Japanese Church Sermon Translation, Live

Sermon Translate translates a Japanese sermon into English captions, or an English sermon into Japanese, while the pastor speaks. When a passage is clearly cited, verse popups can show it from the Japanese Bible your church chooses.

Japanese and English in one fellowship

Japanese churches abroad often gather Japanese nationals, Japanese Americans who read English best, and spouses from other backgrounds. The pastor can preach in Japanese with English captions on the screen, or a guest can preach in English with Japanese captions.

  • Japanese preaching with English captions
  • English preaching with Japanese captions
  • Both lines together on the Subtitles screen

What Sermon Translate does in Japanese

Japanese works in both directions: a preacher can speak Japanese into the app, and members can read the sermon in Japanese.

  • The 66 Bible book names are built in for Japanese, taken from a published Japanese Bible, so a spoken book name comes out the way that Bible writes it. Other church vocabulary is general translation guided by church context, and your church glossary fixes the terms that matter to you.
  • Verse popups can show the passage in Japanese, from a Bible edition in that language.

Japanese Bible editions in verse popups

When the preacher clearly names a passage or quotes a known verse, the popup can show it from the Japanese edition your church selects: 新改訳聖書 第三版, 新共同訳聖書 or 口語訳聖書. The 66 book names in the captions follow a published Japanese Bible.

Keep names consistent

Japanese names can be written several ways. Add your members, pastors and ministries to the church glossary with the exact spelling you want in each language.

Which Japanese Bibles can verse popups show?

新改訳聖書 第三版, 新共同訳聖書 and 口語訳聖書. Choose one in Settings.

Can Korean be added for a mixed Japanese and Korean congregation?

Yes. Korean is supported in both directions, and the Subtitles screen shows up to 5 caption languages at once. Each reading language uses plan time of its own: two reading languages during a one hour service use two hours of the plan.

How fast do captions appear?

In our recorded sessions, captions appear about half a second after the words and the translation follows within a few seconds, usually two to three.