Malay to English audio translator

It has to pick he or she, because Malay doesn’t say. “Baru-baru ini beliau telah tewas kepada Raonic”, with the respectful beliau, came back as “Recently he was defeated by Raonic”. In a conversation, nearby lines usually settle who it is; otherwise listen again.

The respect that beliau carries has no English pronoun of its own, so it disappears in translation. If it matters, as with an elder or an official, note it beside your quote.

Strongly. In our test, Malay speech was transcribed cleanly and came out strong in English, with lines that read close to the human translations. The Malay transcript keeps Malaysian spellings such as kerana and bahawa, so you can quote the original too.

English words said in Malay, and names. Malaysians often drop English into Malay; the transcript usually keeps them in English spelling, but one test clip heard “Internet” as “Ethernet”, and a misheard word is translated as misheard.

NoteOwl on a Mac understands English and Chinese, though not Malay, and transcribes recordings and meetings in them with unlimited transcription, labelling speakers and keeping them searchable. For a Malay transcript only, use Malay audio to text.