- Wordpause
- Language learning Chrome extension
Coming soon for Chrome
A Chrome extension for learning languages from the subtitles you watch
Hover a subtitle and the video pauses. Hover a word to see what it means. Save it and review it later.
Paused Pero alguien me quiere matar.
The short answer
What a language learning extension should do
Three things: stop the video when you need a moment, explain the word you missed in its sentence, and help you remember it afterwards. Wordpause does those three and nothing else.
Extensions for learners come in a few kinds. Dual-subtitle extensions show a translation under every line. Page translators rewrite the whole page. Pop-up dictionaries explain a word you select in an article.
Wordpause is closest to a pop-up dictionary, built for video: it knows where the subtitles are, pauses playback for you, and keeps each saved word with the line it came from.
How it works
One movement of the mouse
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Hover the subtitle
The video pauses the moment your cursor touches the line.
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Hover the word
See what it means, with real example sentences. Drag across a few words to translate a phrase.
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Move away
Playback carries on from the same frame. Save the word first if you want to review it later.
Where it works
The sites you already watch
YouTube
YouTube’s own captions, including auto-generated ones.
Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+
In Chrome, with subtitles set to the language you are learning.
Udemy and other players
Course videos, and sites that use standard subtitle tracks or common web players.
Review cards
Open Review from the toolbar. Each card shows the word in its subtitle line; rate it Again, Good or Easy.
On your computer
Watching outside the browser?
For films you play in VLC, mpv or another desktop player, Wordpause also comes as a Windows tray app that reads subtitles off the screen. See translate subtitles on PC.
Questions
Before you ask
Which sites does the extension work on?
YouTube, Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and Udemy by name, plus sites that use standard subtitle tracks or common web players. It works wherever subtitles are text on the page.
Does it show two subtitles at once?
No. It keeps the original line and translates a word, a phrase or the whole line when you ask.
Will it clash with other translator extensions?
No. While your pointer is on a subtitle, Wordpause handles it; elsewhere on the page other extensions work as usual. You can switch it off for a single site.
What languages is the extension’s interface in?
English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese and Korean. It follows your browser’s language.
Which languages does it support?
Subtitles can be read in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Ukrainian, Japanese and Korean, and translated between those languages.
Is it available yet?
Not yet. Wordpause is in development. Write to wordpause@releasium.com and we will tell you when it is ready.
How much will it cost?
There is a free plan with 30 lookups a month. Paid plans start at $3.99 a month, or $2.67 a month billed yearly. See plans