diff --git a/subgen.py b/subgen.py
index 3fac025..65ff0ce 100644
--- a/subgen.py
+++ b/subgen.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-subgen_version = '2024.12.11'
+subgen_version = '2025.01.01'
 
 from language_code import LanguageCode
 from datetime import datetime
@@ -1001,7 +1001,11 @@ def gen_subtitles_queue(file_path: str, transcription_type: str, force_language:
         logging.debug(f"{file_path} doesn't have any audio to transcribe!")
         return
     
-    force_language = choose_transcribe_language(file_path, force_language)
+    if transcription_type == 'translate':
+        force_language = LanguageCode.from_string('eng')
+        # if we are translating, then we must do it to english only
+    else:
+        force_language = choose_transcribe_language(file_path, force_language)
     
     # check if we would like to detect audio language in case of no audio language specified. Will return here again with specified language from whisper
     if not force_language and should_whiser_detect_audio_language: