How to Translate TikTok Videos on iPhone (2026 Guide)
Short answer: tap Share on the TikTok, choose a video translation app from the iPhone share sheet, and it will transcribe the speech and translate it. TikTok itself will not do this for you. Why TikTok's own captions do not help TikTok generates automatic captions, and people reasonably assume those are translated. They are not. Auto captions transcribe audio in whatever language it was spoken in. Turkish video, Turkish captions. TikTok does translate post descriptions and comments, and that "See translation" link fools a lot of people into thinking the video itself is covered. It is not. The written text around the video is translated. The words in it are not. The method Open the video in TikTok Tap the Share arrow on the right edge Choose a translation app from the row of icons Read the translated transcript or summary If the app is not in the row, scroll right, tap More, then Edit, and enable it. iOS hides share extensions until you turn them on, and you hav...