Bilingual Wedding and Funeral Translation for Churches
At a wedding or funeral where the families speak different languages, Sermon Translate can show the pastor's message in each family's language while it is spoken. Afterwards, Conversation Mode helps the pastor speak with relatives who do not share a language.
Both families hear the same message
A wedding between two families with different languages, or a funeral where relatives flew in from abroad, often leaves half the room guessing. The officiant speaks normally, and the message appears in up to 5 caption languages on a screen, or on guests' phones.
- Captions on a TV or projector at the front
- QR Code Join, included in every plan: guests scan and read, no account
- Multiple mode shows up to 5 languages side by side on one device
Before and after the ceremony
Conversation Mode lets the pastor meet the family with one phone between them. Each person speaks their own language and reads the other's words, translated, on their own half of the screen, and either half can be flipped to face someone across the table.
Plan for the names
Weddings and funerals are full of names. Add the couple, the deceased, family members and places to the church glossary beforehand, so they are spelled correctly in every language, and test the setup in the room before the day.
How to set it up for a service
One laptop, tablet or phone near the pulpit does the work. Give it clean sound from the sound desk or a microphone close to the preacher, sign in, choose the language being preached and the reading language or languages your members need, and start. The room reads the captions on the projector through the Subtitles screen, online viewers see them in the livestream through the OBS overlay, and members who prefer their own phone scan a QR code with QR Code Join, included in every plan, and read with no account.
- Before the service: add names, ministries and church terms to the glossary, and choose a Bible version for verse popups
- During the service: keep the device on power and online; captions follow the preaching sentence by sentence
- After the service: the transcript is saved to the account, and the Standard plan turns it into AI sermon notes
Can vows be translated?
Spoken vows are captioned like any other speech. For words that must be exact, many couples print the vows in both languages as well.
Does it need internet?
Yes. It does not work offline, so check the venue's connection.
Does it speak the translation aloud?
No. Guests read text captions.
What does it cost to run this every Sunday?
Every account gets 1 free hour every month of live translation, enough to test a full service. Basic is $19.99 a month for 12 hours and Standard is $34 a month for 30 hours. Free and Basic include one reading language, Standard includes two and All Languages includes every language. Each language beyond that uses another hour of plan time for every hour of the service.