Photo by ZQ Lee on UnsplashAt a glance: AI live translation in Dubai
Languages we usually cover in Dubai
Arabic and English both ways is the base, with Hindi, Urdu, Russian and Chinese (Simplified) for international guests. 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
- English ↔ Arabic
- English → Hindi, Urdu, Russian and Chinese
Conference and exhibition venues in Dubai
The main convention centres, exhibition halls and ballroom venues in Dubai. 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.
Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC)
Convention centre- Getting there
- World Trade Centre station, reached directly from the Exhibition and Arena Plaza
- Opened
- 1979
- Largest space
- Trade Centre Arena, 9,100 m²
- Published capacity
- 3,800 banquet (Sheikh Rashid Hall)
- Event space
- 145,000 m² in total
- Known for
- GITEX Global, Big 5 Global, Arabian Travel Market
Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC)
Exhibition centre | Expo City Dubai- Getting there
- Expo 2020 station on the Red Line, on the doorstep of the venue
- Event space
- 58,000 m² in total
- Known for
- Gulfood (2026 edition), World Health Expo, WHX Dubai (2026 edition, its first at DEC)
Festival Arena by InterContinental Dubai Festival City
Arena | Dubai Festival CityThe same official page also shows a 1,300 capacity and 1,373 m² figure without saying which space it refers to.
- Largest space
- Festival Arena, 7,200 m²
- Published capacity
- up to 9,000
- Event space
- 7,200 m² in total
Grand Hyatt Dubai
Hotel ballroomHyatt pages give total event space as both 11,500 and 12,500 square metres including outdoor areas, so no total is listed here.
- Largest space
- Baniyas Ballroom, 3,212 m²
- Published capacity
- up to 2,500 (Baniyas Ballroom)
Madinat Jumeirah Conference and Events Centre
Mixed use- Largest space
- Madinat Arena, 2,772 m²
- Published capacity
- up to 4,500 (Madinat Arena)
Atlantis, The Palm
Hotel ballroom | Palm JumeirahThe official site lists the ballroom for up to 2,000 guests but gives no square metre figure.
- Published capacity
- up to 2,000 (Atlantis Ballroom)
Hilton Dubai Al Habtoor City
Hotel ballroom- Largest space
- Al Joud Ballroom, 1,431 m²
- Published capacity
- 1,200 reception (Al Joud Ballroom)
JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai
Hotel ballroom | Business Bay- Largest space
- Dubai Ballroom, 1,392 m²
- Published capacity
- 1,380 theatre (Dubai Ballroom)
- Event space
- 10,063 m² in total
Atlantis The Royal
Hotel ballroom | Palm Jumeirah- Published capacity
- up to 1,200 (Diamond Ballroom)
Coca-Cola Arena
Arena | City Walk, off Sheikh Zayed RoadHosts conferences, product launches, gala dinners and AGMs alongside concerts and sport.
- Getting there
- 5 minute walk from the nearest Dubai Metro station
- Opened
- 2019
- Published capacity
- 17,000 seated
How it works in Dubai
Our engineer on site
Our engineer sets up near your audio desk with our own laptop, audio interface and cables, takes one line output from the console and sound checks with the venue's AV team. On large exhibition floors, each stage gets its own setup and QR code.
Guests scan and choose
Guests scan a QR code and choose Arabic, English, Hindi 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 LED walls and your livestream at the same time. Names of speakers, officials and companies are loaded in advance and corrected live.
Planning live translation for an event in Dubai
- 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.
Plan a mixed setup with AI translation vs interpretation. In the Gulf we also cover Riyadh and Doha.