Notes on live translation
Practical ideas, feature deep-dives and real-world use cases for churches, conferences and events running live translation.
The First 90 Days of Becoming a Multilingual Church
Most churches try to do everything in week one and quietly stop by week five. A slower plan works better.
Read the post → 2026-08-18Running Translation Across Two Campuses and Three Rooms
A second site multiplies the volunteers, the equipment, and the ways it can go wrong. It does not have to multiply the cost.
Read the post → 2026-08-18Recording and Translating Services Without a Privacy Problem
The moment you archive a service you are storing personal data about the people in it. Here is the short, practical version.
Read the post → 2026-08-18How to Tell Whether Anyone Is Actually Using Your Translation
Churches often run translation for a year without knowing if three people or thirty are reading it. The numbers are usually surprising.
Read the post → 2026-08-17Not Every Sermon Should Be Public. Decide Before You Preach.
A public archive is good for reach and bad for the Sunday someone shares something painful. Both can be true.
Read the post → 2026-08-17What Happens When People Know There Are Questions Afterwards
A short quiz after the service changes how people listen during it — and shows you which parts actually landed.
Read the post → 2026-08-17Your Church Needs a Page a Visitor Can Read Before They Arrive
Most people decide whether to visit a church from their phone, days beforehand. If that page is in one language, you have already answered their question.
Read the post → 2026-08-17Pay-As-You-Go or a Monthly Plan? A Straight Comparison
One number decides it: how many hours you actually broadcast in a month. Here is how to work that out honestly.
Read the post → 2026-08-16Second-Generation Young People and the Language They Are Losing
They speak the local language perfectly and their parents’ language only at home. Youth ministry sits exactly on that fault line.
Read the post → 2026-08-16Children’s Ministry When the Parents Do Not Share the Language
The children pick up the local language within a year. The parents do not — and they are the ones deciding whether the family stays.
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