Subtly. Learn English by watching movies and series

Last updated on 12 February 2023

Subtly is an extension that makes it possible tolearn and improve your English by watching your favourite movies and series on Netflix.

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Subtly is therefore an extension for Chrome that allows you to improve your English while you watch a movie on Netflix. How does it work? Once Subtly is activated, English subtitles of any programme broadcast on Netflix will become interactive.

Simply click on a word or phrase in the English subtitle to translate it into the language of your choice. To date, you can choose nine languages, including French, but also German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese and Chinese.

Subtly offers contextual translations. The meaning of the word depends on the context in which it is used. But that is not all, the extension also offers an even more complete definition of each word with different possible meanings and examples of use. You can also click on the icon of a small speaker to listen to the word again in English.

Subtly’s other great and very useful function is to allow you to build up a notebook on the fly. When you click on a word you can save it with a single click in a personal wordbook where you will have access to all the words picked up and collected from your various films and series. This personal vocabulary built up over time will be grouped and classified with the precise reference of the video in which it is used. Practical.

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At the moment Subtly only works on Netflix, but the creators of this extension are working hard to make it functional on other online video platforms such as Amazon Prime or YouTube. Subtly only translates from English, but there too The project of the developers is to extend it to other languages.

It is no longer up to the creators of Subtly to put in place a specific offer for the world of education. She's missing to this day. You can use Subtly for free for 30 days. Then you have to pay a little less than four euros per month to be able to continue using it.

Link: Subtly