Arabic to Japanese
Baian offered Japanese translation of an Arabic speech at GEM Summit. This direction combines Japanese text and audio with a Japanese listener interface, so organisers can plan for how Arabic names appear to that audience.
How far behind the speaker?About 2.4 seconds with Baian. Lower is better.
On their own phones
Attendees tap 日本語
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Baian included Japanese in the eight-language translation of Dr Nayef Bin Nahar’s Arabic speech at GEM Summit. The event took place in Doha on 29 January 2026. Attendees followed the translation on their phones and a large venue screen.
Human interpreters worked at GEM alongside Baian’s audience channels.
Japanese from Arabic at GEM Summit ↗日本語 is the language choice on the listener page. From there, the interface asks ‘どちらの方法で体験しますか？’ and offers 聴く to hear the translation or 読む to read it. The audience can follow Japanese text as well as audio.
The Japan Foundation’s Irodori materials explain that Japanese uses kanji, hiragana, katakana and romaji. For an Arabic speaker’s programme, agree written versions of names with a Japanese-speaking reviewer. Compare those names with the text the audience receives.
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Discuss your event ↗WhatsApp Explore audience languages →Median 2.1 seconds across 53 recordings in 15 languages (1.3 to 2.7 seconds per recording).
How long after a sentence ends its finished translation appears.
Baian, on its production Live service.
Measured on Baian’s production Live service from 13 to 15 October 2026, from the end of each spoken sentence to the finished English line in our captured listener feed. Earlier words in a long sentence wait longer than this. Spoken audio arrives a little after the text and was not measured.
Estimated medians: the speaker’s words appear in their own language about 1.0 seconds after they are spoken, and the first translation covering a word about 2.4 seconds after it.
Estimated from our captured listener feed for the same 53 recordings. The capture is incomplete, so some early previews are missing, and previews can still change before the sentence is finished. Times are measured to the feed, not to a phone screen.
Median 2.69 seconds behind the speaker, across 180 speeches.