Native to Ethiopia, this Afroasiatic language has been spoken internationally since the 12th century and is Amharic the second most spoken Semitic language in the world — after Arabic.

Considering the 32 million speakers it has today, it's no wonder the Amharic dialect has always held influence.

With our Amharic transcription services, we offer a service that helps you to communicate effectively with your Amharic-speaking partners.

When you need Amharic audio or video files transcribed into English or vice versa, we are here to help.

We provide expert professionally vetted Ethiopian native transcriptionists and linguists to ensure your project is transcribed quickly and accurately.

Amharic is written in a left-to-right direction using a writing system that is related to the Geʽez script. 

It has thirty-three basic characters, each with seven different forms depending on which vowel is to be pronounced in the syllable. 

Things get a little more complex as there is no universally agreed way of Romanising Amharic into Latin script, which means that there is a large degree of interpretation and skill involved in translating Amharic text. 

When transcribing Amharic audio it is always recommended to use a transcription agency that relies on native speakers, like Absolute Translations, because writing Amharic as a second language speaker is very difficult to do accurately

Documentaries, marketing videos, medical seminars, training materials, audio of legal proceedings, and more can be translated and transcribed with our Amharic Transcription Services. 

We bring together first-rate technology and specialist transcription professionals to transcribe and translate your Amharic audio or video material into a format that suits you. 

Whatever your requirements are, we can provide a skilled linguist with industry-specific experience to manage your transcription project. 

In addition to transcription and translations, we also offer Amharic interpretation so if you are having meetings, legal proceedings or conferences with Amharic speakers we can help.

We know how important privacy is when transcribing sensitive Amharic material, so we ensure your project is handled with precision and discretion. To give you peace of mind an NDA can be provided too.

In addition to this, we time-code your transcript making it easy to locate vital information when you’re under pressure.

You will be matched with Amharic native linguists accustomed to working in high-pressure situations; charities, government, military and NGOs all put their faith in Absolute Translations when they’re collating sensitive information.

Whether you are a video production company, filmmaker, broadcaster or private business, it can be difficult to find a transcription agency skilled enough to bring to life your Amharic audio or video with linguistic accuracy and cultural nuance.

Our Amharic transcription service combines the latest technology with specialist linguists to convert your Amharic audio or video recordings into an understandable format for your business. 

We also provide professional and accurate subtitling as part of our comprehensive language services and if you need to bring your Amharic language content to speakers of other languages we can also transcribe and translate Amharic into over 200 other languages.