# Translate French Speech to English Audio

Source: https://openflow.run/zh-tw/templates/translate-french-speech-to-english-audio/
Content language: en
Template revision: 9018120e802d4de0a097610157c565df858c0871

內容

Generate French speech from text, transcribe it, translate the transcript into English and generate English speech in the same voice.

[在 Open Flow 中使用](https://console.openflow.run/flows?importUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Foomol-lab%2Fawesome-workflow-templates%2F9018120e802d4de0a097610157c565df858c0871%2Fworkflows%2Ftranslate-french-speech-to-english-audio%2Ftemplates%2Ftranslate-french-speech-to-english-audio.openflow.json)

*   [Open Flow JSON](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oomol-lab/awesome-workflow-templates/9018120e802d4de0a097610157c565df858c0871/workflows/translate-french-speech-to-english-audio/templates/translate-french-speech-to-english-audio.openflow.json)
*   [n8n JSON](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oomol-lab/awesome-workflow-templates/9018120e802d4de0a097610157c565df858c0871/workflows/translate-french-speech-to-english-audio/templates/translate-french-speech-to-english-audio.n8n.json)

![Translate French Speech to English Audio 在 Open Flow 中的工作流程截圖](https://openflow.run/_astro/preview-light.C7gdpTu6_Zp7zPR.webp)

Generate French speech from text, transcribe it, translate the transcript into English and generate English speech in the same voice.

## Setup and use

Use only text and audio that can be public. In Open Flow, both generated recordings are uploaded to Connector storage with public-read download URLs. Anyone with a URL can download that recording. Automatic expiry has not been verified; retention depends on the storage deployment. A later failure can leave the earlier French recording hosted. n8n keeps the recordings as execution binary files.

Connect ElevenLabs in **Generate French speech** and **Generate English speech**. Your voice must support French and English, with allowance for `eleven_multilingual_v2`. The Open Flow Connector deployment must have file transit enabled. Connect OpenAI in **Transcribe the French audio**, and select a configured `gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18` model in **Translate into English**.

Use Run and supply:

```json
{
  "french_text": "Bonjour. Notre équipe prépare un guide public pour expliquer son travail.",
  "voice_id": "YOUR_ELEVENLABS_VOICE_ID"
}
```

Replace the voice ID with one available to your ElevenLabs account. French text must be nonempty and fit 10,000 characters. The original text is synthesized without trimming; the translated English text is trimmed and must also fit 10,000 characters. Both speech steps use the same voice, stability `0.5`, similarity boost `0.5` and MP3 format `mp3_44100_128`. The source’s latency optimization level `1` is retained; ElevenLabs currently marks this option deprecated.

For n8n, edit **Configure French Text and Voice**. Select Header Auth credentials on both ElevenLabs HTTP nodes with header name `xi-api-key` and your API key as its value. Select OpenAI credentials in **Transcribe Audio** and **English Translation Model**. Use Execute Workflow. Keep keys in credentials.

## Behavior

The workflow generates French audio, transcribes that generated recording with `whisper-1`, translates the transcript into English at temperature `0`, and generates English audio in the same voice. It does not skip the French synthesis or transcription. Quotes and line breaks remain valid in both speech requests.

Open Flow returns `frenchTranscript`, `englishText`, `frenchAudio` and `englishAudio`. Each audio object contains `name`, `mimetype` and its public download `url`. Download the files you need while your storage deployment retains them. n8n returns the transcript and translation with English audio in binary `data` and French audio in binary `french`.

Two speech generations, one transcription and one translation step consume the selected services’ allowances. No workflow-level retries are configured. n8n’s model adapter can retry transient translation requests internally; a configured model service may have its own request behavior. A failed speech, transcription or translation step stops later work. There is no rollback of generated or hosted audio. Service request limits still apply; Whisper accepts files up to 25 MB, and long text can reach generation or transfer limits. The workflow checks returned file references and audio MIME types; it does not verify speech or translation accuracy. Review the text and listen before sharing a recording, and disclose that its voice is AI-generated.

OpenAI has announced shutdown of the default [translator snapshot on January 14, 2027](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations/) and [`whisper-1` on February 26, 2027](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/speech-to-text). Configure compatible replacements in both formats before those dates and verify their request and response formats. This template retains the source transcription endpoint; it uses a separate text translation step.

Inspiration & credits

## Changes to the source

*   Make French text and voice ID reusable inputs, with a neutral example in n8n.
*   Build speech requests as JSON objects so quotes, newlines and Unicode remain valid.
*   Replace the source’s omitted translator choice with the explicit snapshot above, which supports its configured temperature. The source currently imports with n8n’s `gpt-5-mini` default; this model change can change translation wording.
*   Validate empty transcripts and translations before later generation, and make MP3 output explicit.
*   Return both recordings and the intermediate texts. Open Flow uses public-read hosted downloads instead of n8n execution binary storage; only use material that can be public, with no verified automatic expiry.

Adapted from [Translate French speech to English audio](https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows/blob/ae8cf6dc5b873cbb4f74587aa9180ed3a9f70682/workflows/Manual/0400_Manual_Code_Create_Webhook.json) in [Zie619/n8n-workflows](https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows). The source export does not identify a separate template author or license.

The collection’s [MIT notice](https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows/blob/94007c1445d9258a7da116646b79473e7c7c3282/LICENSE) is pinned at a later revision. This is the collection notice at that revision; it does not establish a separate original template author’s license. Our changes are listed above; see [repository licensing](https://github.com/oomol-lab/awesome-workflow-templates/blob/9018120e802d4de0a097610157c565df858c0871/README.md#licensing).

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## 使用的應用

*   [**ElevenLabs**`elevenlabs`](https://console.openflow.run/connections/elevenlabs)
*   [**OpenAI**`openai`](https://console.openflow.run/connections/openai)

## 設定需求

*   Use only text and generated audio that can be public: Open Flow stores both audio files as public-read download URLs accessible to anyone with the URL; automatic expiry is not verified
*   ElevenLabs connection with a French/English-capable voice and multilingual\_v2 API allowance; Connector file transit must be enabled
*   OpenAI connection with Whisper transcription access; whisper-1 shuts down February26,2027
*   Configured gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18 translator or compatible replacement before January14,2027
*   n8n Header Auth xi-api-key credentials on both ElevenLabs HTTP nodes and OpenAI credentials for transcription/model
*   French text and an ElevenLabs voice ID; speech text limit10000characters per step, ASR file limit25MB

*   audio
*   translation
*   elevenlabs
*   openai
*   speech

[在 GitHub 查看](https://github.com/oomol-lab/awesome-workflow-templates/blob/9018120e802d4de0a097610157c565df858c0871/workflows/translate-french-speech-to-english-audio/README.md)