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The exact phrase I would like to translate is

**Duration for video recording is required**

This would show up as a warning of a user on software to remind them to select
an amount of time to record video.

The problem that I am running into is how the grammar will translate best into
Japanese.

The translation that I was able to compile was

`ビデオを録画する期間が必要です`

But if I paste that into something like Google translate, it shows that it
comes back as "I need video recording time". Which makes me question if the
Japanese grammar was bad, also why the Japanese word seems possessive as it
says "I need".
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translation phrases english-to-japanese
Correct Japanese grammar for "video recording" when in context to length of time
期間 is probably inappropriate because it refers to a period spanning more than
a few days (e.g. 夏休み期間). Unless this is for controlling a fixed camera that
records something for many days, you should use 時間 instead. How about:

  * ビデオ録画時間は選択必須です (or 入力必須です)
  * ビデオ録画時間を選択してください (or 入力してください)

選択 is appropriate for a select box, 入力 is for a text box.

Words like を and する can be safely omitted, and omitting them makes the
sentence more "professional".
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