Photo by Jaya Chand Musunuri on UnsplashAt a glance: AI live translation in Doha
Languages we usually cover in Doha
Arabic and English both ways is the base, with French, Persian, Urdu and Hindi added for delegations. Arabic and Persian captions read right to left. Pick up to six languages per stage from 38 caption languages, and guests can listen to an AI voice in 35 of them. Each room can run its own set.
Common language pairs
- Arabic ↔ English
- English → French, Persian and Urdu
Conference and exhibition venues in Doha
The main convention centres, exhibition halls and ballroom venues in Doha. Our engineer can work at any of them, or at your own venue. Figures come from each venue’s own website; check current details with the venue when you book.
Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC)
Convention centre | Education City, Al Rayyan- Getting there
- Qatar National Library station on the Green Line
- Opened
- 2011
- Largest space
- Halls 3 to 9 combined, 35,000 m²
- Published capacity
- 4,000 theatre (Conference Hall)
- Event space
- 200,000 m² in total
- Known for
- World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE)
Doha Exhibition and Convention Center (DECC)
Exhibition centre | West BayAlso hosts the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2026; the official site does not publish hall sizes.
- Getting there
- DECC station on the Red Line, next to the venue
- Published capacity
- 7,500 gala dinner
- Known for
- MWC Doha (MWC26 Doha, November 2026)
Sheraton Grand Doha Resort and Convention Hotel
Hotel ballroom- Largest space
- Al Dafna Convention Center, 3,360 m²
- Published capacity
- 3,000 theatre (Al Dafna Convention Center)
- Event space
- 8,923 m² in total
The St. Regis Doha
Hotel ballroomThe page text also gives the ballroom as 1,850 m²; the figure above is from its capacity chart.
- Largest space
- Grand Ballroom, 1,900 m²
- Published capacity
- 1,500 reception (Grand Ballroom)
- Event space
- 4,700 m² in total
The Ritz-Carlton, Doha
Hotel ballroom- Largest space
- Al Wosail Ballroom, 1,146.8 m²
- Published capacity
- 1,400 reception (Al Wosail Ballroom)
- Event space
- 18,030 m² in total
JW Marriott Marquis City Center Doha
Hotel ballroom- Largest space
- Sidra Grand Ballroom, 840 m²
- Published capacity
- 800 reception (Sidra Grand Ballroom)
- Event space
- 2,856 m² in total
How it works in Doha
Our engineer on site
Our engineer sets up near the audio desk with our own laptop, audio interface and cables, takes one line output from the console and sound checks with your AV team. For evening programmes during Ramadan, we plan setup and sound check around the revised schedule.
Guests scan and choose
Guests scan a QR code and choose Arabic, English or another language you offer. No app and no account, for up to 500 audience phones.
Phones, screens and stream
Captions reach phones, surtitles on the big screen and your livestream at the same time. Names of officials, ministries and organisations are loaded before the event and corrected live.
Planning live translation for an event in Doha
- Send the agenda, speaker names, company and product terms a week before, so they appear correctly in every language.
- Ask the venue’s AV team for one line output from the mixer and a table with power next to the audio desk for our engineer.
- Book a wired internet line for that table in large halls, where shared Wi-Fi gets busy.
- Put the QR code on the stage screens, signage and seat cards, and mention it in the opening remarks.
- Plan a short sound check with our engineer before doors open on each day.
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