Learn a language with YouTube and the articles you read
Bingelang adds bilingual subtitles to your YouTube videos and translates the words of the articles you read. Hover over a word: the video pauses while you read its translation.
Free, for Chrome, Edge and Brave on a computer. Requires a Bingelang account.
On YouTube
Each sentence in the language you’re learning, with its translation right below.
Bingelang’s subtitles work on videos with subtitles in your language, even automatic ones. To practice, hide the translation: it waits, blurred, until you ask for it.
- VShow or hide the translation
- RReplay the sentence
- Shift+RReplay it slowly
On articles
The sites you like to read, translated with a click.
Turn Bingelang on for a site once and for all: Chrome asks for your permission, and the page’s text stays on your computer. Then click a word to open the same bubble as on YouTube.
Turn on a site
Click the Bingelang icon, then “Enable on …”. The site stays on for every visit.
Click a word
In a link, hold the click for half a second. Prefer hovering? Turn on “Translate on hover” for that site.
Anywhere else
On any page, translate a selected word from the right-click menu or with Alt+Shift+D (Control+Shift+D on a Mac).
No idea what to read? The panel’s Articles tab suggests free sites in each language, sorted by level. Reading doesn’t count toward your listening time.
The side panel
Your daily goal and your cards, without leaving YouTube.
Time spent listening in your languages counts toward your daily goal, streak, fireflies and level, as on bingelang.com. Ads, pauses and muted videos don’t count.
The cards you add from the bubble are reviewed here, on the same schedule as on the site. The panel also suggests YouTube channels and sites to read.
8 languages to learn
It works with YouTube videos and pages in these languages. You choose the translation language: French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, and Portuguese (BR).
- FrenchFrançais
- English
- SpanishEspañol
- GermanDeutsch
- ItalianItaliano
- Portuguese (BR)Português (Brasil)
- Chinese中文
- Japanese日本語
Questions
Is it free?
Yes. The extension is free, like Bingelang. It needs a free Bingelang account, which you can create from the extension.
How do I install it?
Add it from the Chrome Web Store, then sign in to your Bingelang account in the tab that opens. Play a YouTube video in the language you’re learning: the Bingelang subtitles appear. To read, turn it on for a site from the panel.
Which videos does it work on?
YouTube videos that have subtitles in the language you’re learning, including automatic subtitles. A video without subtitles in that language gets no Bingelang subtitles.
Which sites can I read?
Any https site you turn it on for: news, blogs, encyclopedias. The panel’s Articles tab suggests free ones in each language, sorted by level. Bingelang doesn’t translate the text of a frame embedded in the page.
Does reading count toward my time?
No. Only listening counts: YouTube videos in your languages, playing with sound. Reading an article doesn’t count toward your daily goal, streak or fireflies.
Does it work in Edge and Brave?
Yes, on a computer: it works in Chrome, Edge and Brave. It doesn’t work on phones and tablets, or in Safari and Firefox. In Edge, first allow extensions from other stores on the Chrome Web Store page.
Does it work on Bingelang’s videos?
Yes: its subtitles and hover translations also appear in Bingelang’s video player. Reload the page after installing it. On Bingelang, your time is counted by the site itself, never twice.
What happens to my data?
Subtitles and the text of the pages you read stay on your computer. The extension only sends Bingelang what it needs to count your listening and to offer cards for the words you look up. Bingelang doesn’t sell your data or use it for advertising.
Read the details in the privacy policyTry it on your next video, or your next article
Free, for Chrome, Edge and Brave on a computer. Requires a Bingelang account.
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