Our London-based specialists excel in audio transcription and translation, ensuring seamless communication - quickly, accurately, and at a great price.
4.8 out of 5 Based on 2219 reviews
Turn your audio files into professional, localized content to support your business in gaining access to markets around the world. From simple interviews to full-scale commercial recordings, we bring together first-rate technology and specialist transcription professionals to transcribe and translate your audio material in 200+ languages and dialects. Our clients include Channel 5, British Red Cross, Oxfam, Discovery Channel, The Natural History Museum, BBC, The Daily Mirror.
We've helped global brands and smaller businesses expand in 38 countries and 200 languages.
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Pioneering UK translation company, first to achieve ISO 17100 accreditation, among many industry quality certifications.
Selected by Goldman Sachs to be an exclusive member of its £500 million innovation programme for better customer experiences!
As ATC and EUATC members, we prioritise your satisfaction by upholding the highest standards in business ethics and translation quality.
Celebrating 20+ years, Absolute Translations has mastered the art of providing quality translations at transparent, low prices to meet your language needs.
Absolute Translations is GDPR compliant, with independently regulated information and security systems, putting your data security first.
Our vast experience ensures an accurate and prompt service in a variety of sectors, involving medical, market research, legal and broadcasting transcription projects. Some of the world’s largest companies and organisations trust us to deliver an exceptional transcription and subtitling service. Among other interesting projects this year, we completed a multilingual translation & transcription project on a virtual tour film for the Natural History Museum. In our hands, customer satisfaction and quality are non-negotiable and we always make sure that we go to the extra mile in order to meet our customers’ expectations.
Our multilingual transcription services are charged per minute of audio recording and is offered in multiple languages, even rare African and Asian dialects. When you use us to subtitle your films, presentations and visual communications, you are ensuring your business has access to translators who dot every “i” and cross every “t”. ‘Mom and Baby’ is another project we were delighted to work on recently, in Sidamigna, an Ethiopian dialect. It describes the efforts of the local government to train and deploy health workers around the country, with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), achieving incredible results in reducing child mortality.
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1 week ago
Quick turnover
Quick turnover
2 weeks ago
Excellent service
Excellent service. All questions answered promptly. Received my translation on-line and in post within three days.
3 weeks ago
Thanks!!
Thanks!! Absolute has always given us an efficient, seamless service. We have worked together for a long while and we can always rely on them to get the job done excellently.
3 weeks ago
Absolute Translations - a superbly professional service
Absolute Translations are absolutely superb, I've used them multiple times in 2024. The service is phenomenal: incredibly quick, accurate, professional and personal from start to finish. The prices seem very reasonable to me but I've not benchmarked I do admit. I can't recommend them highly enough.
3 weeks ago
Amazing service
Amazing service, in time, very professional, knowledgeable, kind and approachable. 10/10
3 weeks ago
Excellent Service -- Ever Time
As always, Absolute Translations delivers excellent translations in a timely manner. We couldn't be happier with their services.
4 weeks ago
The service and support.
The service and support.
1 month ago
Good communication and got the job done…
Good communication and got the job done quickly.
1 month ago
fast and effective
fast and effective
1 month ago
Quick turnaround and fantastic service
I want to thank Mattia and his team for being so brilliant. I needed some documents translated from English into French quickly, and they was able to meet the deadline. There were quite a few documents and required a professional level of translation with certification. At all times, Mattia was helpful, courteous and responsive. I definitely recommend this company.
1 month ago
Terrific service
I needed a certified translation unexpectedly (German to English). Absolutely fantastic service. Quick, and very reasonable quote, brilliant communication, exceptionally fast turn-around time and great quality translation. Would whole-heartedly recommend this company and wouldn’t hesitate to use them again should the need arise.
1 month ago
Speedy and easy service
Speedy and easy service all done online. They emailed me a pdf version and one arrived in the post a week later
1 month ago
Very fast and pleasant service
Very fast and pleasant service
1 month ago
Everything was great
Fast and friendly.
1 month ago
Quick and easy
Would absolutely recommend these guys for a translation. Their service was quick and easy from start to finish.
1 month ago
Needed to get our Italian marriage…
Needed to get our Italian marriage certificate translated to be able to change my name for passports banks etc. all were accepted no problem. Service & response were excellent, I had my online copies the next day & official hard copies within 2-3 days.
1 month ago
Rapid and efficient service
Communication was great. The work was carried out very quickly and efficiently. Would not hesitate to recommend.
2 months ago
Quick and easy as always
Quick and easy as always, thank you!
2 months ago
Really lovely presentation and accurate…
Really lovely presentation and accurate translation with a quick turnaround - thank you very much!!
2 months ago
Very prompt service and good…
Very prompt service and good communication.
2 months ago
Fast and accurate
Fast and accurate. Polite...helpful and kept me informed
There are times when you just need to get the spoken word into writing, and this is when audio transcription comes into play. Transcription services are used for recording and transcribing audio into text, and although you might think that it’s just about making audio or video content accessible to people with speech impairments, it actually has so many more uses. In fact, transcription services are widely used throughout the world for many different purposes including news, documentaries, interviews, video blogging, and many more. That’s why a professional multilingual audio transcription service is critical to the success of modern businesses like yours. From law firms and healthcare providers to production companies and media organisations, multilingual audio transcriptions make it easier for you to communicate with clients across the globe.
The demand for multilingual audio transcription has steadily increased in the past few years. Several industries like medical, legal, and educational have used this service to improve productivity and create a competitive advantage. The medical transcription industry has actually been using transcription services to record patient interviews and medical reports for many years. It helps doctors review patient records and add their own notes to the file. The legal industry uses the service to record court proceedings or meetings in different languages. Educational institutions use it to record lectures and discussions. Whilst leading businesses in the technology, financial services, and media industries are using multilingual audio transcription services to boost productivity, improve customer service and reduce costs. Multilingual audio transcription services are particularly valuable for organizations with global operations or for those that interact regularly with people who speak multiple languages.
As the world’s leading industries continue to compete on a global stage, it is more important than ever for companies to communicate effectively in multiple languages. This is particularly true for businesses with employees who speak different native languages, but also for international organizations that need to communicate with non-native speakers. Multilingual audio transcription services facilitate the growth of businesses around the globe. Whether you want to document interviews, create training material for your employees, or decipher recordings, it is becoming more and more common these days to need an audio transcription service for your business. As globalization continues transforming businesses and changing the economy of the world, international organisations like yours can stay one step ahead of the game with multilingual transcription services that ensure your audio/video content retains its essence whilst being easily accessible in multiple languages.
Transcription accuracy is a big issue when it comes to audio content, and the wrong tools will ruin the integrity of your message. As a professional transcription company, also certified to the latest translation management standard, ISO 17100:2015, we work in more than 200 language combinations to provide our customers with consistently high-quality audio transcription services in the UK. With our skills and wealth of experience, we bring together first-rate technology and professional transcriptionists with excellent verbal, grammar, spelling, timing, and comprehension skills.
Searching online for a good transcription service can be somewhat frustrating due to inconsistent results and vague pricing information. That is why we have developed a simple and clear pricing structure for our multilingual audio transcription services. Charged per minute of audio recording, even when in the rarest of dialects, you can trust Absolute Translations to provide high-quality, 100% accurate transcripts at the very best value. Get an instant online quote on our website now.
As part of our ongoing efforts to protect the environment for future generations, Absolute Translations is proud to have achieved carbon negative status!