surtitles

/ ˈsɜːˌtaɪtəlz /

plural noun

1. brief translations of the text of an opera or play that is being sung or spoken in a foreign language, projected above the stage

Example Sentences

A vital storyteller, he thrillingly illustrates Maurice Maeterlinck’s original play, as thoughtfully used surtitles made especially apparent.

From Los Angeles Times

Much of this flew by, especially if one tried to read the English surtitles.

From Los Angeles Times

“Writing Life” at least came with English surtitles for non-French speakers — a welcome development for the Avignon Festival.

From New York Times

The play, which I saw with English surtitles at Krakow’s Divine Comedy International Theatre Festival last month, is a great example of the limits — and buttons — that theater pushes, through the devices of hyperrealism.

From Washington Post

Not that we hear him speak, of course; this being a solo act, whatever the father says is refracted through the son — and again through the surtitles, if you’re not a Francophone.

From New York Times