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A translation layer shows a slide’s words in another language: under the English for a bilingual congregation, or on its own on a screen for one language group.
Screenshot to come

To capture: A lyric slide with English above and Spanish below, from a translation layer.

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Add one

1

Open the slide or theme in the editor

Add a layer and choose Translation. Put it in a theme to translate every slide in that theme.
2

Choose the language

And whose words it translates — normally The Slide’s Words.
3

Style it

Like any text layer: smaller, in italics, a different colour.

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Where the words come from

  • Scripture comes from a Bible in that language, when the slide’s reference can be read and the translation is in Settings › Bibles.
  • Everything else is translated on your device, line by line, so a lyric keeps its lines.
Translations are made ahead of time, whenever the words change, so a slide shows its translation the moment it goes up — on any screen, with nothing to wait for. The layer’s settings say where each translation came from, and let you correct one by hand.