See the original subtitles, your language and the pronunciation, all at once. No pausing, no rewinding, no second app.
Chrome, Opera, Edge & Brave · Standard translation included, no API key needed
You decide which languages show up, how they look, and where they sit.
Original, translation and pronunciation, stacked and in sync.
Read along in Latin letters, for example Pinyin with tone marks.
Watching a Spanish film? Show the Spanish line plus English. Or the other way around.
Add your own Whisper or Deepgram key when a video has no captions or the speech is fast.
Color, size, position and background, set separately per language.
The translation appears together with the original line, not after it.
Change the languages, colors, size and position. Watch the subtitles update live, exactly like in the extension.

This is the real panel from the extension. Click around. The subtitles react instantly.
Get SubHamster from the Chrome Web Store. No account, no payment to start.
Choose up to three: the original, your language, the pronunciation.
Start any video. Sub puts the lines on screen and stays out of the way.
Try it free for 1 day, then subscribe from inside the extension in a few clicks. Secure Stripe checkout, cancel anytime.
Secure Stripe checkout inside the extension · unlocks right away.
I'm a developer and originally just wanted to learn Chinese myself. Active studying felt too tedious, so I built this add-on to learn passively while watching. Today it's grown into a real product everyone can benefit from.

On YouTube and common video sites. You control the display; SubHamster doesn't bypass paywalls or download content. Please respect each platform's terms.
All Chromium browsers: Chrome, Opera/Opera GX, Edge and Brave. Safari and Firefox aren't supported yet.
No. The standard translation is included. Speech recognition is optional and runs on your own Whisper or Deepgram key, same as the premium translators.
Install the free extension from the Chrome Web Store. Everything works from the extension panel. When you want the full version, you subscribe there in a few clicks and it unlocks immediately.
Yes. Cancel anytime from the extension panel. That's where your subscription page opens.
No. Processing only serves to show subtitles to you. Details in the privacy policy.
Sub is ready. Switch SubHamster on and the subtitles do the rest.
Get it nowSubHamster grows with its users. Suggestions, wishes or bug reports. Write to us, we'd love to hear from you.