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Watch Youtube with Auto-Translated Captions

Watch Youtube with Auto-Translated Captions

Taḋg Paul · 8 Jun 2025

Instructions for Subtitles in English

How to get English (or any other language!) subtitles auto-generated while watching a video in another language

On the Youtube video you'll see a little button that looks like a "gear" with cogs, something you might see if you opened up an old wrist watch :)

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Click this, then choose Subtitles:

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Here you can see three options, click Auto-Translate:

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Now you will have to scroll down to find English … or whatever your preferred language is! Danish is in there, even Irish!

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Now we have lovely subtitles to help us enjoy the interview in full:

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