Assamese interpreting and translation

Assamese interpreting in person, by phone and on video

Short appointments suit telephone interpreting particularly well, and our Assamese interpreters are on our telephone line 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Video remote interpreting runs through the SILA Linguists® app or on Teams, Zoom or whichever platform your organisation already uses. Face-to-face interpreting is available for hospital consultations, visa and immigration interviews, university welfare meetings and family matters.

It is tempting to book a Hindi or Bengali interpreter because the client also speaks those languages. For consent forms, medical histories and legal advice we advise against it: people should hear the detail in their first language. Where an organisation is holding a seminar, training session or business meeting with partners in north-east India, we can supply consecutive interpreters or arrange simultaneous and remote simultaneous interpreting (RSI).

Assamese translation and certified documents

Assamese shares most of its letters with Bengali, yet it has its own characters, notably ৰ (ra) and ৱ (wa). Our Assamese translators work in proper Unicode Assamese fonts, so a Bengali keyboard or typeface never quietly swaps a letter. We translate into and out of English: birth and marriage certificates, school and university transcripts, medical reports, tenancy papers, personal correspondence and business letters exchanged with companies in Guwahati and beyond.

Official records from Assam are often bilingual, in English and Assamese. For certified Assamese translation we add a signed statement of accuracy, accepted by UK authorities such as the Home Office, courts and universities, and by employers. We also check every name against the spelling already used in passports and English-language records. Indian certificates headed for US, Canadian or Australian offices can be certified as each requires, including NAATI-certified translation for Australia.

Assamese transcription and recorded material

Recorded interviews, research focus groups, oral history projects and evidential audio can be transcribed in Assamese with time stamps, then translated into English so both versions sit side by side. Where a speaker moves between Assamese, Bengali, Hindi and English in the same recording, the transcript marks each change, which keeps the record clear for anyone relying on it later.

Settings for our linguists in Assamese

Our vetted, trained and qualified Assamese linguists can support NHS trusts and private clinics, GP practices, immigration advisers and solicitors, university international offices, local authority family services and companies corresponding with tea, energy and trade partners in north-east India. Because the community outside India is relatively small, finding the right linguist takes care. With SILA Linguists® you work with one project team that sources vetted Assamese specialists, keeps every assignment under confidentiality agreements and UK GDPR, and follows the job through to delivery. Assamese interpreters can also assist in North America and Australia, for example at university welfare meetings, hospital appointments and immigration interviews.