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What are the 26 languages of General Conference?

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mevans
Senior Member
#1
The General Conference web site says that it will be streamed live over the internet in 26 languages (https://www.lds.org/general-conference/ ... e?lang=eng); however, I don't see where I can find a list of the 26 languages.

Specifically, I need Tongan. I'm assuming it will be one of the languages, but I prefer not to make assumptions.
lajackson
Community Moderators
#2
mevans wrote:The General Conference web site says that it will be streamed live over the internet in 26 languages; however, I don't see where I can find a list of the 26 languages.

Specifically, I need Tongan.
The broadcast page has a language dropdown tab at the top right that lists 17 languages. One of them is Faka=tonga. I guess if there are going to be 26 languages, they will add some more to the dropdown box.
lajackson
Community Moderators
#3
lajackson wrote:
mevans wrote:The General Conference web site says that it will be streamed live over the internet in 26 languages; however, I don't see where I can find a list of the 26 languages.

Specifically, I need Tongan.
The broadcast page has a language dropdown tab at the top right that lists 17 languages. One of them is Faka-tonga. I guess if there are going to be 26 languages, they will add some more to the dropdown box.
mevans
Senior Member
#4
Yes, I saw the drop-down. It looks like that's for the Women's Conference. I'm just looking for more reassurance that I can find Tongan come October 4. I guess it's just the project planner in me trying to validate as many assumptions as possible before the event. Maybe I'll just have to rely on faith.
Biggles
Senior Member
#5
I've just checked the Broadcast Schedule (Official Notice) and Tongan is one of the languages that will be available for all GC broadcasts!
sbradshaw
Community Moderators
#6
Note that Tongan will be available for satellite broadcast, but it will not be available online.
Samuel Bradshaw • If you desire to serve God, you are called to the work.
russelljd
Member
#7
sbradshaw wrote:Note that Tongan will be available for satellite broadcast, but it will not be available online.
Not true. Tongan will indeed be available live online. The languages that will be available online are as follows:

American Sign Language
Armenian
Cantonese
Cebuano
Croatian
English
Estonian
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Mandarin
Polish
Portuguese
Portuguese (Portugal)
Russian
Samoan
Spanish
Tagalog
Tahitian
Thai
Tongan
Ukrainian
Vietnamese
sbradshaw
Community Moderators
#8
You're right! I missed it in the list. :o
Samuel Bradshaw • If you desire to serve God, you are called to the work.
jcrosbie
New Member
#9
Will closed captions also be available on any of the live streams or with downloadable mp4 files? We have a few people in our stake that are hearing impaired.
sbradshaw
Community Moderators
#10
We had English closed captioning on during the General Women's Meeting at our stake center (streaming over the internet), so I assume it will be available for General Conference as well. I don't know what languages will be available.
Samuel Bradshaw • If you desire to serve God, you are called to the work.
russelljd
Member
#11
jcrosbie wrote:Will closed captions also be available on any of the live streams or with downloadable mp4 files? We have a few people in our stake that are hearing impaired.
On the live streams English captioning will be available. For on-demand files (both streaming and download) captions are added about 7-10 days after the event.
aclawson
Senior Member
#12
jcrosbie wrote:Will closed captions also be available on any of the live streams or with downloadable mp4 files? We have a few people in our stake that are hearing impaired.
A little late now, but as an FYI ASL is listed as one of the options in the drop-down box (top left) so you can stream it live.