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Voice Over · Armenian

Armenian voice over services

Native Armenian voice actors for corporate video, eLearning, community and broadcast content. Eastern or Western — the choice is between Armenia and the diaspora, and it is not a detail.

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Standard varieties

405

Year the alphabet was created

48h

Delivery

Native Armenian speakers only
Broadcast-quality studios
Directed to your brief
Dedicated project manager
Trusted by global brands
Native Armenian speakers only
Broadcast-quality studios
Directed to your brief
Dedicated project manager
Trusted by global brands

Calling Armenian voice talent

We're expanding our Armenian roster

Armenian is a language we're actively growing. If you're an Armenian voice actor, we'd love to hear your demos and put you forward for paid work.

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About the language

Armenian was standardised twice, and the split is homeland versus diaspora

Most languages that split do it geographically inside one country. Armenian did not. It has two standard varieties, and the line between them runs between Armenia and the communities that live outside it.

Eastern Armenian is the language of the Republic of Armenia and of the community in Iran — what you hear on television in Yerevan. Western Armenian is the language the Ottoman Armenians carried with them, and it is the language of the diaspora: Lebanon, Syria, the United States, France, Argentina.

These are not accents. They differ in consonant voicing — a sound that is /b/ in one is /p/ in the other — and in parts of the verb system. A speaker of one follows the other with effort rather than fluently. So the casting question is binary and it is worth asking early: is this content going to Armenia, or to the diaspora? In our experience the commissioning organisation is often diaspora-based even when the content is aimed at Armenia, so the answer is less obvious than it looks.

There is a dimension here that is not technical. Western Armenian is classified by UNESCO as endangered: its speech community was dispersed in 1915 and has sustained the language outside its territory of origin for a century since. For a client commissioning in Western Armenian, that is usually part of why they are commissioning at all.

One more thing that shapes the work: Armenian has its own alphabet, created in 405, and it sits on its own branch of Indo-European with no close relatives. No neighbouring language offers a shortcut, for casting or for translation. Typical work is corporate video and internal communications, eLearning, community and cultural content, museum and heritage audio, public-information material and broadcast and diaspora media.

The cheapest place to fix a problem is the page, not the booth. The read-through is free. What you get back is our notes, an itemised quote and a straight answer about scope. You also get a free audition — your copy, read by the Armenian actors we would put forward, with nothing owed if none of them fit. Start an Armenian voice over quote, or send a rough outline and we will fill in the gaps.

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A producer and a voice actor reviewing the Armenian script together in the control room before recording

Getting Armenian right

The decisions that come before the read

One question decides the whole job, and it is not about accent.

Eastern or Western

Eastern for Armenia and Iran, Western for the diaspora. They differ in consonant voicing and verb forms, not just in sound, so a recording in the wrong one has to be redone rather than adjusted.

Who commissions is not who listens

The organisation paying is often diaspora-based even when the audience is in Armenia. Worth stating the target audience explicitly in the brief rather than assuming it follows from who is asking.

No related language helps

Armenian is its own branch of Indo-European with its own alphabet. There is no neighbouring language to borrow a voice or a translator from, so it has to be cast and written natively.

Supply the script in Armenian script

Transliterated Armenian is ambiguous about exactly the consonant distinctions that separate the two varieties, which makes it the worst possible format for this language. Native script settles it.

How we can help

One partner for the whole Armenian job

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Voice over & narration

Native Armenian for corporate video, eLearning, community and cultural content and broadcast, directed for the variety your audience speaks.

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Translation & script adaptation

Armenian translation by native linguists, written in the variety you are recording in rather than converted afterwards.

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Transcription & subtitling

Armenian transcripts and subtitles to go with the recording — see our Armenian transcription service.

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London studios + global talent network

5.0★ from 149 reviews

Content types

Armenian voice over for every kind of content

Whatever you're making, we cast the right voice in Armenian. Explore by use case.

