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Igbo

Why Translation Services for Igbo Are So Important

There are about 44 million native Igbo speakers around Southern Nigeria and around the world, making it one of West Africa’s largest languages and a large population that is important to reach in any case. Growing your brand and making your message heard in the region will certainly place quality translation services on your radar. Since Igbo is a language cluster and not a single, standardized language, however, accurate and culturally sensitive translations are not trivial work. This makes careful and precise translation services an incredibly important part of communicating properly to and for the region, and for the language(s).

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Igbo Language

History of the Igbo Language

Igbo is a language cluster belonging to many people around the Southern Nigeria region. Depending on the technical distinction between “language” and “dialect,” Igbo may be considered to be a collection of some 15 to 30 languages, which are not all mutually intelligible. The precise roots of Igbo are still in debate today, but it has grown to constitute one of the largest languages of West Africa nonetheless.

The large number of variations of Igbo has made standardization attempts difficult and relatively unsuccessful, making the development of a standard written Igbo particularly difficult as well. Standard Igbo is at the center of these attempts, crossing Central Igbo with words from other variations, but these efforts have been famously and passionately rejected by many, including Nigerian poet Chinua Achebe.

The Importance of Cultural Understanding in Translation

Languages form to describe their contexts, which means that different languages formed in and from different contexts won’t just be different, they may describe things in fundamentally different ways. This is to say that direct translations between languages are not always simple, or even possible.

This makes cultural understanding an incredibly important element of accurate translation services. Without it, your translations may seem silly, incoherent, and ultimately unprofessional to your target audience, which in turn looks bad for your brand and your image. In order to build a strong and respectful relationship with this audience, accurate and culturally sensitive translations are paramount.

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Getting Started with Professional Igbo Translations

In order to achieve high quality translation results, it is important to approach translation projects not only with your message, but also with a careful understanding and explanation of what you want communicated. Since direct translations are often inaccurate, understanding what needs to be communicated can be tricky work. This means that great translations take time and cultural understanding. Luckily, these results can be achieved with the help of Acutrans’ Igbo translation services!

In Conclusion

Igbo is a language cluster belonging to over 40 million people in and around the Southern Nigerian region, with a great amount of variation across some languages. Acutrans can help provide accurate and culturally sensitive Igbo translation services for your brand and company, including Medical, Legal, and Localization Igbo translation services. Get in touch today!

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