Real-time translation
Live voice translator for every word, as it's spoken.
Follow any talk, call or video in your own language. Our live voice translator shows captions and translation while people are still speaking, with a label for each speaker.
Start live translationDemo: a product webinar playing in a shared browser tab. Three presenters speak German, French and Portuguese, and the live voice translator labels each speaker and shows their words translated into English in real time.
Live Voice Translator
Real-time voice translation for meetings, lectures and videos
- languages
- 60
- pairs
- 3,500+
- to start
- Free
A live voice translator translates speech the moment it is spoken. You do not wait for someone to finish, record a clip or upload anything. Captions in the original language and their translation appear on screen together, word by word, so you can follow along in real time.
TransLive listens in two ways. Use your microphone to translate the people in the room: a lecture, a guided tour, a talk or a meeting around a table. Or, on a computer, share a browser tab to translate the sound playing in it: a video call, a webinar, a live stream or a video. Nothing joins your meeting and nobody else needs to install anything.
Each speaker gets their own label, so you always know who said what. Sentences are broken where people naturally pause, which keeps the captions easy to read even in fast conversations. If someone switches language halfway through, the translation keeps up.
When the session ends, you have a full transcript and translation. Save it to your history, download it as a document or subtitles, or ask questions about it later, like a summary of the meeting or the list of action items.
See every option on the features page, the full language list, or compare plans and pricing.
How it works
How to use the live translator
- 1
Pick a source
Choose your microphone for people in the room, or share a browser tab to translate a call or video.
- 2
Choose your language
Select the language you want to read. Speakers can talk in any of 60 languages.
- 3
Follow along live
Read captions and translation as people speak, then save or export the full transcript.
Use cases
Where a live voice translator helps
Any time people speak a language you do not, or you need every word written down.
Video calls and meetings
Translate Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams by sharing the tab. Nothing joins the call.
Lectures and classes
International students can follow a lecture in their own language and keep the transcript to study from.
Conferences and talks
Get live captions and translation for a keynote or panel, even from the back row.
YouTube and live streams
Translate a video or live stream playing in another tab, with captions that keep pace.
Church services and events
Help visitors follow a sermon, a ceremony or a community event in their language.
Interviews and research
Understand an interview as it happens and keep a speaker-labelled transcript for later.
Why TransLive
Built for real-time translation
Captions while people talk
Words appear as they are spoken, then settle into clean sentences at each pause.
Microphone or browser tab
Translate the room, or the sound from a call, webinar or video in another tab.
Who said what
Each speaker gets a label so conversations with several people stay clear.
Layouts for any screen
Stacked, side by side or large captions, with full-screen mode and adjustable text size.
Pause without losing anything
Take a break and resume. If the page is closed by accident, your transcript is still there.
Ask about it afterwards
Get a summary, the key decisions or the exact moment something was said.
Tips
Tips for better live translation
- 01For a call or video, share the browser tab and tick the option to share its audio.
- 02In a room, place your device near the speaker or use an external microphone.
- 03Add speaker names, topics and special terms before you start.
- 04Use the large captions layout when several people are reading one screen.
- 05Check your minutes before a long session. Paid plans allow sessions up to several hours.
Language pairs
Popular live translation languages
- English to Spanish
- Spanish to English
- Chinese to English
- English to Japanese
- French to English
- German to English
- English to Arabic
- English to Portuguese
- Korean to English
- English to Hindi
- Italian to English
- English to Ukrainian
Any two of the 60 languages below work the same way, in either direction.
Languages the live translator understands
See all languages- Afrikaans
- Albanian
- Arabic
- Azerbaijani
- Basque
- Belarusian
- Bengali
- Bosnian
- Bulgarian
- Catalan
- Chinese
- Croatian
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- English
- Estonian
- Finnish
- French
- Galician
- German
- Greek
- Gujarati
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Hungarian
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Kannada
- Kazakh
- Korean
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Macedonian
- Malay
- Malayalam
- Marathi
- Norwegian
- Persian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Punjabi
- Romanian
- Russian
- Serbian
- Slovak
- Slovenian
- Spanish
- Swahili
- Swedish
- Tagalog
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Thai
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
- Urdu
- Vietnamese
- Welsh
FAQ
Live Voice Translator: questions, answered.
What is a live voice translator?
It is a tool that translates speech in real time. As people speak, you see captions in their language and a translation in yours, without waiting for them to finish.
Can I translate a Zoom, Google Meet or Teams call?
Yes. On a computer, choose tab or system audio and share the tab with your call. Nothing joins the meeting and the other people do not need anything.
Can I translate a YouTube video or a live stream?
Yes. Play it in a browser tab, share that tab, and you get live captions and a translation of what is said.
How fast is the live translation?
Words appear while the person is still speaking. Each sentence settles into its final form as soon as they pause.
Does it show who is speaking?
Yes. Each speaker gets their own label, so you can follow conversations with several people.
How long can a live session be?
Free sessions can run up to 5 minutes. Pro allows up to 2 hours per session and Business up to 5 hours.
Will I get a transcript afterwards?
Yes. Save the session to keep the full transcript and translation, then export it as a document or subtitles, or ask questions about it.
Does it work for lectures in a big room?
Yes. Put your phone or laptop near the speaker, or use an external microphone, for the clearest result.
Is the live translator free?
You can start free with monthly minutes and no credit card. Paid plans add more minutes, longer sessions and read-aloud translations.
Related tools
All free toolsReady to try it? It takes seconds.
Start live translation