Language Direct provides Khmer Translation Services anywhere in London and the UK.
The Khmer Language
Khmer is the official language in Cambodia, and is also called Cambodian. This is the result of the two languages borrowing from each other for centuries. Sanskrit and Pali have also greatly influenced the language, through Hinduism and Buddhism. Vietnamese, Chinese, Lao and Cham have all influenced Khmer one way or another, due to their proximity to and constant contact with each other.
Khmer translation services are available in London. However, when hiring a translator for the job, you need to make sure you get a professional with a qualification.
Khmer Translation Services
Here are a few things to remember when doing Khmer translation services:
Khmer is an analytic and isolating language. There are no inflections and conjugations. particles and auxiliary words mark grammatical relationships.
While it has many similarities with Thai, Lao, Vietnamese and Burmese, it differs because it is not tonal. Word stress is on the last syllable. And the basic words order is SVO.
Khmer dialects are generally mutually intelligible. There are differences between Khmer spoken in the capital of Phnom Penh and the one spoken in the rural area of Battambang, areas in northeast Thailand and southern Vietnam. Here are the Khmer dialects:
- Standard Khmer, also called Central Khmer – is the language used in schools and by the media; based on the dialect spoken in Battambang area
- Northern Khmer, also called Khmer Surin – spoken in northeast Thailand
- Western Khmer, also called Cardamom or Chanthaburi Khmer – spoken in the Cardamom mountain range
- Phnom Penh Khmer – spoken in the capital and the areas surrounding it
- Khmer Krom, also called Southern Khmer – spoken by the indigenous people in Mekong Delta
- Khmer Khe – spoken in Siem Pang and Stung Treng
Another important thing anyone who will do Khmer translation services must be familiar with is the writing system. The Khmer script comes from the Pallava script of India. There are many similarities with the Thai and Lao writing systems, as these originate from the Khmer writing system.
The script is written from left to right and the alphabet is syllabic. Consonants have two forms: the first series with an inherent /a/ and the second series with an inherent /o/. There are no spaces between words. Spaces indicate the end of a sentence.
One challenging feature of the Khmer script is that many words have more than one acceptable spelling.
Khmer is not an easy language to learn or translate to. Call Language Direct for all your needs on Khmer translation services.
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