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Traditional Chinese subtitles not displaying properly from auto-generated English subtitles
Description
When using auto-generated English subtitles as the source for translation to Traditional Chinese, the resulting subtitles do not display properly on YouTube. However, the Simplified Chinese subtitles work correctly.
Steps to Reproduce
- Open a YouTube video with auto-generated English subtitles
- Set the target language to Traditional Chinese in either the source or the target default.
- Observe that the Traditional Chinese subtitles do not display correctly
Expected Behavior
Traditional Chinese subtitles should display properly, like how Simplified Chinese subtitles are working.
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Proposed Solution
Implement an additional translation step within the extension:
- Set the first subtitle (above the second subtitle) to English (auto-generated)
- Set the second subtitle (below the first subtitle) to Simplified Chinese
- Translate the second subtitle to Traditional Chinese via external services
- With it the Traditional Chinese subtitle should display correctly
Additional Notes
This issue appears to be on YouTube's end, but the proposed solution would allow the extension to handle it independently of YouTube's translation service.