Guides HeyGen published feb 24, 2026
This guide shows you how to use HeyGen to translate an existing video into another language with lip-synced audio. You’ll produce a localized version that looks and sounds like it was recorded natively, and once submitted, the translation is typically ready in 5–10 minutes.
You’ll create a translated version of one of your existing videos with lip-synced audio in a new language. You’ll also set up an automation concept for translating future videos hands-free.
If the output quality looks low, that’s the free plan. The $29/month paid plan exports at original quality and gives you unlimited translations, which is worth it for ads or client-facing content.
Go into your Meta Ads Manager or Google Ads dashboard and find your top three non-English-speaking countries. Write those down. Those are the languages you’ll translate into first.
No ads? Check Google Analytics or YouTube Analytics for where your international traffic comes from. The point is to translate where you already have an audience, not guess.
Sign up at heygen.com. The free plan gives you three credits for videos under three minutes.
Your video will be ready in 5–10 minutes.
Pro tip: If the output quality looks low, that’s the free plan. The $29/month paid plan exports at original quality and gives you unlimited translations, which is worth it for ads or client-facing content.
Play back the translation and compare it to your original. The lip sync is the part that will blow your mind. HeyGen re-animates your mouth to match the translated words, and it preserves proper nouns, URLs, and numbers.
Use your translated videos in places like:
Make.com and n8n both have HeyGen nodes. Set up a two-step automation:
Drop a video in, get three translated versions back without touching HeyGen.
Pro tip: HeyGen also offers a pay-as-you-go API plan. You could have Claude Code or Codex set you up a translating app or script fairly easily.
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