Burmese translation services
Burmese in Unicode — not mixed Zawgyi that turns into boxes.
Burmese at a glance
Burmese is the national language of Myanmar. We were one of the first US networks to staff Burmese interpreters at scale for refugee resettlement — and we cover ethnic-minority languages spoken inside Myanmar too.
Burmese uses its own rounded script, traditionally written without spaces between words. Font encoding is a real production issue: the legacy Zawgyi encoding still circulates alongside standard Unicode, and mixing the two produces garbled text on screen.
Burmese has around 33 million speakers, mostly in Myanmar and the global diaspora. We cover the varieties listed here and can match a linguist to a specific region or community on request.
- Native name
- မြန်မာဘာသာ
- Script
- Burmese script
- Greeting
- မင်္ဂလာပါ (mingalaba — “hello”)
- Speakers
- 33M+
- Language family
- Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman
- Spoken in
- Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, United States, Malaysia
- Dialects and varieties
- Standard Burmese, Rakhine, Tavoyan, Intha
Burmese translation, for every kind of text
Every project is matched to a linguist who knows the subject, then checked against the source before delivery.
Document translation
Contracts, records, manuals and forms translated between Burmese and English by a linguist who knows the subject.
Certified translation
A complete Burmese translation with a signed statement of accuracy, for immigration, court and academic submissions.
Website & app localization
Websites, apps and campaigns adapted for Burmese-speaking audiences, with terminology kept consistent from one release to the next.
Where Burmese translation is needed most
We match each project on language pair and subject, so terminology, names and numbers come through exactly as they should.
- Refugee resettlement
- Asylum & immigration
- Healthcare & clinical
- K-12 family liaison
Often requested alongside Burmese
Need something translated to or from Burmese?
Send us the files, the language pair and your deadline. We'll reply with a price and turnaround.