Subtitle missing in iMovie export

I imported an m4v file into iMovie in order to normalize the volume as well as add chapters, and export it as a file. My source file has subtitles, but my destination (exported file) doesn't. After trying back and forth, I figured out that it all has to do with the way you import (when you create the project), even though, regardless of how you import you can still see the subtitles within iMovie clips. When I created the project with 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio, the subtitles are deleted in the export file. But if I created the project with Standard aspect ration 4:3, the titles are included in the export file, BUT the quality of video is horrible, and the subtitles are annoyingly large taking up space at the bottom of the video. I know my source file is in 16:9 aspect ratio.
Can anybody tell me what is going on here?

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