions

Switchable

A separate file the viewer can turn on and off, and that can carry several languages at once. The standard for YouTube, Vimeo and the streaming platforms.

  • Viewer controls them
  • Multiple languages from one video
  • Indexed by search engines

SDH

Accessibility

Subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing: dialogue plus speaker IDs and the sound effects and music cues that carry meaning.

  • Speaker identification
  • Non-dialogue audio described
  • Meets accessibility requirements

Subtitles or captions? The two terms are often used interchangeably. Strictly, subtitles translate the dialogue for viewers who can hear the audio, while captions are same-language and add speaker labels and sound cues for viewers who cannot. We produce either — translated Georgian subtitles or same-language Georgian captions and SDH — in whichever form your platform and audience require.

What we subtitle

Georgian subtitling for every kind of content

Georgian subtitling clusters around corporate, institutional and broadcast work for a single national market, where getting the script to render correctly matters as much as the translation. These are the formats we handle most.

Corporate & training video

Internal comms, onboarding and product training subtitled for global teams and LMS delivery.

eLearning & online courses

Timed, readable subtitles for course platforms, MOOCs and instructional video.

Documentary & factual

Festival, broadcast and streaming documentaries, including interview clean-up and on-screen text.

Advertising & social

Burnt-in captions for muted autoplay on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and paid social.

Streaming & OTT

Platform-spec subtitle and caption files for VOD, OTT and broadcast delivery.

Accessibility (SDH & closed captions)

Same-language SDH and closed captions to meet WCAG and accessibility requirements.

Events, webinars & conferences

Recorded talks, town halls and webinars captioned for on-demand viewing.

E-commerce & product video

Short product and explainer videos captioned to lift conversion and reach.

How can we help you?

Your project manager has everything covered

One point of contact from brief to delivery, and both a linguistic and a technical check on every file.

1

Brief review

We review your video, your audience and the player, starting with whether it has a font that covers Mkhedruli at all.

2

Template and translation

Where needed, we create an English subtitle template first, then send it to a native Georgian subtitler.

3

Timing and quality checks

Subtitles are timed against the video and checked for reading speed, line length, Mkhedruli rendering in the destination font, and format compliance.

4

Delivery and display check

Files delivered in the format you need, with the Georgian script checked in the destination font.

Our standards

The specs we work to

Readable subtitles are a matter of measurable limits, not opinion. These are the defaults we apply to Georgian unless your style guide says otherwise.

42characters

Maximum per line

37 for broadcast delivery

2lines

Maximum on screen

Bottom-weighted, centred

17chars/sec

Reading speed

Lower for children's content

1second

Minimum duration

Seven seconds maximum

A Georgian verb can hold subject, object and tense inside one word that will not break across a line, so the subtitler lands the meaning within the character limit rather than let the reading speed run past what a viewer takes in. The craft is compression, not spill.

Try our free subtitle reading-speed (CPS) checker →

Deliverables

Professional subtitle formats

We adapt your existing translations into subtitle format or create subtitles from scratch, in Georgian, English or any other language. And if the project needs a timed script or a plain document instead, we deliver that too.

Standard text-based

SRTVTTSSAASSSUB

Compatible with most platforms and players.

Broadcast & professional

STLTTMLDFXPCAPPAC

For broadcasters, post houses and streaming delivery specs.

Burnt-in video

MP4MOVProRes

A finished file with the subtitles baked into the picture, Mkhedruli included.

Need a different format? Convert SRT, VTT and more with our free subtitle converter →

Where it's goingWhat we deliver
YouTube, Vimeo & LMS platformsSRT or VTT closed captions
Netflix, Amazon & broadcastIMSC, TTML or EBU-STL to platform spec
Instagram, TikTok & paid socialBurned-in captions in MP4 (open captions)
Premiere, Final Cut & DaVinci ResolveSRT / VTT that import straight into your edit

Not sure which you need? Tell us the destination platform and we deliver to its exact spec.

Georgian specifics

One script, no capitals, and fonts that give up

Around 4 million people speak Georgian, almost all of them in Georgia, where it is the official language. It is a small market with its own script and its own conventions, and very little of what works for larger European languages transfers to it.

The Mkhedruli script has no case distinction, so conventions that rely on capitals for emphasis, speaker names, or on-screen text do not transfer. Georgian subtitling uses other devices for the same purposes, and our subtitlers apply the conventions used in the market. It is worth knowing before you send a style guide written for English.

A font is almost always what has gone wrong when the file displays badly. Mkhedruli only appears where the Georgian Unicode range is actually present, and plenty of players and editing suites fall back to a default without it — which is where the boxes and the blank lines come from. Name the environment the file has to survive and we build for that one.

Since 2008

Subtitling & captioning

100+

Languages covered

ISO 9001 & 14001

Certified processes

24–48h

Typical turnaround

Subtitling rates

Professional Georgian subtitling

from £18 per minuteSee full subtitling rates →
Standard

For single videos and straightforward content where accurate, well-timed subtitles are what you need.

  • Native Georgian subtitler
  • Mkhedruli rendering checked
  • Frame-accurate timing
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Full production

For longer content and recurring projects, including transcription, SDH, burned-in subtitles and multiple output formats.

