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How do I translate a subtitle file while I watch?Found subtitles, but in the wrong language? Open the video and its SRT, VTT or ASS file together in the WatchTranslate local player: each line is translated as it plays, with the original kept below. 0.2 credits a minute.
YouTube auto-translate has no English option. What now?No English under YouTube's Auto-translate usually means the video has no caption track to translate. Add WatchTranslate and click WT on the player: it translates the captions, or listens to the audio when there are none.
How do I get YouTube dual subtitles, two languages at once?YouTube's player shows one caption track at a time. WatchTranslate adds dual subtitles on YouTube: your language on top, the original below, even on videos with no captions.
How do I translate a video's subtitles?When a video has subtitles but not in your language, WatchTranslate translates that text as you watch: on YouTube, X and Bilibili with the extension, and for text subtitles inside MP4 or MKV files in the local player.
How do I translate a video while watching it?Translate a video while it plays: add WatchTranslate, pick your language and press Start translation. Subtitles appear on the player in step with the picture, from the video's own subtitles or from the audio.
How do I add subtitles to a video file?A downloaded film or lecture with no subtitles in your language? Compare the browser local player, the desktop and phone apps, PotPlayer and Windows Live Captions by device, setup and what you can keep.
Which video player has AI subtitles?Want a player that writes subtitles from a film's audio and translates them? Compare WatchTranslate, PotPlayer, VLC and the Live Captions built into Windows and macOS, with sources checked on 2026-11-11.
How do I translate a Turkish series on YouTube?Official channels post full Turkish episodes on YouTube, often with no English subtitles. Try YouTube's own captions first; if there is nothing to translate, WatchTranslate writes English from the Turkish audio as the episode plays.
Which YouTube subtitle translator should I use?YouTube's auto-translate garbling names, a video with no captions, or watching on a phone? Compare WatchTranslate, Immersive Translate, Trancy and YouTube's own captions, with sources checked on the date shown.
Immersive Translate alternatives: what works for videos?Looking beyond Immersive Translate for video? Compare WatchTranslate, Trancy and YouTube's own auto-translate on videos without captions, sites beyond YouTube, phones and files, with sources checked on the date shown.
How do I get subtitles in a video's original language?To get subtitles in the language a video is spoken in, let WatchTranslate transcribe the speech and set Subtitles to Original. It works on YouTube, X and Bilibili with no caption track, and on local files in the web player.
A video subtitle translator extension for watching onlineInstall the WatchTranslate desktop Chrome extension to translate YouTube, X (Twitter) and Bilibili subtitles in the original player, using native captions or audio.