# Arabic interpretation?

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/arabic-interpretation/20548>\
**Category:** Web\
**Created:** [June 7, 2020, 7:55am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/arabic-interpretation/20548 "2020-06-07T07:55:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![nserriere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9de0a6/32.png) [@nserriere](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/nserriere)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 7:55am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/arabic-interpretation/20548/1 "2020-06-07T07:55:46Z")

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I am looking to set up meetings with simultaneous interpretation English \<-\> Arabic. But I have noted that Zoom doesn’t support Arabic.

Does that mean that it is really impossible to do?

Thanks

Nicos

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**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/arabic-interpretation/20548/2 "2020-06-10T19:41:43Z")

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Hey @nserriere,

Are you using the [Web SDK](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/sdk/native-sdks/web)?

Please reach out to [support.zoom.us](http://support.zoom.us) for questions unrelated to the [Zoom App Marketplace](http://marketplace.zoom.us/).

Thanks,  
Tommy

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**Author:** ![traduciresunarte](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/traduciresunarte/32/12508_2.png) [@traduciresunarte](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/traduciresunarte)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/arabic-interpretation/20548/3 "2020-07-28T21:19:33Z")

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Hi Nicos, Simply because it doesn’t explicitly say Arabic doesn’t mean you can’t do Arabic. Just tell your participants that you will be using the German, or whatever channel you want (French, Spanish, etc.) and translate on that channel.

I don’t understand why Zoom doesn’t let you simply write in the name of the language instead of forcing you to chose a language. But it is simply a matter of using any language channel and use it for Arabic instead of the language displayed.

Hope this helps,

Serapis

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**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/arabic-interpretation/20548/4 "2020-07-30T16:51:54Z")

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Hey @traduciresunarte,

Thanks for your feedback. Feel free to submit this directly to the product team here: [zoom.us/feed](http://zoom.us/feed).

-Tommy

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**Author:** ![lucas.cioffi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/lucas.cioffi/32/1977_2.png) [@lucas.cioffi](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/lucas.cioffi)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/arabic-interpretation/20548/5 "2021-06-02T22:42:02Z")

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Hi @tommy is using the workaround for Arabic still required (telling Arabic speakers to join a language channel that has the name of a different language)?

Thank you

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**Author:** ![MaxM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/maxm/32/42303_2.png) [@MaxM](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/MaxM)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/arabic-interpretation/20548/6 "2021-06-04T02:18:10Z")

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Hey @lucas.cioffi,

I’m not positive on the answer here but our [Customer Support Team](https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/requests/new) should be able to assist with any issues related to interpretation with the Zoom App.

Thanks,  
Max