Lithuanian transcription services

Lithuanian grammar requires every name to carry a gender ending, so a foreign name gains one even if its original form has none — masculine names typically take -as, -is or -us. On top of that, the spelling is adapted so a Lithuanian reader can approximate the original sound, not just copy the source letters. 'Michael' becomes Máiklas; 'Charles' becomes Čárlzas.

It is regulated. The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language sets out how names should be adapted, based on the source language, the person's gender and the name's structure. A peer-reviewed 2025 study of Lithuanian name transcription describes this as the standard process, not an informal habit individual writers apply differently.

Both decisions apply in the great majority of cases, but they are separate judgements made by the transcriber rather than a single automatic rule, and unusual or already-adapted names sometimes need only one. We follow the guidance a native Lithuanian linguist would apply, and flag any name where the choice is genuinely ambiguous.

Yes, and we recommend it for names that need to stay recognisable outside Lithuanian-language use — a brand, a legal party, a public figure. We note the source spelling next to the adapted one so the transcript is correct Lithuanian and unambiguous for anyone cross-referencing it.

Clean read suits corporate video, interviews for publication and anything heading for translation: filler words and false starts come out, meaning stays. Verbatim is what legal proceedings, compliance material and research interviews need, because every utterance and pause is on the record. Your project manager confirms the choice against your end use.

There is no flat rate, because no two files take the same work. Runtime, recording quality, how many people are talking, your deadline and whether you also need an English version all move the figure. So does how many foreign names the audio contains, since each one needs a grammatical and phonetic decision rather than a straight copy. Every quote carries our Price Match Promise.

Upload is encrypted, the file goes to one named Lithuanian transcriber who has signed an NDA, and nothing is put through public speech-to-text services at any point. If you have your own confidentiality agreement we sign it, if you have retention rules we work to them, and if your policy says the audio goes once the transcript is approved, we delete it.

It is normal work. Phone audio, site noise, focus groups and meetings where three people speak at once all get transcribed. What difficult audio changes is time, and occasionally certainty about a boundary or a name. We listen to a sample first and tell you straight what we expect to be able to capture, rather than handing you a file peppered with inaudible tags.