We Are Experts in Armenian Transcription Services

There are two standardized forms of the Armenian language: Western Armenian and Eastern Armenian. 

This is because, after World War I, The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic used Eastern Armenian as its official language, whereas displaced communities after the Armenian genocide preserved the Western Armenian dialect.

As Armenian isn’t closely related to any other languages and has several dialects it is one of the harder languages to accurately transcribe and translate into other languages.

To ensure accuracy you should always use a native speaker who is also an expert linguist to carry out your transcriptions.

In addition to this, the Armenian language is considered to be an endangered language by UNESCO classification as it has challenges faced by many other minority languages in Europe, that is why it is so crucial to ensure accurate transcription when preserving the language and transcribing the stories of Armenian people.

Armenian is written in its own alphabet, which originally had 36 letters, but three more were added into the language in the 12th century and, interestingly, the language has totally different punctuation marks than any other Western language.

This also highlights the difficulties faced by translators when transcribing Armenian video or audio directly into Armenian text or into other languages as it is not something an amateur can feasibly do - this is why at Absolute Translations we only work with qualified native Armenian speakers with a minimum 5 years experience of translation/transcription.