Most common questions

Eastern or Western Armenian — which do we need?

Eastern if the audience is in Armenia or Iran; Western if it is the diaspora — Lebanon, Syria, the United States, France, Argentina. They are separate standard varieties rather than accents: they differ in consonant voicing and in parts of the verb system, so a recording in the wrong one cannot be adjusted, it has to be redone. Tell us the audience and we cast accordingly.

We're a diaspora organisation but our audience is in Armenia. Does that change things?

Yes, and it is the most common mix-up we see. The variety should follow the audience, not the commissioner. A diaspora organisation producing for Armenia needs Eastern; the reverse is equally true. It is worth stating the target audience explicitly when you brief us rather than letting it be inferred.

Can a Russian, Turkish or Persian speaker cover Armenian?

No. Armenian sits on its own branch of Indo-European with no close relatives, and it has its own alphabet. Contact with neighbouring languages has left loanwords, but nothing that makes a speaker of one able to record the other. We cast native Armenian speakers.

What format should we send the script in?

Armenian script. Transliteration is a particularly poor fit for this language, because it is ambiguous about exactly the consonant distinctions that separate Eastern from Western — the same transliterated word can point to either. If you only have a transliterated version, send it and we will have a native linguist prepare a proper script first.

Can you translate our script into Armenian?

Yes, with native Armenian linguists. We will ask which variety before starting, because a translation written for Eastern and one written for Western are genuinely different documents rather than the same text with substitutions. Settling it first avoids paying for a conversion pass afterwards.

Can I direct the session remotely?

Yes, and for Armenian that is the usual arrangement — our Armenian talent records through our global network rather than in London. You can direct live over Source-Connect, Zoom or Teams so you hear takes as they happen and can adjust on the spot.

Do you also handle Armenian transcription?

Yes. We run a dedicated Armenian transcription service covering both Eastern and Western, so if your project needs transcripts as well as a recording, the same team handles both and the terminology stays consistent between them.

What do you use Armenian voice over for?

Corporate video and internal communications, eLearning and training, community and cultural content, museum and heritage audio guides, public-information material, documentary narration, and broadcast and diaspora media.

What do the delivered audio files look like?

WAV, MP3 or stems to broadcast standard, matched to your platform's numbers. Include the delivery spec with the brief.

What do you need from us to quote Armenian voice over?

Less than people expect: the script, or the draft of it, its total running time or word count, where the recording will be used, and the date you need it by. If the script is not signed off yet, send the draft anyway — we would rather quote on what exists than wait for a version that eats your deadline. A named project manager comes back with an itemised quote, normally within four working hours.

How quickly will we hear back, and who will we be dealing with?

More than half of enquiries get a reply within thirty minutes during office hours (Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm UK time), and the itemised quote normally follows within four working hours. After that you have one dedicated project manager who owns the job from brief to final file — not a ticket queue, and not a different name on every email. If it is easier, call +44 207 095 5730 and ask for them by name.

We are still pitching and the budget is not signed off. Can we still get an Armenian quote?

Yes, and it is one of the commonest reasons people get in touch. Tell us it is for a pitch and you get a figure you can put in front of your own client, itemised so it stands up to being picked apart, with no obligation and no follow-up sales calls if the pitch goes elsewhere. If it lands, the quote still holds and we already know the project.

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Services that pair with Armenian

From £400

/ €500 / $550

per hour in the recording studio

That hourly rate is the Basic Studio Fee: the recording session itself, with the voice actor, the casting, the direction, the studio and the engineer included. Any buyout — the usage fee — is added on top and quoted separately: it depends on the markets the recording runs in, the media it runs on and how long you licence it for. Every line is itemised, and all of it carries our Price Match Promise.

Armenian, in the variety your audience actually speaks

Tell us where the audience is and we'll cast the right native voice — with a free, no-obligation quote.

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Subtitling

  • Experienced subtitlers
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Transcription

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