Live translation for churches, on the phones your visitors already have
One person speaks. Everyone else hears the message in their own language through their own earbuds, or reads it as captions. There are no receivers to hand out, no app to install, and no monthly subscription.
Session code
Enter this code at go.anylang.app
K7M2QP
It knows it is translating a sermon
A sermon is one voice, at a steady pace, on one subject — the case live translation handles best. AnyLang is told what kind of organization is speaking, so scripture lands in a published Bible your congregation recognizes rather than a fresh paraphrase, and your ministry names and recurring phrases come out the way your church says them, week after week. It also recognizes when the congregation is singing and leaves the song alone, rather than turning a hymn into a live paraphrase in five languages.
- Scripture in a published Bible translation, per language
- Your own glossary of names and terms
- Notes for this week's service, applied live
- The same register from one Sunday to the next
- Songs recognized and left untranslated
Good morning everyone, and thank you for joining today's global session. It's wonderful to see so many of you connecting from around the world.
Setting up before the service
- 1
Take audio from the sound desk
Translation quality follows input quality. A lapel or headset microphone on the preacher beats a room microphone every time, so feed the same clean source your PA already uses.
- 2
Pick the languages you actually need
Ask the greeters which languages turn up. Start with those and add more when there is a real need — a short list is easier to announce and easier to support.
- 3
Print the code once
Export a poster with your church name and a QR code, in the language you are printing it in. A permanent link keeps the same address every week, so the printed poster does not go stale.
- 4
Ask a greeter to help
Nobody should feel singled out for needing translation. One minute of help at the door is usually all it takes for a first-time visitor.
What a Sunday looks like
Nothing changes for the person preaching. Everything changes for the visitor who could not follow.
A code on the screen
Put a six-character code or a QR poster in the bulletin. A visitor types it in and picks a language.
Audio or captions
Some listen through earbuds. Others read the running text. Both come from the same broadcast.
Your own interpreter, if you have one
A volunteer can take one language and speak it themselves. No AI runs on that language while people stay with them, so you pay the connection rather than the translation.
Scripture that sounds right
Quotations land in the Bible translation your congregation knows, in each language you offer.
Overflow rooms and live streams
Feed the same audio from OBS or vMix. The broadcast keeps running with the laptop closed.
Keep the recording
Save the service audio and the transcript, with the quiet stretches marked honestly rather than cut out.
At a glance
- Setup time
- Under 2 minutes
- What a visitor needs
- A browser
- Free on signup
- 30 credits
- Cost while nobody listens
- Zero
Common questions
Do visitors need to install anything?
No. They open a link or scan a QR code in their phone's browser, type the session code, and choose a language. Nothing is installed and no account is created.
What happens during the worship songs?
The music is recognized and left alone. A song is not a talk to be interpreted, and a line-by-line machine rendering of a hymn would help nobody, so translation stops for the singing and picks up again when the speaking does. Those minutes are not translated minutes, so they do not carry the cost of one.
Do we need to buy receivers or headsets?
No, and that is the point. An FM system means a transmitter, a receiver for every listener, headsets to charge, hand out and collect, and someone to look after all of it. Here the listener uses the phone and earbuds they already carry.
What does a two-hour service cost?
You buy credits, and one credit is about a minute in one language. A language is only charged while somebody is actually listening to it, so a language nobody picked that Sunday costs nothing. New organizations start with 30 free credits and there is no monthly fee.
Can we use our own interpreter instead of the AI?
Yes. A volunteer opens the interpreter page, takes one language and speaks it. Listeners on that language hear the person by default and can switch to the AI at any time. While they stay with the person no AI runs on that language, so you pay the connection rather than the translation; anyone who switches to the AI starts it billing normally.
How does it handle Bible quotations?
AnyLang is told it is translating a church service, and for each language it is pointed at a published Bible — the NTR in Romanian and the Luther Bible in German, for example. You can add your own glossary of ministry names and recurring phrases on top of that.
Does it help people who are deaf or hard of hearing?
Yes, in two ways. Captions can be offered in the language actually being spoken, not only in translation, so someone in the room can read along. And the listener page plays through Bluetooth in high-quality media mode, which matters for anyone streaming into a hearing aid or cochlear implant.
What if the person running it closes their laptop?
The broadcast is not tied to that browser tab. Reloading or closing it pauses the translation rather than ending the service, and only a deliberate Stop ends a session. If you feed audio from an encoder such as OBS or vMix, the broadcast keeps running with no browser open at all.
Ready for this Sunday?
Start with 30 free credits. No card, no install, no equipment to buy.