Watching these as russian/english bilingual is very painful, tho I grew up in western world so maybe I'm just not used to it.

To add on a slight tangent. Many books/audiobooks just don't exist in other languages at all. So even getting some monotone is a lot better than getting nothing.

I think this is where these models really shine. Cheaply creating cross language media and unlocking the knowledge/media to underprivileged parts of the world.