surtitle
/ˈsɜrˌtaɪtəl/
noun
- A translation of the dialogue or lyrics of an opera, play, or film that is projected above the stage or on a screen, allowing the audience to follow the performance in their own language.
- During the play, the surtitles helped the audience follow the French dialogue without missing any jokes.
- The opera house installed a new system for surtitles so that English speakers could understand the Italian performance.
- She glanced up at the surtitles during the aria to catch the meaning of the lyrics.
verb
- To provide a performance with surtitles; to display translated text above or alongside a stage or screen.
- The theater decided to surtitle the German opera for the international audience.
- They surtitled the film at the festival so that viewers could understand the original Spanish dialogue.
- The production team worked hard to surtitle every song in the musical.