Gemini Live Translate at Fort Lee, Edgewater, and Tenafly Open Houses
By Scott Selleck, AI-Enabled Transition Advisor | REALTOR®, The Selleck Group at KW City Views Realty
NJ License #9236275 | FL License #SL3588731 | Equal Housing Opportunity
On June 12, 2026, Google rolled out Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, a real-time conversational translation feature covering more than 70 languages directly inside the Gemini app. The translation runs live during a spoken conversation, not after the fact, and works on both Android and iOS.
For me, this is not a tech headline. It is a tool I am putting to work this week at open houses in Fort Lee, Edgewater, and Tenafly.
Important disclosure up front: I do not personally speak Korean, Mandarin, Spanish, or French. I am a native English speaker. I use Google Gemini Live Translate, an AI-assisted real-time translation tool, to remove language barriers for clients who prefer to communicate in another language. Every contract, disclosure, and binding document is executed in English, and clients who need certified translation of legal documents are referred to a licensed professional translator. Gemini Live is a conversational aid, not a substitute for legal translation.
What Gemini 3.5 Live Translate actually does
Gemini Live now functions as a real-time interpreter on a phone. Two people speak in two different languages, and Gemini renders each person's side in the other's language in near real time. Google reports support for 70+ languages at launch, with the feature available on the Gemini app for Android and iOS. (MarketingProfs, June 12, 2026)
The practical upshot for a real estate agent: a one-phone setup at an open house, on a buyer consultation call, or during a property tour, where the conversation can flow without an interpreter physically in the room.
Why this matters for my Bergen and Hudson County practice
Over 32 years and 500+ transactions in Fort Lee, Edgewater, Tenafly, Englewood, Leonia, West New York, North Bergen, and the surrounding Bergen and Hudson County market, a meaningful share of the buyers and sellers I work with prefer to communicate in languages other than English. Korean, Mandarin, Spanish, and French come up most often. International relocation families moving in for work, dual-income professionals, and seniors downsizing close to family all show up in my client base.
Until now, my answer was either to bring in a co-agent who personally speaks the buyer's preferred language, work through a family member acting as an informal interpreter, or schedule around an outside translator. All three slow the process down. Two of them introduce a third party into private financial conversations that ideally stay between agent and client.
Gemini Live Translate changes the workflow. I can now sit across from a buyer at an open house, speak in English, and have the conversation translated for them into their preferred language in real time, with the AI handling the language work while I handle the real estate work. I am still the licensed agent. I am still the one explaining comps, contract terms, inspection findings, and financing options. The AI is the interpreter, not the advisor.
So, what for Scott, how I am using it this week
Fort Lee open houses. Buyers who prefer Korean often arrive with adult children or a family friend acting as interpreter. With Gemini Live, I can offer the buyer the option to speak directly with me through the app, giving them agency to ask their own questions about HOA fees, taxes, building rules, and contract timing. The family member stays in the conversation if the buyer wants, but the buyer is no longer dependent on them.
Edgewater and West New York consultations. Buyers from Latin America and Quebec relocating into Hudson County's riverfront communities often prefer Spanish or French for the first few conversations, then switch to English once they are comfortable. Gemini Live lets me meet them where they are on day one, rather than asking them to operate in English from the start.
Tenafly seller meetings. Sellers who immigrated decades ago and prefer Mandarin for detailed financial conversations can now go deep on net-sheet math, capital gains, and 1031 exchange timing without a family member translating. That privacy matters when the conversation involves estate planning or downsizing decisions.
Across all three: I am not advertising myself as a Korean-, Mandarin-, Spanish-, or French-speaking agent. I am advertising myself as an agent who uses AI-assisted translation, so language preference is not a barrier to working together.
The MLS listing remark I am adding to qualifying listings
For sellers who want their listing to be welcoming to buyers who prefer to communicate in another language, I now include this exact line in MLS public remarks, with seller approval:
"Listing agent uses AI-assisted real-time translation (Google Gemini Live, 70+ languages) so buyers who need language support can fully engage during showings, open houses, and offer conversations. All contracts and binding documents executed in English."
That last sentence matters. It keeps the listing honest about how the language support actually works and protects the seller from any later claim that a translated conversation created a binding term.
What this does not change
A few guardrails I am keeping in place:
Contracts stay in English. Every offer, counter, addendum, disclosure, and closing document is executed in English. Clients who want a translated copy for their own reference are connected with a licensed translator at their cost.
I am not a translator. Gemini Live is a conversational tool. For anything binding, I refer clients to a licensed professional translator and recommend that they have independent counsel review translated documents before signing.
Fair Housing applies. I serve all buyers and sellers regardless of national origin, ancestry, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status, source of lawful income, disability, or any other protected class under federal, New Jersey, or Florida law. Equal Housing Opportunity.
No selective targeting. Marketing for any listing goes out in the same English-language channels regardless of which buyer audience it might attract. Language support is offered to anyone who asks.
Five quick questions clients are asking
Q: Does this mean I can negotiate my contract in Korean?
A: You can have the conversation in Korean using Gemini Live. The signed contract itself is in English. I recommend a licensed translator review the English contract with you before you sign, at your cost, and I am happy to provide referrals.
Q: Is the translation accurate enough to rely on?
A: For conversational real estate discussions, in my testing, it is strong. For legal terms and binding language, do not rely on AI translation alone. Use a licensed translator for any document you sign.
Q: Do you charge extra for this?
A: No. AI-assisted translation is part of how I work now, at no additional cost to you.
Q: What if I prefer to bring my own interpreter?
A: Welcome. Bring whoever you are most comfortable with. The AI option is there if you want it.
Q: Does Keller Williams require this?
A: No. This is a tool I have chosen to add to my practice. KW City Views Realty and my broker of record have reviewed how I am positioning it.
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About Scott
Scott Selleck is an AI-Enabled Transition Advisor and REALTOR® with The Selleck Group at KW City Views Realty. 32 years of residential and multi-family transactions across Bergen County, Hudson County, and South Florida. Dual-licensed in New Jersey (#9236275) and Florida (#SL3588731). About Scott.
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Scott Selleck | The Selleck Group at KW City Views Realty
2200 Fletcher Ave, Suite 502, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
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