SRT import with right-to-left language (e.g. Hebrew, Arabic) - text is reversed

[A_omry]

Hi. I'm creating subtitles in Premiere Pro 2021 by importing prepared SRT files and creating a subtitle track by dragging the SRT files onto the timeline.

The SRT files contain subtitles in several languages, among them are Hebrew and Arabic, which are oriented right-to-left. 

For the left-to-right languages everything works great.

But right-to-left languages are appearing with all characters in reverse order.

"This is not good" appears as "doog ton si sihT"

In Preferences > Graphics

I've set Text Engine to "South Asian and Middle Eastern"

I've set Default Paragraph Direction to "Right to Left"

(see image below)

I restarted Premiere and re-imported the SRT file.

These steps did not help.

Does anyone happen to know how to fix this issue?

There was a time when Adobe software didn't support right-to-left languages (in Photoshop, Illustrator, etc) and the result was the same as what I'm seeing now in Premiere Pro subtitles. Back when this was happening in Photoshop and Illustrator, I recall having to use 3rd party software to reverse the character order of the text, so when pasted into the applicaitons, the text actually appears correctly. This work-around is not a good option for me this time. I really need some sort of solution that isn't too time-consuming.

Any help here would be highly appreciated. Thanks!

[A_omry]

Hi all,

This question was answered in a different thread here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro/premiere-pro-2020-reverses-hebrew-text-when-i-use-title-...

Thanks!

[Kevin-Monahan · Accepted solution]

Our engineer Trent had the correct answer:

Do you have South Asian and Middle Eastern set in your Caption Track Settings? Right-click on the Caption track header, choose Track Settings... and then under Styling Options > Text Engine, click button for South Asian and Middle Eastern. Then click Ok button.

[gigi75]

Just lost a couple of hours fighting with this same issue.

Thanks so much for the answer! It worked like a charm

[ChristianAbiAbboud]

Thank you Kevin!

[Baffy19]

 

[Eliav22315476wlt2]

were you able to fix that? i have the same issue

[Baffy19]

There is nothing to fix since there is nothing judging by the screenshot ) Let the developers fix it, and we'll wait as always.

[Stan Jones]

I did not see these posts. Apparently, the real change happened with 22.1.1. See "Universal text engine" here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/whats-new/2022-1.html

Now there is only a "left to right" setting, and the rest should be detected/set automatically.

I did not look for this setting recently, so I don't know if it was removed with 22.1.1 or later.

Stan

[defaultoqspuc1ry65v]

I don't have Styling Options in the Caption Track Settings. I am on version 22.5.0

[Stan Jones]

I responded to your other post, with the same information I post above - See "Universal text engine" here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/whats-new/2022-1.html

The method has changed. There are screenshots at that link that explain the new method.

Stan

[RezOtt]

Hi,

I tried everything I could to solve this problem, but nothing worked. As of today, 20/2/2023, I am unable to find the "text engine" in Adobe Pr. Is there an update on this feature?

Thnak you

[Stan Jones]

Seyed,

Yes, it changed. See my post above:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/srt-import-with-right-to-left-language-e-g-h...

Also, see this regarding the Essential Graphics Panel and "Right to Left" text.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/when-the-number-is-entered-into-the-arabic-t...

Stan

[RezOtt]

Thanks for your reply.

My main concern was with "automatically generated captions." How do I add
Arabic captions to my videos using auto-generated captions?

I appreciate any help you can provide.

[Stan Jones]

Upvote this feature request:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-ideas/speech-to-text-in-arabic/idc-p/13592036#M7772

Stan

[Luis Cameraman]

Very hepful! 

[joaquimgonsalves]

This had worked for me in 2021 and I never had to change anything again. However, it looks like they have removed these options in the 2022 version. Which means if I direct this Discussion Page to someone new, he/she might not be able to do it.