Resources
Written for people running an event next week.
Not product announcements — what we've learned from real events, including the parts that don't work.
Event translation records: retention and deletion checklist
Plan who receives event transcripts, why each copy is kept, when it is reviewed and how deletion is checked. Includes a blank handover worksheet.
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22 articles
- Cost & budget
Event interpretation backup plan: a response worksheet
Decide who pauses, informs guests and approves a restart when event translation fails. Copy a blank incident worksheet and rehearse the alternative.
4 min read - Event planning
Live translated captions on a projector: a venue checklist
Plan a shared caption screen separately from guest phones and slides. Includes a blank routing and seat-by-seat readability worksheet for your rehearsal.
4 min read - Event planning
Hybrid event caption delay: check the room and stream
Check whether translated captions follow the stage or a delayed livestream. Includes a signed-offset example and a blank room-and-stream rehearsal sheet.
4 min read - Event planning
AGM interpretation in Hong Kong: language and Q&A planning
Plan language directions, shareholder questions and a rehearsal for a Hong Kong AGM. Separate interpretation from meeting access, voting and official records.
4 min read - Cost & budget
Cantonese or Mandarin for a Hong Kong event?
Choose presentation, caption and Q&A languages from attendee needs. Includes dated census context, a registration questionnaire and a planning worksheet.
4 min read - Event planning
Live interpretation apps: attendee access checklist
Compare personal translation apps with event listening links. Check downloads, access codes, headphones and joining support before a Hong Kong event.
3 min read - Event planning
Live translation audio setup: a signal-path checklist
Map stage microphones, audience questions and remote speakers to the translation input. Use a blank routing sheet before your hybrid event.
4 min read - Cost & budget
An interpretation glossary for events: a practical template
Prepare names, acronyms and agreed translations for your event, with a bilingual glossary template, approval record and platform checks.
4 min read - Cantonese
Cantonese to English live subtitles: a test checklist
Rehearse Cantonese to English live subtitles with sample phrases, an audience phone and a result sheet before your Hong Kong event.
5 min read - Cost & budget
Remote interpretation platforms: Interprefy, KUDO and more
Compare Interprefy, KUDO, Interactio and Wordly by human or AI delivery, pricing structure and the questions to ask before a Hong Kong event.
6 min read - Cost & budget
Simultaneous vs consecutive interpretation: what each costs
Simultaneous, consecutive, whispered and remote interpretation — what each mode needs, and the published Hong Kong rates for each.
6 min read - Cantonese
Cantonese live translation: the platforms that support it
Which meeting and event platforms actually list Cantonese — checked against each one's own documentation on 21 September 2026.
6 min read - Event planning
Event translation: the four ways to do it, and what each one costs
Event translation in 2026 — human interpreters, built-in platform features, receiver hardware, and AI translation for events delivered to the guest's own phone. What each approach costs, what it needs from you, and the kind of event it actually suits.
7 min read - Cost & budget
Simultaneous interpretation equipment rental in Hong Kong: what it costs and what you actually need
Booth, console, transmitter, receivers, headsets and a technician — what each part of a simultaneous interpretation kit is for, the published Hong Kong rates, the costs that never appear on the quote, and the cheaper shapes that work for some events.
7 min read - Cantonese
Live Cantonese translation at events: what organisers should know first
What actually drives the accuracy of live Cantonese translation at a real business event, how to test it cheaply before the day, and which expectations to set with the audience up front.
3 min read - Networking meetings
Language planning for cross-border chapter meetings
When chapters of a business referral organisation link up across a border, the language gap lands directly on referral results. Practical arrangements that work without changing the meeting format.
3 min read - Cost & budget
Hiring a simultaneous interpreter in Hong Kong: 2026 costs, and when AI is enough
What it costs to hire a simultaneous interpreter in Hong Kong in 2026 — rates, equipment hire, booking minimums and how to brief one — plus an honest line between events that need a human and events where live AI translation is enough.
5 min read - Translation devices
AirPods Live Translation, translation earbuds and pocket translators: do they work for events?
Who AirPods Live Translation, Timekettle earbuds and handheld translators are actually for, which languages they cover (Cantonese?), and why an event with dozens of listeners is a broadcast problem, not a conversation problem.
3 min read - Meeting platforms
Zoom vs Teams vs Google Meet: built-in live translation compared (2026)
All three meeting platforms now offer translated captions, and two offer voice translation. What each one requires, which languages it covers (including Cantonese), and who is left out — so you can tell when a separate translation channel is needed.
4 min read - Meeting platforms
Live translation for Zoom meetings and webinars: a setup that works
Live translation for Zoom meetings and webinars, set up without changing platform, installing a plugin or signing an annual contract. The audio-source choice that decides whether it works, and the macOS limit to know first.
4 min read - Live streaming
Adding translated captions to YouTube Live and Facebook Live
How to give a live-stream audience captions in their own language without touching your encoder settings or burning subtitles into the video.
2 min read
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