Photo by Tati Odintsova on UnsplashAt a glance: AI live translation in Riyadh
Languages we usually cover in Riyadh
Arabic and English both ways is the base, with French, Chinese (Simplified) and Urdu often added for delegations. Arabic 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, Chinese and Urdu
Conference and exhibition venues in Riyadh
The main convention centres, exhibition halls and ballroom venues in Riyadh. 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.
Riyadh Front Exhibition and Conference Center (RFECC)
Exhibition centre | ROSHN Front, Airport Road, north-east Riyadh- Getting there
- None; the venue says public transport is not available at the moment
- Largest space
- Hall 3, 10,400 m²
- Event space
- 39,350 m² in total
- Known for
- Big 5 Construct Saudi, Biban, Saudi HORECA
Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center (RICEC)
Convention centre- Opened
- 2009
- Event space
- 14,644 m² in total
Riyadh Exhibition and Convention Center, Malham (RECC Malham)
Exhibition centre | Malham, north of RiyadhNo official figures for size or halls could be verified.
- Known for
- LEAP
The Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh
Hotel ballroom- Largest space
- Ritz-Carlton Ballroom A (Ballroom B is the same size), 1,850 m²
- Published capacity
- 1,000 theatre (Ballroom A or B)
- Event space
- 5,745 m² in total
Fairmont Riyadh
Hotel ballroom | The Business Gate, near King Khalid International Airport- Largest space
- Al Marassem Ballroom (Al Thuraya Ballroom is the same size), 1,404 m²
- Published capacity
- up to 1,500
How it works in Riyadh
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 before doors. Each hall or breakout room gets its own setup and QR code.
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 programmes are loaded before the event and corrected live.
Planning live translation for an event in Riyadh
- 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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