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Based in Los Angeles, JBI Studios provides in-house Somali subtitling services on all video formats from video files (mov, wmv, flv, etc.) to professional video tapes (digi Beta, DV Cam, HDV, etc.), including authored DVDs with or without menus, or simply stl type text files (stl, fab, srt, sst) with or without associated graphic files. HD or standard definitions PAL or NTSC etc.
The three main output types for subtitles are DVD, video file/tapes and text files (with or without associated graphics) containing the time coding information. We'll help you choose what is appropriate for your subtitling project. Besides working on projects that involve language conversion into Somali subtitles, JBI Studios is perfectly comfortable navigating Somali language services like native English accents, Somali voice over and Somali dubbing. Translation Subtitling Examples For Your Somali Video
Steps for Somali Video/DVD Translation Subtitling
- Client, provides source video(s)
- Script transcription (optional) and check/spot video time code references
- Translation, within character limitations
- Subtitles produced and sent for Client review
- Final subtitling delivery
Somali Subtitling Company & Professionals - Experienced Somali Script Translator
- Somali Audio/Video Editor
- Somali Linguist, Post Production QA
- Multiple Languages With Same Time Code
Our team is comprised of experienced translators, editors and language experts who assure the subtitles are correct both from a linguistic and technical perspective. By choosing JBI Studios for your Somali subtitling needs, you will join a long list of satisfied, happy clients who come to us not only for Somali subtitles, but also for a variety of languages.
Somali subtitling guide by JBI Studios, Somali is a member of the East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Its nearest relatives are Afar and Oromo.
The exact number of speakers of Somali is unknown. There’s an estimated 16 million speakers of Somali in Somalia itself and 10 million speakers globally. Somali has been the national language of Somalia since 1972, gaining official status with Standard Somali subtitling and the adoption of the Latin alphabet. .
Somali subtitling dialects are divided into three main groups, Northern Somali, Benaadir and Maay. Northern Somali forms the basis for Standard Somali. Benaadir or Coastal Somali is spoken on the Benadir Coast from Cadale to south of Marka, including Mogadishu. The coastal dialects have additional phonemes which do not exist in Standard Somali subtitling. Maay spoken by Maay, Digil and Mirifle clans who live in the southern areas of Somalia
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