Malayalam Church Sermon Translation for Malayali Congregations

Sermon Translate translates a Malayalam sermon into English captions, or an English sermon into Malayalam, while the pastor speaks. Malayali churches abroad can keep Malayalam preaching while their children read along in English.

Malayalam preaching, English for the next generation

Malayali congregations abroad, across many church traditions, often hear the same request from their youth: we love the church, but we do not follow the Malayalam sermon. Malayalam preaching with English captions on the screen answers it without splitting the service.

What Sermon Translate does in Malayalam

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

  • The 66 Bible book names are built in for Malayalam, taken from a published Malayalam 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 cannot show the passage in Malayalam yet, because the Bible editions connected today cover only English, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Farsi / Persian, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.

What is built in

The 66 book names come from the Malayalam Old Version, so a spoken book name is written the way that Bible writes it. Doctrinal terms and titles are general translation, so add your church's Malayalam and English wording to the church glossary.

  • Malayalam to English captions
  • English to Malayalam for guest speakers
  • Transcripts saved in the spoken language, and AI sermon notes on the Standard plan

Conventions and special meetings

For a convention with a visiting English speaker, reverse the direction and put Malayalam captions on the screen. The livestream can carry the same captions through the Copy OBS URL button.

Which Malayalam Bible do the book names follow?

The Malayalam Old Version.

Can members read on their phones?

Yes, with their own account after the free trial, or with no account at all if the church adds QR Code Join ($10 a month).

Can a verse popup show the Malayalam Bible text?

Not yet. The Bible editions connected to verse popups today cover English, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Farsi / Persian, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.