Auto-Translate YouTube Videos to Japanese with DeepL and Post to Slack — n8n Workflow

Medium complexity▶️ Manual9 nodes🤗 Supportby noda

Overview

Overview Auto-translate YouTube uploads to Japanese and post to Slack (DeepL + Slack)

Who’s it for Marketing or community teams that follow English-speaking creators but share updates with Japanese audiences; language learners who want JP summaries of newly released videos; internal comms teams curating industry channels for a JP workspace.

What it does This workflow detects new YouTube uploads, retrieves full metadata, translates the title and description into Japanese using DeepL, and posts

Nodes used

SlackYouTubeDeepLCode

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Overview
Auto-translate YouTube uploads to Japanese and post to
Who’s it for
Marketing or community teams that follow English-speaki
Send a Message (Skipped)
📘 Setup Steps
1️⃣ Connect YouTube, DeepL, and Slack credentials
2️⃣ Update the RSS channel ID
3️⃣ Adjust Slack channel name if needed
4️⃣ Test with one video manually
Format YouTube Data for DeepL
🧠 Prepare Translation Input
Combines YouTube data into a single formatted text:
【Title】
{title}
【Description】
Language Filter
🔎 Filter English Titles Only
Skips non-English titles based on regex (^[A-Za-z0-9\\s
If true → proceed to translation.
If false → send “skipped” message to Slack.
RSS Trigger
⏰ Trigger for new uploads
Checks the target YouTube channel RSS feed for new vide
Automatically passes new entries to the next node.
Merge
🔗 Combine Original + Translated Data
Joins DeepL translation results with YouTube metadata.
Output: unified object ready for Slack posting.
Translate with DeepL
🌍 Translate text into Japanese
Uses the DeepL API (POST request).
Translates the combined YouTube text.
Returns JSON with translated output.
⚠️ Never hardcode API keys — store
Get a Video
🎬 Retrieve Full Video Details
Uses the YouTube API to fetch snippet information such
Input: video ID from RSS.
Output: structured JSON for downstream processin
Setup checklist
1) Connect: YouTube OAuth / DeepL / Slack
2) Open “Set (Config)” and fill: YT_CHANNEL_ID, TARGET_
3) Replace DeepL HTTP node with DeepL credential (no ha
Send to Slack
💬 Post Translated Message to Slack
Sends formatted message to a selected channel.
Includes both translated and original texts with a vide
Example output:
Format Translated Output
This Code node formats the DeepL translation result int
that can be sent to Slack or other integrations.
Input:
- Translated text (from DeepL)
- Ori
R
RSS Trigger
Send to Slack
Get a video
Send a message
L
Language Filter
Format YouTube Data for …
Translate a language
M
Merge YouTube + DeepL Re…
Format Translated Output
9 nodes9 edges

How it Works

  1. 1

    Trigger

    The workflow starts with a manual trigger.

  2. 2

    Process

    Data flows through 9 nodes, connecting code, deepl, if.

  3. 3

    Output

    The workflow completes its automation and delivers the result to the configured destination.

Node Details (9)

SL

Slack

slack

#1
YO

YouTube

youTube

#2
DE

DeepL

deepL

#3
CO

Code

code

#4

How to Import This Workflow

  1. 1Click Download JSON button on the right to save the workflow file.
  2. 2Open your n8n instance. Go to Workflows → New → Import from file.
  3. 3Select the downloaded auto-translate-youtube-videos-to-japanese-with-deepl-and-post-to-slack file and click Import.
  4. 4Set up credentials for each service node (API keys, OAuth, etc.).
  5. 5Click Test Workflow to verify everything works, then activate it.

Or paste directly in n8n → Import from JSON:

{ "name": "Auto-Translate YouTube Videos to Japanese with DeepL and Post to Slack", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

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