Shona Audiovisual Translation Service

Working together with our experienced and qualified translators, voiceover artists, interpreters, audiovisual translators, transcribers and subtitlers, we offer a wide range of language services.

Available in over 200 languages within the UK and beyond, our linguists can get you heard in any language of your choice. While we do not offer a walk-in service, we are only one phone call away from discussing your language requirements.

What is audiovisual translation?

Some people call it video translation.  Some people call it audio translation.  Some direct translation, some a “one-step” translation and some “on-the-fly”. There are probably others.  But what actually is it?

We can provide a translation from one language spoken in any audio or video file into another language.

If we assume you require an English translation of what has been said in Shona, the linguist will listen to the speech on the audio or video file and will provide a direct written translation into English much in the same way as an interpreter would interpret what he or she hears verbally.

Our Shona audiovisual translators can include speaker labels and time codes, depending on your requirement.  Unless required, no accompanying transcript of the source language spoken is produced.

The quality and speed of output will depend on the clarity of the source media file, so if you’re starting from scratch, please obtain the best quality recording possible.

Time stamps and format

Our Shona audio and video translation service includes 5-minute time code markers as standard. We can however increase the frequency if required to whatever you require, and with some languages, even every word is possible.

Working from either the media player time codes or the burnt in time codes, we can produce the translated transcript in multiple formats including dual language tables.

We understand and are happy to adopt any templates or guidelines you might wish us to use, but if you would prefer to use one of our inhouse versions, please <<get in touch>> with one of our project managers and they would be happy to send over samples most appropriate to your material.

Shona audiovisual translation of scripts for voice overs

Because we have a large library of male and female voice over talents in over 200 languages including Shona, we are often called on to prepare scripts from the source video or audio material.  Our resulting time-coded scripts mimic the flavour and tone of the original so that the voice over artists can provide as natural a result as possible.

Source media file formats

We can handle just about any input format including:

YouTube and Vimeo links, AAC, ACT, AIFC, AIFF, AMR, APE, AU, CAF, DCT, DVS, FLAC, OGG, M4A, MP2, MP3, UPC, MSV, QCP, RA/RM, SHN, SPX, VOC, VOX, WAV, WMA, 3G2, 3GP, ASF, AV1, DivX, DV, FLV, M4V, MKV, MOV, MP4, MPEG, WMV

Industry-specific Shona audiovisual translation service

We have industry-specific audio and video translators covering a wide range of material including:

• Audiovisual translation of footage for tv production companies
• Audiovisual translation of scripts for voice overs
• Audiovisual translation of academic research material for universities and libraries
• Audiovisual translation of oral histories
• Audiovisual translation of court tapes, police interviews, immigration interviews and solicitor/client meetings.
• Audiovisual translation of podcasts
• Audiovisual translation of disciplinary investigations
• Audio translation of phone calls
• Audiovisual translation of patient interviews
• Audiovisual translation of market research material

How is the cost for Shona audiovisual translation calculated?

• The number of minutes in the source file(s)
• The volume
• The number of speakers
• The subject matter
• Formatting requirements
• Frequency of any time codes

Get in touch with one of our lovely project managers and they would be very happy to discuss all the available options with you. Do also take a look at the security procedures and infrastructure we already have in place to protect your data.

While you’re here… some quite interesting facts about the Shona language.

Reading. The town has existed since around 800 AD, and blends the very best of old and new – old from coaching inns and Victorian gothic public buildings to imposing modern offices.

The museum of Reading is the perfect starting point if you want to discover the town – exciting and unusual exhibits tell the story of Reading from our earliest Saxon settlers.

The Museum also features the important Silchester collection of Roman remains, and Britain’s Bayeux Tapestry – a full-size Victorian replica of the world’s most famous embroidery, and a hugely popular tourist attraction.

Next you can explore the beautiful Forbury Gardens and Abbey Ruins – the site of one of England’s most magnificent Abbeys. Henry I. the Abbey’s founder, is buried here.

In an era saturated with history, two literary figures stand out – for here stands Reading Prison, made famous by inmate Oscar Wilde’s great epic poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol, and nearby is the Abbey Gateway where Jane Austen went to school.

Slough.

No visit to Slough could surely be complete without an expedition to nearby Windsor, whether it’s the impressive 900 year old Castle with its towers and battlements imposing on the skyline, with the opulence of the ‘State Apartments’ or the humbling magnificence of ‘St Georges Chapel’ home to the highest order of chivalry ‘The order of the Garter’.

Where is Shona most widely spoken?