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Livefy
RUSSIAN → ENGLISH
Russian to English translation for your church, live.
Your priest or pastor speaks Russian. English appears in real time, as live captions on the screen and on every phone, and anyone can listen to a translated voice instead.
EXAMPLE · EN
Ибо так возлюбил Бог мир, что отдал Сына Своего Единородного
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For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son.
Иоанна 3:16
WHO IT'S FOR
Russian-speaking pulpit, English-reading audience.
Slavic evangelical churches across the Pacific Northwest, Sacramento and the Midwest, where a Russian-speaking pulpit serves a congregation whose younger half now thinks in English.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Russian to English, in practice.
Run one of your own services through it during the free hours. Here is what to look for.
The Synodal Bible’s wording is deliberately old-fashioned. Preaching that quotes it moves between that wording and ordinary speech, and there is no setting to change for it.
Many Slavic congregations move between Russian and Ukrainian in the same service. Set the speaker language to the one most of the preaching is in; Livefy still hears the other, because the setting tells it which language to expect, not which to ignore. The two languages are close, so test a mixed service first.
SLAVIC CHURCHES
Russian, Ukrainian and English in one service.
In many Slavic churches the service moves between Russian and Ukrainian, and the young people read English more easily than either. One service can carry all three: English captions on the screen for the youth and visitors, and Ukrainian captions on phones for those who prefer them.
PRICING
What it costs.
Every week
The Church plan: 10 translation hours a month, for $45 a month, or $468 a year ($39 a month). About 3 services a week with English captions, counting 45 minutes of translation each.
A single event
5 hours for $40, no plan needed. Hours you buy never expire. Event pricing
RUSSIAN → ENGLISH FAQ
Common questions
Our congregation is half Russian-speaking and half Ukrainian-speaking. Does that work?
Yes. Set the speaker language to the one most of the sermon is in; Livefy still hears the other. Captions can go out in English for the younger half and in Ukrainian at the same time, each language using its own hours. Test a mixed service on your free hours first: Russian and Ukrainian are close.
Does it handle Synodal Bible quotations?
The translation is told to render meaning rather than word for word, so older phrasing comes out as readable English. Test it on a recording of your own service first.
Will names of people and places come out right?
Names are among the things live translation most often gets wrong, in any language, so check them first when you test: an unusual surname is harder than a Bible name. There is nothing to set up before a service to change that.
Can we caption a Russian service for a mostly English-speaking guest congregation?
Yes. Captions go on the projector, into your stream and onto guests’ phones, so a visitor who speaks no Russian can follow the sermon without anyone handing out a receiver.
FREE TRIAL
Try it on this Sunday’s service.
First 4 hours free, about 5 Sunday services in one language. No credit card.