For YouTube, TikTok & Instagram creators
Add Chinese subtitles, a cover, and a bilingual caption to the YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram videos you’ve already made — ready for RedNote (小红书) in about five minutes. No Chinese needed.
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Ready for 小红书English: “I quit my job to build a startup”
Chinese: 裸辞创业，开启人生新篇章
Post to RedNote first, then reuse the same package on WeChat Channels (微信视频号), Douyin (抖音), and Bilibili (哔哩哔哩). The videos you already made are the inventory — YouTube, TikTok, Reels, and Shorts exports all work.
RedNote user figure: Reuters, June 2026
What you get
Not a subtitle file you still have to deal with — the whole post. One pass produces the three assets below, and every piece stays editable before you export.
01 · Subtitled video
Subtitles are burned into the video itself, not handed back as a file. In the editor, the English source sits next to each Chinese line, so you can check meaning without reading a single character.
02 · Cover
Pick the frame, adjust the headline, and match the look RedNote feeds reward. The cover is what earns the tap, so it comes with every video instead of as an afterthought.
03 · Caption
The caption is written for the same video, so posting is copy-and-paste instead of writing from scratch in a language you don’t speak.
No Chinese needed
The real fear isn’t the work — it’s publishing something you can’t check. Everything is built so you can verify every line before it goes out.
Subtitles, cover text, and captions keep the English source next to the Chinese, so you can verify meaning line by line without reading characters.
Every line is translated, then checked automatically. Lines that come back untranslated, garbled, or missing a name get a second AI pass before you see them.
Nothing auto-posts and Create In Chinese never touches your accounts. Review every asset, edit any line, and export only when it looks right.
How it works
Subtitle timing, cover, and caption stay in one project, so you review everything in one place instead of stitching together three tools.
Step 1
English is the supported source language. MP4, MOV, WebM, M4V up to 200MB on free.
Step 2
Create In Chinese translates and subtitles the full video, then prepares the cover treatment and bilingual caption in the same pass.
Step 3
Open the project, review the fully subtitled video, tighten the cover and caption, and export a package that is ready to post on RedNote.
Why this exists
“I already knew the content worked on TikTok and Instagram. The frustrating part was getting that same video ready for Chinese audiences without rebuilding everything in separate tools. Create In Chinese puts it all in one place: one upload, one review, and a post you can actually publish.”
Preston Chin
Co-Founder, Create In Chinese — posting on RedNote himself
Pricing
Free lets you see one of your own videos with Chinese subtitles before you pay. Pro is for downloading and publishing on a schedule.
$0no credit card
$9/month
Popular workflows
No — and you never have to guess. The English source stays next to every Chinese line in the subtitles, cover, and caption, every line is checked automatically after translation, and nothing publishes until you export it yourself.
RedNote (Xiaohongshu) has over 400 million monthly active users, according to Reuters, but it is still early for English-speaking creators. Content you have already proven on YouTube, TikTok, or Reels can land there with far less competition than it faces at home.
Create In Chinese is a web app that turns one English-language video into a Chinese-ready publish package: the full video with Chinese subtitles burned in, a Chinese cover image, and a bilingual Chinese and English caption, ready to post on RedNote / Xiaohongshu, WeChat Channels, Douyin, and Bilibili.
Most videos finish in about 3 to 5 minutes. You get one complete package instead of orchestrating multiple tools.
Yes. You can create a RedNote account with an international phone number and post from anywhere. Our guide on posting to Xiaohongshu in English walks through account setup and what the feed rewards.
Today it’s English-language videos in, Simplified Chinese subtitles, cover text, and captions out. More source languages are planned.
MP4, MOV, WebM, M4V. Up to 200MB on free and 2GB on Pro. There is no duration limit.
Yes. The project stays editable after processing so you can refine subtitle timing, update the cover text, and adjust the bilingual caption before export.
Start with the free preview to see one of your own videos with Chinese subtitles in the app. Upgrade when you want to download it: Pro includes every download (subtitled video, cover, captions, and full package) and 30 videos a month.
From the blog
Setup help, market context, and step-by-step publishing guidance for RedNote, WeChat Channels, Douyin, and more.
Browse creator guidesCore workflow
A practical workflow for adding Chinese subtitles to an existing MP4, YouTube export, TikTok, Reel, Short, tutorial, interview, or product video.
YouTube workflow
Turn an existing YouTube video into a Chinese-subtitled version with automatic transcription, cover text, and caption copy.
TikTok workflow
Repurpose proven TikToks for Chinese-speaking audiences without rebuilding the short-form edit from scratch.
Reels workflow
Package existing Reels with Chinese subtitles, cover text, and bilingual captions for Chinese-language feeds.
Upload one video and review the full package — Chinese subtitles, a Chinese cover, and bilingual captions — in about five minutes. Then post it to an audience your competitors haven’t reached yet.
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