  • Everything in Standard
  • Transcription and template
  • SDH and burnt-in
  • Multiple output formats
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Every project is quoted individually and backed by our Price Match Promise. Send us your video for an exact, no-obligation quote.

Not sure what your Georgian subtitles will cost?

Send us the video — or just its running time — and we come back with an itemised quote: running time, languages and output formats priced line by line, with nothing hidden. No obligation, and if you find a like-for-like price lower, we will match it.

  • Free, itemised quote
  • No obligation
  • Price Match Promise

Trusted by global brands

We have used GoLocalise on a regular basis for projects in a number of languages. The service we receive is great. The team is always friendly and professional. The voiceovers we receive are of a very high quality and the turnaround is extremely quick. We are very happy to recommend GoLocalise to other businesses.
Jo SamuelAnimator at Pixel Circus
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It was a pleasure to work with David and the team at GoLocalise. David gave me lots of help and advice, guiding me through my first subtitling project. He really knows his stuff! The experience was completely pain-free. I would not hesitate to recommend GoLocalise – outstanding work at a good price.
Kerry GilliesDirector at Synergy Language Services
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They're reliable, adaptive and obsessed with quality. And while you can never be 100% guaranteed of perfection, you can be sure GoLocalise will go the extra mile to get it right every time. We've worked with them now for over 5 years and we are truly thankful to have such a strong localisation partner for our business.
Lucas ColeSales and Marketing Director at Epipheo
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Most common questions

Why do Georgian subtitles sometimes display incorrectly?

Almost always a font. Mkhedruli renders only where the Georgian Unicode range is present, and a player or suite that falls back to a default without it shows boxes, or nothing at all. Say which one it has to work in and we build for it — and where that environment cannot be trusted, we hand you the subtitles burned into the picture so there is nothing left to fail.

Does Georgian use capital letters in subtitles?

No, and this is worth knowing before you send a style guide. The Mkhedruli script has no case distinction, so conventions that rely on capitals for emphasis, speaker names, or on-screen text do not transfer. Georgian subtitling uses other devices for the same purposes, and our subtitlers apply the conventions used in the market.

How do you handle long Georgian words in a subtitle line?

By compressing rather than spilling. One Georgian verb can hold what English needs a whole clause for, and it will not break across lines, so the sentence is shaped to sit inside the limit instead of pushing the reading speed past what anyone can absorb.

How quickly can a Georgian subtitling project be delivered?

Expect 24 to 48 hours on a short video. After that it turns on whether a Georgian transcript already exists, how many output formats you need, and how long the video runs. Your project manager gives you a firm date at the start.

How much does Georgian subtitling cost?

Georgian subtitling is quoted by the minute of video, and part of what you are paying for is us confirming that Mkhedruli actually renders on the player you are delivering to. Running time, transcription, SDH or a burned-in version and the number of formats do the rest. An individual quote every time, with our Price Match Promise.

Do you also add same-language Georgian captions, not just translated subtitles?

Yes. Translating into Georgian and captioning in Georgian are separate pieces of work, and we deliver both, SDH included, for accessibility and for muted social. Georgian-language footage that needs nothing more than accurate on-screen text is Georgian captioning — core work, not an extra.

Can you start from a Georgian SRT file we already have?

Yes. We time against your transcript or SRT, checking as we go that the Georgian characters arrive as characters rather than as boxes. If there is no transcript we transcribe the Georgian audio first. The same linguistic and technical QA covers both.

Which editing software do your Georgian subtitle files import into?

All of them. Georgian SRT, VTT, STL and TTML files carry Mkhedruli intact into Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve and the major online editors — or we burn the subtitles into a finished MP4/MOV, which takes the viewer's font out of the equation.

What do you need from us to quote Georgian subtitling?

Less than people expect: the video, or a link to it, its running time, which platform or broadcaster it is going to, and the date you need it by. A rough cut is fine — we would rather quote on what exists than wait for picture lock and lose a week of your schedule. A named project manager comes back with an itemised quote, normally within four working hours.

How quickly will we hear back, and who will we be dealing with?

More than half of enquiries get a reply within thirty minutes during office hours (Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm UK time), and the itemised quote normally follows within four working hours. After that you have one dedicated project manager who owns the job from brief to final file — not a ticket queue, and not a different name on every email. If it is easier, call +44 207 095 5730 and ask for them by name.

We are still pitching and the budget is not signed off. Can we still get a Georgian quote?

Yes, and it is one of the commonest reasons people get in touch. Tell us it is for a pitch and you get a figure you can put in front of your own client, itemised so it stands up to being picked apart, with no obligation and no follow-up sales calls if the pitch goes elsewhere. If it lands, the quote still holds and we already know the project.

What if we find a cheaper Georgian quote somewhere else?

Send it over. Our Price Match Promise covers like-for-like work, and because our quotes are itemised you can see exactly what is being compared — which is usually where the gap turns out to be, in a revision pass, a licence or a delivery format that the cheaper figure quietly left out. If it really is the same work for less, we match it.

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Send us your video and we'll come back with an exact, itemised quote.

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