Turkish video to English line by line as you watch
New dizi episodes, Turkish history talks and street interviews usually reach YouTube with Turkish only. WatchTranslate turns the spoken Turkish into English lines on the player and keeps the Turkish sentence under each one.
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Most Turkish uploads never get an English track
A few hit series get official English subtitles weeks later. Talks, interviews, fan channels and full episodes on smaller channels stay Turkish, and YouTube can only auto-translate a video that already carries captions.
- Fast Turkish with long suffix chains
- No caption track, so no Auto-translate menu
- Waiting for fan subs means waiting days
- English for every sentence as it is said
- The Turkish original right below it
- Works when the upload has no captions at all
English on a Turkish video in three steps
Install the extension
Add WatchTranslate to Chrome or Edge on your computer; it is ready in under a minute.
Play the Turkish video
No sign-in needed; our test ran signed out. Look for the WT button next to the player controls.
WTPlease don't read these.Choose English, turn it on
Open WT, set Target language to English and Subtitle source to Audio recognition, then flip the switch. We left Source language on Auto-detect for this talk.
What the Turkish talk said, in English
Historian Emrah Safa Gürkan on TEDxIstanbul, arguing against self-help books. Seven of the lines recorded in our test, exactly as they appeared.
| Second | Turkish (audio) | English (subtitle) |
|---|---|---|
| 0 s | Ve bunu bir şekilde vicdanımız bizi rahat bıraksın diye | And in some way, so that our conscience leaves us in peace, |
| 4 s | kişisel gelişim kitaplarına eee devretmiş durumdayız. | we have handed it over, um, to self-help books. |
| 7 s | Bir gün belki ben de yazarım ama size bir şey söyleyeyim. | Maybe one day I'll write one too, but let me tell you something. |
| 9 s | Kişisel gelişim kitabı bir oksimorondur. | A self-help book is an oxymoron. |
| 10 s | Yani birbiriyle çelişen iki şeyin yan yana gelmesi. | That is, two contradictory things coming side by side. |
| 13 s | Bunları lütfen okumayın. | Please don't read these. |
| 18 s | Kendine ay- ait bir DNA'sı vardır, kendine ait bir sosyoekonomik background'ı var. | They have a DNA of their own, they have a socioeconomic background of their own. |
Seconds count from when we started recording, after the first English line appeared. The speaker's own hesitations (eee, ay-) are kept in the Turkish as recognized.
Made for Turkish videos
Straight from the audio
No Turkish captions needed: recognition works on the speech, so bare uploads get English too.
Two lines, two languages
Read the English and glance at the Turkish it came from, handy if you are picking up the language from dizi.
Turkish picked up automatically
In our run Source language stayed on Auto-detect and the talk was handled as Turkish from the first line.
Two-hour episodes, prepared ahead
Translate all subtitles in advance works through a long dizi episode while you watch the opening scenes.
Save the English
Export SRT or VTT from the Export tab to rewatch offline or study the lines.
Turkish captions, when there are some
If the channel added Turkish captions, those can be translated instead, keeping their timing.
Turkish videos worth following in English
Dizi episodes and clips
Full episodes and scene clips posted by Turkish channels long before any English release.
History and culture talks
Ottoman and modern history lectures, like the TEDxIstanbul talk tested above.
Football talk shows
Post-match analysis and press conferences from the Süper Lig.
Street interviews
Istanbul vox pops and travel vlogs where people talk fast and casually.
Music and interviews
Artist interviews and backstage videos from Turkish pop and rap.
Learning Turkish
Real conversational Turkish with the English meaning next to every sentence.
Where Turkish videos are, and what each site gives you
If the site already shows English, you do not need us. These are the situations Turkish-video viewers meet most.
| The Turkish video | What the site offers | With WatchTranslate |
|---|---|---|
| YouTube upload with English subtitles from the channel | Choose English in the captions menu | Not needed; the channel's English is there |
| YouTube upload with Turkish or auto-generated captions | Auto-translate can switch them to English, one language at a time | English and Turkish shown together |
| YouTube upload with no caption track | No Auto-translate entry; Turkish audio only | English from the audio, as in the test here |
| Episode or clip on Dailymotion | Captions only if the uploader added them; no translation menu | English from the audio, started from the toolbar icon |
YouTube rows follow the youtube.com web player signed out on November 9, 2026; the Dailymotion row its web player signed out on November 11, 2026. Check each site's current page.
Our Turkish test
On a computer with the published extension, not signed in to YouTube: open the TEDxIstanbul talk at the one-minute mark, choose English, click WT.
- Works
TEDxIstanbul talk in Turkish · English subtitles
The first English line came about 6 seconds after switching on; 8 lines in the first 18 seconds of recording, each paired with its Turkish.
- Works
Auto-detect chose Turkish
Source language was never set by hand; the talk was recognized as Turkish.
Tested November 12, 2026 · extension 0.5.782 · Chrome · signed out of YouTube
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Turkish videos in English: common questions
How do I get English subtitles on a Turkish video?
Add WatchTranslate to Chrome or Edge, play the video, click WT, choose English as Target language and switch translation on. English lines show up while it plays.
The Turkish video has no subtitles. Will it still work?
Yes. With Subtitle source set to Audio recognition it works from the Turkish speech itself, which is how the talk on this page was tested.
Should I set the source language to Turkish?
Auto-detect handled our Turkish test. You can also choose Turkish yourself under Source language.
Can I watch Turkish series this way?
Yes, an episode is just a long video. Turn on Translate all subtitles in advance so the later scenes are ready when you get there.
Will I see the Turkish text as well?
Yes. The English line sits on top and the Turkish below by default; you can switch to English only in Appearance.
Does it work outside YouTube?
Yes, on many video sites, including Dailymotion. Where there is no WT button on the player, start it from the extension icon in the toolbar.
Do I need to be signed in to YouTube?
No. Our test ran signed out.
Is there a phone version?
Yes. The WatchTranslate app runs on Android and iPhone; the extension is for Chrome or Edge on a computer.
Can I keep the English subtitles?
Yes. The Export tab downloads them as SRT or VTT.
What does it cost?
The first 20 minutes are free and need no card. Paid plans are listed on the pricing page.
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