Translation · Amharic
Amharic translation services
Native Amharic translators for corporate video, eLearning, documentary, advertising, subtitles and voice over scripts. Delivered with the Ge'ez script rendering correctly.
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Every single detail is looked after.
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እያንዳንዱ ዝርዝር በጥንቃቄ ይያዛል።
About Amharic translation
The Ge'ez script, and what it means for your files
Amharic is written in the Ge'ez script, an abugida in which each character carries a consonant and a vowel together, producing several hundred distinct characters rather than a short alphabet.
This has practical consequences that catch out organisations translating into Amharic for the first time. Fonts substitute unpredictably, text pasted between systems corrupts, and layouts built for Latin script rarely accommodate the result without adjustment. A translation can be linguistically perfect and still arrive unusable.
Amharic is the second most widely spoken Semitic language in that family after Arabic, and the working language of the Ethiopian federal government, with around 30 million first-language speakers and a further 25 million using it as a second language.
At GoLocalise, we work with native Amharic translators and deliver files that display correctly in the environment you are going to publish them in. Every text is reviewed by a second linguist before it reaches you.
How can we help you?
Your project manager has everything covered
One point of contact from brief to delivery, and a second linguist on every text before it reaches you.
Brief review
We review your source material, your audience, and the systems the finished text has to work in.
Linguist assignment
Your project goes to a native Amharic translator with experience in the relevant field.
Translation and review
The text is translated and then checked by a second native linguist for accuracy, register, and consistency.
Delivery and display check
Files are delivered in the format you need, checked to display correctly rather than simply exported.
Areas of expertise
What we translate
From corporate video and eLearning to documentary, advertising and subtitles — always audiovisual, with the Ge'ez script handled properly on screen.
Corporate and brand video
Company films and internal communications for Amharic-speaking audiences.
eLearning and training video
Course modules and training films, consistent across a whole programme.
Documentary and interviews
Factual programming and interviews, delivered in a script many editing tools still render badly.
Advertising and social video
Campaigns and short-form video, adapted so the line lands in the time available.
Subtitles and captions
Frame-accurate subtitles in Ge'ez, cued and timed, with the font embedded so nothing breaks.
Voice over and dubbing scripts
Scripts timed to the original, ready for a native Amharic voice in the booth.
Deliverables
How your Amharic translation arrives
Subtitle files
SRT, VTT, STL or TTML, burnt in or as separate files, ready to drop into your edit.
Ge'ez that survives the handover
We check the script renders correctly in your player and editor rather than assuming it will.
Dual-column scripts
Source and target side by side with timecodes, the format the studio records from.
Reviewed, never single-pass
Every script is checked by a second native linguist before it reaches the studio.
Translation rates
Professional Amharic translation
For internal documents, correspondence and material where accuracy is the main requirement.
- Native subject-matter translator
- Second-linguist review
- Subtitle files or a timed script
For marketing, eLearning, healthcare and development content, including review, terminology management and formatting.
- Everything in Standard
- Agreed glossaries
- Formatting and display check
- Dedicated project manager
Every project is quoted individually and backed by our Price Match Promise. Send us your files for an exact, no-obligation quote.
Trusted by global brands
We have used GoLocalise on a regular basis for projects in a number of languages. The service we receive is great. The team is always friendly and professional. The voiceovers we receive are of a very high quality and the turnaround is extremely quick. We are very happy to recommend GoLocalise to other businesses.
It was a pleasure to work with David and the team at GoLocalise. David gave me lots of help and advice, guiding me through my first subtitling project. He really knows his stuff! The experience was completely pain-free. I would not hesitate to recommend GoLocalise – outstanding work at a good price.
They're reliable, adaptive and obsessed with quality. And while you can never be 100% guaranteed of perfection, you can be sure GoLocalise will go the extra mile to get it right every time. We've worked with them now for over 5 years and we are truly thankful to have such a strong localisation partner for our business.
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The rest of your Amharic project
Most common questions
Almost always a font or encoding problem rather than a translation problem. The Ge'ez script needs a font that supports it, and text moved between systems that do not handle Unicode consistently can corrupt on the way. Tell us where the text is going to be published, and we will deliver files that work there.
Ready to start your Amharic translation project?
Send us your documents, script or video and we'll come back with an exact, itemised quote.
Professional voice over services for your audio and video productions
Voice over
- State-of-the-art studios
- Neumann microphones
- On-hand sound engineers
- 1,000+ voice actors
Translation
- 100+ languages covered
- Tailored to your needs
- Stringent quality control
- Dedicated project managers
Subtitling
- Experienced subtitlers
- Industry-standard software
- Burn-in and graphic editing
- Open and closed captions
Transcription
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