Она читает субтитры.

Она means she. It is the third-person singular feminine pronoun.

Russian pronouns change for gender in the third person:

• он = he
• она = she
• оно = it
• они = they

So Она читает субтитры means She reads / is reading subtitles.

Читает is the 3rd person singular present-tense form of читать, which means to read.

So:

• я читаю = I read / am reading
• ты читаешь = you read / are reading
• он / она читает = he / she reads / is reading

Because the subject is она, the verb must be читает.

In Russian, the present tense of an imperfective verb often covers both:

• a general/habitual meaning: she reads
• an action happening now: she is reading

So Она читает субтитры could mean:

• She reads subtitles in general, or
• She is reading the subtitles right now

Usually the context tells you which meaning is intended.

Субтитры is the plural form of субтитр, meaning subtitle.

So:

• субтитр = subtitle
• субтитры = subtitles

Since people usually talk about subtitles as a set, the plural is very common.

It is in the accusative, but for inanimate plural nouns, the accusative often looks exactly the same as the nominative.

Here:

• nominative plural: субтитры
• accusative plural: субтитры

So although subtitles is the direct object of читает, the form stays субтитры.

This is normal in Russian for inanimate nouns.

The dictionary form is the singular nominative: субтитр.

When you look words up in a dictionary, you usually look for:

• nouns in the singular nominative
• verbs in the infinitive

So here you would look up:

• читать
• субтитр

Yes, often you can.

Russian often drops subject pronouns when the meaning is clear from the verb form or from context.

So both of these can work:

• Она читает субтитры.
• Читает субтитры.

The version with она is more explicit and can add emphasis or clarity:

• She is reading subtitles.

No, Russian word order is more flexible than English word order.

The neutral order here is:

• Она читает субтитры.

But other orders are possible, depending on emphasis:

• Субтитры она читает. = It is subtitles that she is reading.
• Читает она субтитры. = more marked, used in certain contexts for emphasis or contrast

So Russian word order often helps show focus, not just grammar.

A helpful pronunciation guide is:

она́ чита́ет субти́тры

Approximate English-style pronunciation:

• она́ ≈ a-NA
• чита́ет ≈ chi-TA-yet
• субти́тры ≈ soob-TEE-try

The stress is important:

• она́
• чита́ет
• субти́тры

Читать is imperfective, while прочитать is perfective.

• читать focuses on the process, repeated action, or ongoing action
• прочитать focuses on completing the reading

So:

• Она читает субтитры. = She is reading / reads subtitles.
• Она прочитала субтитры. = She finished reading the subtitles.

In a simple present-tense sentence like this, читать is the natural choice.

No. Russian does not have articles like a or the.

So субтитры can mean:

• subtitles
• the subtitles

Context tells you which is more natural in English.

It is a borrowing, ultimately related to the international word subtitles, but it behaves like a normal Russian noun.

Its singular is:

• субтитр

Its plural is:

• субтитры

Even borrowed words usually follow Russian grammar once they become part of the language.

Usually субтитры means subtitles, especially for translated text shown on a screen.

Depending on context, English might sometimes use captions, but the most direct translation is subtitles.

If you are learning vocabulary, the safest match is:

• субтитр / субтитры = subtitle / subtitles