Where to start
If you are new to live translation, begin with the pillar guide, how to translate a church service. It walks through the whole process in one place and links to the more detailed guides when you need them. Most churches read it once, try the free 10-minute trial service, and then come back here for the specific question that came up.
Still deciding whether software is right for your church at all? Read interpreter or AI translation first. It compares whisper interpreting, interpreters with receiver headsets, professional conference interpreters and an AI app honestly, including the situations where a human interpreter is still the better choice.
Guides by role
- Sound technicians and AV volunteers: audio setup explains how to get a clean feed from the mixing desk into the laptop, and the checklist for your first translated service covers the week before, Sunday morning and the service itself.
- Church leaders, treasurers and trustees: what church translation costs works through real examples in credits, and privacy and GDPR explains what is processed and what is not stored.
- Pastors and preachers: Bible names and terms gives practical tips for preaching in a way that translates well, and building a multilingual church looks beyond the technology at welcome, small groups and leadership.
- Welcome teams and visitors: listening with the QR code is written in simple language so you can send it straight to a newcomer.
How these guides are written
We write for UK and Irish churches, for international and expat congregations across Europe, and for anyone who serves a church where not everyone shares the language of the sermon. The guides describe what ChurchTranslate actually does today. Where a human interpreter, a different approach or simply a conversation over coffee works better, we say so.
Prefer to see it working first? Open the demo, or look at the plans and prices. Questions that are not answered here are often covered in the FAQ.