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Our team of skilled subtitling experts is dedicated to enhancing your videos through precise and impactful subtitling - quickly, accurately, and at a great price.

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Video Subtitling and Transcription Services

Absolute Translations offers specialist audiovisual and subtitling services for all visual and online media, including theatrical movie releases, media broadcasts, business presentations, and other web communications. The service we offer is a one-stop service including closed captioning, digital subtitling, content production, and post-production support. Our list of satisfied clients is extensive and includes Channel 5, The Walt Disney Company, Discovery Channel, Natural History Museum, BBC, The Daily Mirror as well as numerous production businesses. We work with professional scriptwriters and video editors to give you the most natural and accurate subtitles. Our mother-tongue translators take your story back to the drawing board to ensure that every line spoken on screen is perfectly conveyed in your subtitles: pithily, accurately, and with the right social and cultural connotations. We also provide transcription services and subtitles for the hard of hearing in more than 200 language combinations. From movies to charity document translations and from adverts to business calls, our mother tongue translators take your original intent and give it the cultural spin it needs in the destination language. Choose us as your trusted subtitling company in the UK.

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Our latest work was subtitle translation from English to Georgian.Simply efficient and excellent value for money work.

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Celebrating 20+ years, Absolute Translations has mastered the art of providing quality translations at transparent, low prices to meet your language needs. 

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Movie Subtitling Services – Sarah Cogdon Films Testimonial

“..It was a completely self funded project and I didn’t make it easy for myself. I knew I would need to enlist help along the way, and after searching for a subtitling company to help translate the English into French I found ‘Absolute Translations’. This is a company that I could not recommend highly enough. This is the type of company that goes the extra mile for their clients. Its exactly what they did for me, working with me to get the best subtitling option for my film. I am not one of these big London production companies, I am a sole trader, who’s making a personal project and I really felt like they cared just as much for me and my project. The work was done really quick and helped me to push on and finish my film to a great standard.”  

Audio Visual Subtitling and Translation Company, UK

Absolute Translations has the know how to not only transcribe and subtitle your script, but also to offer a full subtitling service, including the video editing and burn-in of the subtitles on the original high definition video. your message. Absolute Translations uses the latest subtitling creation and insertion technology to make sure that your words fit the screen no matter the video format. We are able to handle anything from HD .mov files to Digital Cinema Packages. With high standards in our quality management procedures, we pay attention to every detail and ensure that the final product is of the highest quality.

 

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2 weeks ago

Excellent service

Excellent service. All questions answered promptly. Received my translation on-line and in post within three days.

Gru

3 weeks ago

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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.

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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.

Duncan Lampard

3 weeks ago

Amazing service

Amazing service, in time, very professional, knowledgeable, kind and approachable. 10/10

Maria Silva Crocker

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.

Alex Dressler

4 weeks ago

The service and support.

The service and support.

Wajid Ali

1 month ago

Good communication and got the job done…

Good communication and got the job done quickly.

Trishtosh

1 month ago

fast and effective

fast and effective

Laetitia Calventus

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.

Rekha Kodikara

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.

Christine Gingter

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

Morgan McNay

1 month ago

Very fast and pleasant service

Very fast and pleasant service

Dalia Hanbury

1 month ago

Everything was great

Fast and friendly.

C. P.

1 month ago

Quick and easy

Would absolutely recommend these guys for a translation. Their service was quick and easy from start to finish.

keyte

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.

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1 month ago

Rapid and efficient service

Communication was great. The work was carried out very quickly and efficiently. Would not hesitate to recommend.

Philippa Pipe

2 months ago

Quick and easy as always

Quick and easy as always, thank you!

Nikki De Prey

2 months ago

Really lovely presentation and accurate…

Really lovely presentation and accurate translation with a quick turnaround - thank you very much!!

SML Architects

2 months ago

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Very prompt service and good communication.

Ginny Sales

2 months ago

Fast and accurate

Fast and accurate. Polite...helpful and kept me informed

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WHAT IS VIDEO SUBTITLING?

Video subtitling is when titles convey all the dialogue, music and sound effects in a piece of video this can help with accessibility for deaf or sound impaired viewers. Social media viewers are also more engaged when videos are shown with subtitles.

WHAT IS VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION?

Video transcription is the process of changing the speech in a video to text formats. For example you might require a transcript for your video content if you want to also have a hand out with all the information contained in the video included.

WHAT IS VIDEO DUBBING?

Video dubbing is the process of taking video in another language and adding additional audio files that have been translated or corrected over the top. This is most often used when sharing content in different countries.

WHAT ARE CLOSED CAPTIONS?

Closed captions and subtitles can appear similar but they are not the same! Closed captioning is the text alternative for the dialogue of the video footage.

Subtitles are a helpful supplement to this dialogue – they describe additional audio cues that need describing, like background noises, phones ringing and other audio cues improving the accessibility of your content.

IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VIDEO SUBTITLING SERVICES, VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION AND CAPTIONING SERVICES?

What you need can vary depending on how complex your project is, with over 20 years experience Absolute Translations are able to provide video subtitling, transcription and captioning.

DO YOU USE ANY AUTOMATED VIDEO SUBTITLES SOFTWARE?

We do not use software to create your audio transcript, while machine translation software can seem to be a great tool to keep costs down when subtitling your project, the quality of the captions created by computer software are not able to match the accuracy of a real human transcriptionist.

When you use our service your subtitles will always be provided by a linguistic expert so even if your video quality is not the best you know you are getting the best subtitles possible.

HOW DO SUBTITLING SERVICES WORK?

Subtitling services listen to your audio, transcribe, translate and audio match your subtitles to the video. We understand you have tight deadlines but the more speaking you have the more subtitling you require so every project is diffrent.

WHAT DOES THE SUBTITLING PROCESS INVOLVE?

Subtitling is not just a small matter of following the speech, it requires careful preparation and planning to ensure that the subtitles convey the same meaning as the spoken dialogue, while making their own unique contribution to the overall story. Our subtitle services are fast, accurate and cost-effective to find out how we could process your project simply fill in the quote form above.

WHAT TYPE OF VIDEO SUBTITLING SERVICES CAN YOU PROVIDE?

We can add subtitles to your Youtube videos, corporate videos, personal movies and more, essentially any form of video file you require we are able to accommodate.

We can provide your subtitles in a range of forms as well from SRT files to TXT.

WHAT VIDEO FILES DO YOU REQUIRE?

With over 20 year experience Absolute Translations can provide subtitles for any type of video.

WHAT SUBTITLE FORMATS DO YOU PROVIDE?

Whatever format you require your subtitles and transcripts in we are able to accommodate such as SRT file, SSA, TTML, SBV and many more.

CAN YOU PROVIDE YOUTUBE SUBTITLES?

Improve your viewer experience by providing your youtube content with subtitles and closed captions, we can create captions for any format of youtube video from animations to gaming videos and vlogs provided with time codes and high quality transcription of your youtube content. Plus improve your videos reach by providing your content in different languages.

WHAT TARGET LANGUAGE CAN YOU COVER FOR VIDEO TRANSLATIONS?

We can provide translation of over 200 languages, always translated by native speakers of the language so you can rest assured the translation will be accurate.

WHAT INDUSTRIES REQUIRE SUBTITLES SERVICES?

From medical and legal, to financial and industrial a whole range of industries can benefit from subtitling services.

Whether you want your content to be accessible to customers, connect with your international staff or simply be engaging on social media the more.

WHAT INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESS SECTORS DO YOU COVER FOR VIDEO SUBTITLING SERVICES?

Any company or industry that requires high quality subtitling can benefit from our services whether you need your content to be accessible, available in another language or to simply improve viewer experience. At Absolute Translations we have specialist linguists experienced in a wide range of specailisms and industries to ensure you are matched with someone who can transcribe and translate your project with absolute accuracy no matter how niche the terminology in your video is.

DO I NEED PROFESSIONAL SUBTITLING SERVICES TO CREATE SUBTITLES?

You might think that you don't need the services of rofessional subtitling services for a simple captions project but not only will you get much higher quality captions with a subtitling service but you will also save yourself a large amount of time. Subtitling services are surprisingly cost-effective so why not enquire today to find out how we can help improve your video content with captions and translation into other languages.

HOW TO BOOK A QUALIFIED VIDEO TRANSLATOR OR INTERPRETER?

If you have english videos that you require captions for or videos in another language you need to have English subtitles on then you can easily book our services by requesting a free quote. At Absolute Translations we provide videos with captions, subtitles and translation into any language you require.

WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING SUBTITLING COMPANIES?

You want the final cut of your videos to have the best subtitles possible, and if your video has sound effects or lower audio quality then it is always best to choose a subtitling service that uses real transcription experts rather than computer software. At Absolute Translations our subtitles are done by linguistic professionals, when you need subtitles in another language our translation professionals are highly qualified in a range of industries and specialisms so you are guaranteed subtitles of the highest quality.

WHAT MAKES OUR PROFESSIONAL SUBTITLERS THE BEST IN THE UK AND INTERNATIONAL?

Our transcription service has gained a very respected reputation for providing high-quality audio and video subtitles as we only use the very best linguistic professionals to transcribe and translate your audio. We believe that the best way to create a quality product is to use skilled humans rather than rely on software which is why we are trusted by the likes of Sky News, The BBC and The Walt Disney Company.

WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM OUR CAPTIONING SERVICES?

Both businesses and individuals can benefit from video captioning and subtitling services, by making sure your video content is accessible by ensuring people can understand dialogue with accents, mumbling, or background noise. We are able to provide subtitling services alongside video transcripts that can give your viewers clarity ensuring they can understand your video content no matter what language the audio is in.

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