YLE Finnish Learner

About

Learn Finnish naturally by watching Finnish TV shows on YLE Areena with dual subtitles and interactive study tools.

Key features:
• Dual subtitles: Finnish plus your target language (20+ languages)
• Click-to-translate: Click any Finnish word for instant translation help with dictionary lookup and contextual fallback
• Playback controls: Skip subtitles (comma/period), repeat line (R), re-translate current line (Shift+R), speed 0.5x–2x (brackets)
• Auto-pause: Pause after each subtitle line (P)
• Audio download: Extract speech audio for offline practice (A)
• Smart caching: Translations cached locally for fast replay

Translation options:
• A default no-setup translation mode is available immediately
• Optional third-party translation services can be configured in Settings with your own API keys

Keyboard shortcuts:
• D: Toggle dual subtitles
• P: Toggle auto-pause
• R: Repeat current subtitle
• Shift+R: Re-translate current subtitle
• , / .: Previous/next subtitle
• [ / ]: Decrease/increase speed
• A: Download audio

How to use:
1) Go to areena.yle.fi
2) Play a video and enable Finnish subtitles in the YLE player
3) Click the DS button or press D to enable dual subtitles
4) Click any Finnish word to see the translation

Privacy:
No analytics or tracking. Translation text and word lookups are sent directly from your browser to the provider you choose. API keys are stored locally in Chrome sync storage. No data is sent to developer servers.

What's new in v6.2.2:
• Dual subtitles now anchor to the rendered video frame instead of the player box
• Subtitle positioning now stays stable in height-constrained and letterboxed layouts
• Skipping between subtitles now clears stale auto-pause timing before seeking
• Added alternate controller hotkeys for 8BitDo Zero 2 in Mac keyboard mode

What's new in v6.2.1:
• Shift+R now forces a fresh translation for the current subtitle without replaying audio
• Pressing . now seeks 10 seconds ahead when the next subtitle is not available yet

What's new in v6.2.0:
• Dual subtitles now initialize reliably on first load without repeated page reloads
• Subtitle translation failures now include provider, failure type, and response details
• Visible subtitle lines retry translation when cache is missing or a prefetch attempt failed

What's new in v6.0.0:
• Internal rewrite for reliability and performance
• Existing functionality preserved while removing external dependencies
• Smaller, faster extension package with direct source loading in Chrome

What's new in v5.3.0:
• Fixed dual subtitles after a YLE Areena player update
• Improved subtitle rendering resilience against future YLE DOM changes
• Improved subtitle sizing with YLE's dynamic player layouts

Note:
Supports YLE Areena only.