Foreign Language Transcription Services
English & Foreign Language Transcription
& Bilingual Transcription Translation Services
Professional & user-friendly bilingual & English transcription services since 1990
“Lifeline has been a valued [foreign language transcription] supplier to Autonomy for many years and provides quality services
– Autonomy Systems (now HPE)
Foreign language transcription makes sound, sense
Our expert multilingual transcription services have been helping with interview and conference foreign language transcription needs since 1990. Clients include researchers, insurers, solicitors and voice recognition developers, as well as fellow language providers. Good foreign language transcription should make sound, sense – so ours does.
Fully reviewed for accuracy, our foreign language transcription is 100% by mother-tongue professional transcribers and translators. The main languages which we’ve transcribed to date include English, Polish and French, Spanish, German & Italian, and Chinese, along with Greek and Russian, while Romanian, Portuguese, and Punjabi have all recently featured. We’re also increasingly providing bilingual transcription for interviews and discussions.
Bilingual transcription translation services
Transcription translation – to provide a bilingual transcription, in both the source language and English – has been delivered in Gujarati, Urdu & Bengali, as well as Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, Swedish and Dutch. A major EU contract also needed many hours of bilingual transcription, or even some multilingual in which 3 or more languages are in use at the same time. We split the different languages between the necessary transcribers and translators, then check and review the results, before compiling the whole into one document.
Foreign language transcription audio formats
Most foreign language transcription services are today from digital sources (usually WAV, DSS or MP3 files) although – amazingly! – we do still also support minicassette (C45/C60/C90) or microcassette. We’re able to convert most audio formats though, so don’t hesitate to ask if you need something else!
Certified bilingual transcription services
Mono- or bilingual transcription for use in court or for an investigation will often need to be certified. We also offer certified bilingual transcription services, most commonly for by our legal and insurance clients. Certification “approves” a foreign language transcription for this kind of use.
You’ll find more detail on translation and transcription certification on this page.
Is transcription a new thing?
Far from it! In fact the oldest known example pre-dates every recording medium by a LONG way – it goes back 3,000 years, originating with scribes taking down officials’ speech! Intrigued? You can learn more here.
Get in touch
[contact-form-7 id=”2668″]WANTED – professional transcribers!
The success of our bilingual transcription services means we’re looking for more professional transcribers able to work accurately and on-time, both for English transcription and transcription in many other languages. If you’re an experienced transcriber looking to work with a respected and popular provider, why not drop us a line with details of your experience, capacity/speed, pricing, any specialisms, and preferred languages?
In return we’ll send you a short test piece, and if that’s all good we’ll add you to our partner base. There are no “registration fees” or other gimmicks, and we won’t demand crazy deadlines or other nonsense. However, we DO expect a high standard, and punctuality – this is not the place for “Think I’ll give transcription a go” if you’re not used to doing it. But, if you ARE – then what are you waiting for?
For bilingual transcription services that really listen, just drop us a few details (in total confidence) – we’ll get straight back to you.
Or if you’d like to discuss, our helpful team is on UK Freefone 0800 783 4678 (International 00 44 1772 558858)