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Subtitles
The interactive subtitles created by Yandex can help you learn a foreign language, understand the meaning of a song, or sing karaoke. Subtitles can match the video's original language or be translated into Russian or another language. When viewing subtitles for the original language, you can tap an unfamiliar word to see its translation.
Watch video with subtitles
Note
You can enable and configure subtitles only when the video isn't in fullscreen mode.
The process of enabling and setting up subtitles depends on the video's original language (Russian or another language).
Yandex can show subtitles for videos dubbed by Yandex.
A foreign-language video without a Yandex translation may also have subtitles, but those would be provided by the hosting platform (for example, YouTube) or the video uploader. If such subtitles are available, you can turn them on the same way as Yandex subtitles.
Alert
Yandex provides subtitles for videos on a number of hosting sites, including Coursera, VK, YouTube, Twitch, Vimeo, and 9GAG.
Videos are translated into Russian from English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Chinese. The technology is still under development, so not all videos are translated at the moment.
If translation is available, you'll see the 
icon saying "Translate video".
Enable and configure subtitles
- Next to the translation icon, tap
. - Enable Subtitles.
- Configure the subtitles:
- Subtitle language: Select the original language or translation. If the video already has subtitles, you can select the service's subtitles instead of Yandex ones.
- Highlight words: The words that are currently being spoken are highlighted. The option is only available for Yandex subtitles in the original language.
Note
If you have the original-language subtitles enabled and want to translate a word, just tap it. The video will pause, and the translation of the word and phrase will appear in a pop-up window. To continue watching, tap anywhere on the video.
Disable subtitles
Tap the word "Subtitles".
Enable subtitles
- Tap anywhere on the video.
- Tap
. - Enable Subtitles.
Disable subtitles
- Tap anywhere on the video.
- Tap .
- Disable Subtitles.
Note
If there's no in the video, check if the Untranslated video subtitles option is enabled in the app settings.
Troubleshooting
There's no "Subtitles" button in the video
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Check if video and subtitle translation is enabled in the Yandex app:
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On the home screen, tap
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Make sure that, in the Interface and tools section, the options Translate videos and subtitles and Untranslated video subtitles are enabled.
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If you're watching a video in fullscreen mode or on top of other apps (picture-in-picture), subtitles aren't available. To enable and configure subtitles, return to normal mode. Then you can reopen the video in fullscreen or on top of apps.