Zoom Caption Translator Instructions

Now you can meet with people who don’t speak your language in a few easy steps!

STARFLEET is an international organization, yet it has been hard for members to connect with each other when language is a barrier. Well, no more! Zoom has gifted the world with a Caption Translator! You can now have online activities and meetings with members who speak different languages, thanks to this amazing technology. Zoom’s translated captions enable anyone in a Zoom Meeting or Webinar to translate the speaker’s language into one of the languages provided in real time.

Instructions for how to turn on the translator are listed below. Please note, the person hosting the Zoom must have a paid subscription. Translated captions are already included in the Zoom Workplace Business Plus, Zoom Workplace Premier, Zoom Workplace Enterprise Essentials, and Zoom Workplace Enterprise Plus plans. It is available as an add-on for paid Zoom accounts.

CONSIDERATIONS WHEN USING CAPTION TRANSLATOR

Speak slowly and clearly, fast talking results in bad translation.
It takes a few seconds for the live translation to come up on the screen. Pauses are good – allowing for a little silence between speakers is good.
Remember that if a meeting is composed of mainly English speakers (or can be any other language), the non-
English speaker must wait for the translation to appear, read it, then respond verbally. There is a different pace when using translator – please allow space and time for those everyone to participate.

Instructions

Full instructions for your operating system can be found below.
You can also Download a PDF version or watch a YouTube video of these instructions.
Full documentation about the translation feature can be found on the Zoom website.

Desktop
Join the Zoom meeting.

Click on Caption button located in the toolbar across the bottom of your screen.

Click on the Translation button to turn it on.

Select the language you want your captioning to be in under My Caption Language.

Select your speaking language under My Speaking Language. **Important!

If you want to see both the original language and the translation, click on the Show Original and Translated Captions button.

If you only want to see the translated captions and NOT the original language, do not click this option.

** If someone is speaking in another language and the captioning is showing up in that language, it is very likely they have not properly selected their native language as their speaking language. Have them double check.
iOS (iPhone/iPad)
Join the Zoom meeting.

Select Settings.

Select Captions and Translations.

Select the language you want your captions to be in under My Caption Language.

Turn on the Translation button.

Select your speaking language under My Speaking Language. **Important!

If you want to see both the original language and the translation, turn on the Show Original and Translated Captions button.

If you only want to see the translated captions and NOT the original language, do not turn on this option.

** If someone is speaking in another language and the captioning is showing up in that language, it is very likely they have not properly selected their native language as their speaking language. Have them double check.
Android
Join the Zoom meeting.

Select More.

Select Captions and Translations.

Select the language you want your captions to be in under Caption Language.

Turn on the Translation button.

Select your speaking language under My Speaking Language. **Important!

If you want to see both the original language and the translation, turn on the Show Original and Translated Captions button.

If you only want to see the translated captions and NOT the original language, do not turn on this option.

** If someone is speaking in another language and the captioning is showing up in that language, it is very likely they have not properly selected their native language as their speaking language. Have them double check.