Mate: Netflix browser extension for learning words via subtitles

Re:Mate: Netflix browser extension for learning words via su... by austinhutch on Friday April 05, 2019 @02:16PM (#19585461)

One benefit of using a VPN was that Netflix provided shows with far more subtitle options in regions outside the USA. I never understood why if the subtitles existed for a particular language that they wouldn't be present in the USA version of Netflix. For example, now that you can't use a VPN with Netflix I haven't been able to access German subtitles from the USA. Is there a way around this?

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Re:Mate: Netflix browser extension for learning words via su... by misiti3780 on Friday April 05, 2019 @02:26PM (#19585569)

I have been saying this forever, i have no clue why all subtitles are not available. When I was in italy all of my favorite shows had italian subtitles, now im back in the US, they disappeared.

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Re:Mate: Netflix browser extension for learning words via su... by macd on Friday April 05, 2019 @03:39PM (#19586231)

Change your netflix app language to your target language and you magically get more subtitle options, if available. In US Netflix, when I set my language to english, I see english, spanish, and maybe french or italian for some shows. When I set my language to Korean, I see English, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese (trad and simplified) when they are available for that show.

Why they base it on your display language and don't just have a setting that is "show me X, Y, and Z language subtitles if available", I don't know.

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Re:Mate: Netflix browser extension for learning words via su... by deniel on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @04:45AM (#19612844)

In order for the VPN to be sufficient, you need to set the correct VPN, for example, I use VeePN and it completely suits me

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