Translation from or into Thai

AventA translation bureau offers professional translation services for personal and corporate documents and texts from Thai to Ukrainian (Russian) and from Ukrainian to Thai. Our bureau also organizes consecutive or simultaneous Thai interpreting. Our linguists are ready to accompany you at all conferences and presentations.

Thai translation services

We offer professional Thai translation services for both commercial and personal documents. For businesses, we can translate contracts, agreements, powers of attorney, financial reports, customs documents, charters, and tender documents from or into Thai. For individuals, we provide a wide range of translation services for visa documents, passports, diplomas, certificates, bank and medical records, police clearance certificates, and employment books.

To order a translation, you can use the online form on our website. Simply upload your document, add any necessary comments, and within a few hours, we will send you the completed translation. Notarization is available upon request, and delivery can be arranged via any convenient courier service.

Distribution of the Thai language

There are approximately 60 million Thai speakers worldwide. Thai, more precisely known as Siamese or Central Thai, is the national and official language of Thailand. It is spoken by Thais (over 20 million people) and Thai Chinese residing in Thailand (around 9 million people).

Thai belongs to the Tai language family, which is a subgroup within the Kra-Dai languages. More than half of the words in Thai are borrowed from Sanskrit, Pali, and Old Khmer. It is primarily spoken as a first language in the central region of Thailand, including Bangkok and its surroundings.

At the same time, it is the standard language used in official contexts (e.g., in the media or education). In other parts of the country, Thais speak different languages from the Tai language subgroup. Thai is also spoken as a native language in the United States, Midway Atoll, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates.

History of the Thai language

The people living in Thailand today originally came from China. About 2000 years ago, they founded a settlement on the Indochinese Peninsula. An inscription from the late 13th century AD marks the earliest historical monument of the Thai language.

In 1283, during the Sukhothai period, King Ramkhamhaeng introduced the first written form of the Thai language.

The Thai script was developed in the late 13th century based on the Khmer syllabic alphabet, which itself originated from the ancient Indian Pallava script. The development of Thai has been influenced by several Asian languages, including Khmer, Mon, and Sanskrit, primarily in its vocabulary.

Today, linguistic standards for Thai are regulated by the Royal Institute of Thailand. One of the institute’s tasks is the publication of official Thai language dictionaries.

Features of the Thai language

• Thai grammar is much simpler than Ukrainian. One of the most significant simplifications is the absence of word changes based on gender, number, tense, person, etc. (plural forms are sometimes indicated by repeating the word). The correct meaning of sentences is determined by the context of the statement or additional clarifying words.
• Most Thai words are monosyllabic and remain unchanged regardless of their function in a sentence. A typical Thai sentence, for example, looks like this: «I like listening to music». Unfortunately, this is where the convenience ends.
• Thai is written from left to right without spaces between words and without punctuation marks. There is also no distinction between uppercase and lowercase letters.
• Thai, like many other Asian languages, is tonal, meaning that syllables are pronounced with a tone that determines the meaning of the word. There are five tones: mid, low, falling, high, and rising. As a result, the pitch rises and falls within a single sentence, giving it a distinctive melodic sound in Thai. In other words, one word that sounds very similar to us can have five different meanings depending on the tone in which individual syllables are pronounced.
• To effectively communicate in Thai, you must master its levels of formality (registers). This includes using pronouns and certain nouns and verbs appropriately for each level.
• In Thai language etiquette, there are conventions related to linguistic politeness, including the use of specific words at the end of sentences depending on the gender of the speaker. The term ครับ [krub] is reserved for men, while ค่ะ [kha] is used for women.
• One of the registers of the Thai language is exclusively used in statements about the royal family. It involves special vocabulary, for instance, the noun พระเนตร [pra-nait], which means the eye of the king.

Thai is complex, and often only the best specialists can handle its translation. Our agency’s Thai translators have extensive experience and can translate even highly specialized texts. Need professional Ukrainian-Thai translation quickly and affordably? Contact AventA translation bureau.