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I'm a native English speaker fluent in Japanese, recently moved to Japan this year. The one that really gets me lately is YouTube now automatically dubbing over

I'm a native English speaker fluent in Japanese, recently moved to Japan this year. The one that really gets me lately is YouTube now automatically dubbing over content in Japanese that was originally in English. It's... so uncanny.

jogu 1y ago
I'm in a similar situation. I really wish there was a way to stop YouTube from suggesting me auto-dubbed videos.
- FeteCommuniste 1y ago
  You can use the YouTube No Translation add-on to automatically turn off the robodubs and translated titles: https://youtube-no-translation.vercel.app/ https://youtube-no-translation.vercel.app/
cubefox 1y ago
Yeah, that is a massive problem. This can't be disabled by the user, only be the channel owner. It's awful. The only solution is switching the YouTube UI language to English, to get the original English audio track. But then, presumably, all other languages would get machine translated into English. There is nothing one can do.
numpad0 1y ago
ThereShouldBeTheQuoteAudioTrackQuoteOptionUnderGearIconMenuAtTheRightBottomCornerOfVideoUserInterfaceAmongWhichEnglishIsOfCourseNearTheBottomOfTheListButNotQuiteTheLastItem but it only applies to that specific video, and yeah, it makes no sense that this passed sniff tests for Google.
rjh29 1y ago
It's a problem for everyone who speaks >1 language (the majority of the world?) since you can't turn it off.
- FeteCommuniste 1y ago
  The YouTube No Translation add-on automatically turns off the robodubs and translated titles: https://youtube-no-translation.vercel.app/ https://youtube-no-translation.vercel.app/ Before I discovered it I was getting so frustrated with the lousy robotranslations on YouTube.
  - rjh29 1y ago
    Nice, thanks. I recently found out DeArrow (an amazing extension to remove clickbait titles and thumbnails) also has an option to hide translated titles, off by default. But the extension you recommend can be used to force the audio track, which is very helpful.
myaccountonhn 1y ago
It is awful. Its also not so transparent that its being done which feels unethical.
j1436go 1y ago
Me and my GF had plenty of laughs in the beginning. Now it's become just annoying.

jogu 1y ago

I'm in a similar situation. I really wish there was a way to stop YouTube from suggesting me auto-dubbed videos.

FeteCommuniste 1y ago
You can use the YouTube No Translation add-on to automatically turn off the robodubs and translated titles: https://youtube-no-translation.vercel.app/ https://youtube-no-translation.vercel.app/

cubefox 1y ago

Yeah, that is a massive problem. This can't be disabled by the user, only be the channel owner. It's awful. The only solution is switching the YouTube UI language to English, to get the original English audio track. But then, presumably, all other languages would get machine translated into English. There is nothing one can do.

numpad0 1y ago

ThereShouldBeTheQuoteAudioTrackQuoteOptionUnderGearIconMenuAtTheRightBottomCornerOfVideoUserInterfaceAmongWhichEnglishIsOfCourseNearTheBottomOfTheListButNotQuiteTheLastItem but it only applies to that specific video, and yeah, it makes no sense that this passed sniff tests for Google.

rjh29 1y ago

It's a problem for everyone who speaks >1 language (the majority of the world?) since you can't turn it off.

FeteCommuniste 1y ago
The YouTube No Translation add-on automatically turns off the robodubs and translated titles: https://youtube-no-translation.vercel.app/ https://youtube-no-translation.vercel.app/ Before I discovered it I was getting so frustrated with the lousy robotranslations on YouTube.
- rjh29 1y ago
  Nice, thanks. I recently found out DeArrow (an amazing extension to remove clickbait titles and thumbnails) also has an option to hide translated titles, off by default. But the extension you recommend can be used to force the audio track, which is very helpful.

myaccountonhn 1y ago

It is awful. Its also not so transparent that its being done which feels unethical.

j1436go 1y ago

Me and my GF had plenty of laughs in the beginning. Now it's become just annoying.