English to Farsi Live Sermon Translation
Translate sermons from English into Farsi (فارسی) live, with low-latency captions and automatic Bible verse popups. Right-to-left captions and Persian Bible editions for Persian-speaking believers.
English sermon translated live into Farsi, right to left
A real English sermon becomes Farsi, laid out right to left in a Persian typeface, with John 3:16 shown in the bilingual Bible panel.
Screen recording from the real app, with captions and a written description.
- Live mode is recording, with English as the spoken language and Farsi as the translation.
- The pastor says, "Good morning, church. Open your Bibles with me, to John chapter 3, verse 16." The English caption follows about half a second behind him.
- The Farsi translation follows a couple of seconds later, under the English, set right to left in a Persian typeface.
- The pastor quotes John 3:16 in full, and the finished Farsi translation of the verse appears beneath it.
- John 3:16 is detected and the bilingual Bible panel opens with the chapter in English and Farsi.
Why English → Farsi congregations choose Sermon Translate
Most translation apps were built for tourism, not preaching. Sermon Translate is tuned on church vocabulary, hymn titles, and proper nouns, so theological terms render correctly in فارسی.
- Low-latency captions from speaker to فارسی
- Bible verse popup in فارسی when the pastor references it
- Runs in the browser on phones, tablets and laptops, with no app install required
- Custom glossary so English names and church-specific terms stay consistent
Farsi captions that read right to left
Farsi captions are laid out right to left and written in Persian script only. Translation follows the terms of the Persian Old Version Bible, such as روحالقدس for the Holy Spirit and تعمید for baptism, and Arabic letter forms that engines sometimes mix in are converted to the Persian ی and ک.
- Formal Persian register requested for every sermon line
- Bible book names in standard Farsi forms such as یوحنا and رومیان
- Verse popups from the Persian Old Version
You choose the speaker language and the translation language
Nothing is locked to one language or direction. Before the service, choose the language being spoken and the language, or languages, the congregation reads. English, Traditional Chinese, Cantonese, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Vietnamese and 53 more can be set as the source, and English, Traditional Chinese, Cantonese, Fuzhounese, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and 115 more are available as targets.
- Speaker language picker: choose whatever the pulpit is preaching in
- Translation language picker: choose the reading language for the screen, and members using the app on their own phone pick their own
- 61 languages can be spoken from the pulpit, and all 123 can be read as captions
- The full list, and which ones have built-in Bible book names, is on the languages page
How to start English → Farsi translation this Sunday
Open Sermon Translate on the speaker's laptop, pick English as the speaker language and Farsi as the translation language, and put the captions on the projector with the Subtitles screen. The congregation reads along in فارسی from their seat, and members who want captions in their hand can use Sermon Translate on their own phone with their own account.
How do churches translate sermons live with this app?
The speaker opens Sermon Translate on a phone, tablet or laptop, selects the spoken language and the translation language, and starts listening. Transcripts and translations appear on that device, and the whole room can read them as captions on a projector or livestream. No headsets, no interpreter booth, no extra hardware.
Which languages are supported?
Sermon Translate supports 123 languages. 61 of them can be spoken from the pulpit, including English, Traditional Chinese, Cantonese, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Vietnamese and 53 more, and all 123 can be read as captions. Every listener can pick their own reading language. The full list is on the languages page.
How is this different from Google Translate or generic AI translation apps?
Google Translate is a powerful general-purpose translator. Sermon Translate is designed around the workflow of a Christian service: church vocabulary, hymn titles, proper names, Bible book names, and verse-reference popups that appear when the speaker clearly references a passage.
Do we need to install anything?
No. It runs in a modern browser on iPhone, Android and desktop. The speaker opens it on one device, and the congregation reads the captions on the projector or livestream. Anyone who wants captions on their own phone opens Sermon Translate there and signs in; each listener needs their own account or trial after the free period.
Can it replace a human interpreter?
Sermon Translate works as a sermon interpreter app for live services and handles common preaching vocabulary well. A church can use it as the main translation for weekly services, or alongside a human interpreter for rare languages or high-stakes events. It is a tool, not a person.