Install the extension
One click in the Chrome Web Store, then pin it to your toolbar.
Dub French to English without leaving the page
AnyDub turns spoken French into English while the video runs. Choose live subtitles inside the player, an English voice over the original, or both, in any Chrome tab.
Up and running in three steps
Open French audio
A video, a podcast page, a live stream, or a meeting in progress.
Select English
Subtitles, dubbing, or both, switched at any point mid-video.
Liaison, speed read from the audio
French runs words together, drops the ne in casual speech, and packs a lot of syllables into a short breath. Systems that translate from a caption file inherit whatever that file got wrong. AnyDub listens instead, which is why fast conversational French and formal broadcast French both come out readable.
Quebec French, Belgian and Swiss French, and West African French all work without a setting to change.
Install on ChromeRead it or hear it or both together
For learners the useful mode is usually English subtitles with the French audio at full volume, so you keep the listening practice and stop losing the thread. For a meeting you cannot pause, the spoken English track is the one to turn on. You can switch between them mid-sentence.
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Any French site not just video platforms
Public broadcaster players, university lecture portals, conference replays, and podcast pages all count as browser audio. If it makes sound in a Chrome tab, AnyDub can translate it.
Install on ChromeWhy French to English comes up so often
France, Belgium, Switzerland and Canada all put substantial public-service video online, and very little of it is subtitled beyond French. Debates, parliamentary sessions, documentary archives and lecture series are effectively invisible to English speakers who would happily watch them.
In work settings the pattern is different. French colleagues usually speak fine English, but they are sharper in French, and the meeting where they stay in French while you read English is simply a better meeting. That is the case for translating the call rather than asking everyone to switch.
Learners are the third group, and they want the opposite of dubbing. They want the French loud and the English available when they lose the sentence, which is what subtitle-only mode is for.
Questions about this language pair
Can AnyDub translate French YouTube videos into English?
Yes, including live streams. English subtitles appear inside the player and the spoken English track is optional.
Does it work on French news and broadcaster sites?
Yes. Any page that plays audio in Chrome works, not only the major video platforms.
Is Quebec French supported?
Yes. Quebec, Belgian, Swiss and African varieties are all translated from the audio without a regional setting.
Can I keep the French audio while reading English?
Yes, and for language learners that is the recommended setup. Use subtitles only and leave the source at full volume.
Does it work on live calls in French?
Yes, on Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Webex.
What does it cost?
There is a free tier. Paid plans add monthly translation minutes and do not restrict languages.
Also worth a look
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Chinese to EnglishMandarin and Cantonese treated as the different languages they are.
Arabic to EnglishDialects as well as Modern Standard Arabic.
Translate YouTubeSubtitles inside the player and optional dubbing on any video.
Live meeting translationZoom, Google Meet, Teams and Webex, translated as people speak.
Start watching French video in English
Install the extension, pick a language, and you are live.
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