English to Filipino Live Sermon Translation
Translate sermons from English into Filipino (Tagalog) live, with low-latency captions and automatic Bible verse popups. Built for Filipino congregations and overseas Filipino worker communities.
Why English → Filipino 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 Tagalog.
- Low-latency captions from speaker to Tagalog
- Bible verse popup in Tagalog 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
Filipino captions and the Tagalog Bible
Filipino (Tagalog) captions follow the sermon in the language many Filipino families speak at home. Verse popups for Filipino readers show the passage from Ang Dating Biblia (1905), the Tagalog Bible in the public domain.
- Live captions in Filipino (Tagalog)
- Verse popups from Ang Dating Biblia 1905
- English and Filipino lines can share the projector screen for mixed congregations
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 → Filipino translation this Sunday
Open Sermon Translate on the speaker's laptop, pick English as the speaker language and Filipino as the translation language, and put the captions on the projector with the Subtitles screen. The congregation reads along in Tagalog 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.