YouTube guides, organized around your next step

Start with the task you want to finish. Each guide explains the available caption controls, the TransParrot workflow and what to check when something is missing.

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Step-by-step guides

YouTube transcript not showing: what to check firstTroubleshoot a missing YouTube transcript: check caption availability, video processing, the description and extension loading before trying another tool.How to translate a YouTube video while you watchChoose between YouTube auto-translate, bilingual subtitles and translated audio. Follow the steps for a captioned video and understand the no-CC limitation.How to download a YouTube transcript as textSave original or translated YouTube captions as a TXT transcript with TransParrot. Check completeness, verify quotations and understand export format limits.YouTube auto-translate not working: find the failing stepCheck missing Auto-translate, unchanged captions and stalled extension translation separately. Start with the source caption track, then verify the target language.

Interactive tutorials

Learn Japanese from YouTube with dual subtitlesPractice Japanese and English dual subtitles with illustrative captions, then search and export the selected transcript text.Practice searching and exporting a YouTube transcriptTry an interactive YouTube transcript tutorial: search sample captions, jump to a sentence, switch original and translated text, and export a TXT file.

Before you begin

TransParrot works in desktop Chrome on YouTube videos with an available caption track. The interactive tutorials below work in your browser without installation; their sample captions illustrate the controls.

For a single caption language or a short quotation, YouTube’s built-in subtitles and transcript may already cover your needs. For side-by-side languages, a searchable transcript or TXT export, follow the extension guides.

Sources and further reading

YouTube Help: Manage caption settings
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Keep exploring

A YouTube translator for watching and understandingTranslate captioned YouTube videos while you watch. Keep original subtitles beside the translation, listen to translated audio and search the transcript in Chrome.A YouTube transcript you can read alongside the videoRead and search a YouTube transcript beside the video. Follow playback, click a line to seek and export original or translated text as TXT with TransParrot.Watch YouTube with two subtitle languages togetherWatch YouTube with original and translated subtitles together. Compare phrases, replay a sentence and follow a searchable transcript in desktop Chrome.

Try it on a captioned video

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