Gather25 is a global worship initiative designed to connect people around the world through a shared, continuous live-streamed experience. In October 2024, Gather25 set out to host a 25-hour global broadcast, bringing together participants from churches, campuses, arenas, and homes across continents.
With a mission rooted in unity and inclusion, the event aimed to ensure that people everywhere could engage with the same message — regardless of where they were or which language they spoke. To make this possible at an unprecedented scale, Gather25 partnered with Interprefy to deliver real-time multilingual access throughout the entire broadcast.
As the vision for Gather25 took shape, the organising team recognised that language accessibility would be critical to the event’s success. With a truly global audience expected, the challenge was not simply to translate content, but to create a seamless, inclusive experience that felt unified across regions, cultures, and time zones.
Gather25 began exploring how technology could help remove language barriers without compromising quality, reliability, or the emotional impact of live worship. That search led them to Interprefy, combining professional Remote Simultaneous Interpretation (RSI) with AI-powered speech translation to support both depth and scale.
Gather25 required uninterrupted multilingual access for a 25-hour live-stream, reaching tens of thousands of participants across nearly 200 countries. The event needed to support a wide range of languages — including both widely spoken and low-resource languages — all delivered in real time from a single English source feed.
Relying solely on traditional interpretation would have limited the number of languages and significantly increased complexity and cost. At the same time, an AI-only approach would not have met expectations for linguistic nuance and accuracy in core languages. The organisers needed a solution that could balance human expertise with global scalability, while remaining stable for the full duration of the broadcast.
To meet these demands, Gather25 partnered with Interprefy to deliver a hybrid multilingual solution that brought together professional interpreters and AI-powered speech translation.
For the full 25 hours, professional RSI interpreters delivered live interpretation in 14 languages, ensuring accuracy, cultural sensitivity, and a high-quality listening experience for core audiences. In parallel, AI-powered speech translation expanded access to an additional 55 languages, making it possible to reach a truly global audience at scale.
Attendees accessed interpretation and AI speech translation through Interprefy’s browser-based delivery, allowing them to join from anywhere in the world without the need for dedicated hardware. Behind the scenes, Interprefy supported the event with extensive technical preparation, multiple rehearsals, and real-time monitoring throughout the broadcast.
A global team of 75 professional interpreters and 19 remote support technicians worked together across five continents, supported by a robust infrastructure of primary and backup language channels to ensure uninterrupted delivery.
The impact of the multilingual setup was felt immediately. Participants from across the world were able to engage with the event in their own language, creating a shared experience that felt inclusive, connected, and truly global.
Over the course of the broadcast, Gather25 delivered:
25 hours of uninterrupted live streaming
Real-time access in 70 languages
Participation from more than 53,000 people across 192 countries
When additional language needs emerged during the event, Interprefy’s flexible platform allowed new languages to be added quickly, ensuring no group was left behind.
For Gather25, accessibility was not an add-on — it was central to the event’s purpose. By partnering with Interprefy, the organisers demonstrated how global events can move beyond traditional limitations and create experiences that are both deeply human and globally inclusive.
By combining the strengths of professional human interpretation with the reach of AI-powered speech translation, Interprefy helped Gather25 deliver one of the most ambitious multilingual events to date — setting a new reference point for how large-scale virtual events can bring the world together through language.
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