Afrikaans voice over services

Less often than you would expect. Afrikaans does not conjugate verbs by person and forms its past tense with a helper rather than an inflection, so it is grammatically leaner than Dutch or German and translated text frequently stays compact. We measure rather than assume, and we will tell you where you have gained room.

That depends on who you are addressing, and it is worth checking your assumption. Most first-language Afrikaans speakers in South Africa are coloured South Africans, and Kaaps — the Afrikaans of the Cape Flats — is a major variety in its own right. A campaign that casts only the conservative broadcast accent is speaking to a minority of its own audience. Tell us the audience and we will cast accordingly.

Usually yes, and the question is how many. Afrikaans speakers code-switch with English constantly and a script that avoids it entirely reads as stiff or dated. Institutional and educational content sits closer to standard Afrikaans; consumer and youth-facing work carries far more English. We will recommend where to sit for your audience and keep it consistent.

No. The two are related and a Dutch speaker can read a fair amount of Afrikaans, but the pronunciation, grammar and everyday vocabulary have diverged too far for it to pass — the double negative alone gives it away. It does not work in either direction, whatever the cost saving looks like on paper.

No — Afrikaans has grown distinct from Dutch and needs native Afrikaans speakers to sound right. Send your script and we'll cast genuine Afrikaans talent.

Most projects work well with a standard, neutral accent. Where the content calls for it, urban and contemporary accents suit modern, city-facing content, while accents with a more rural character work better for content connecting with farming or small-town communities.

No, though the two are closely related. Afrikaans developed its own grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary over centuries in South Africa. A Dutch recording does not read as natural Afrikaans to a South African audience.

Many shorter jobs are delivered inside 24–48 hours; for longer runtimes we schedule around the Afrikaans talent and confirm the delivery date before recording.

Every Afrikaans voice over is quoted individually. Recording starts from an all-inclusive Basic Studio Fee covering studio time and a sound engineer, with a usage licence added for broadcast, advertising or online campaigns. Rates depend on script length, talent and how the audio is used — send your script for an exact, no-obligation quote, backed by our Price Match Promise.

Delivery of your Afrikaans voice over is in the format you specify — WAV, MP3, AIFF or similar — at broadcast quality, either as stems or a final mixed file.

Common projects include e-learning and corporate video, TV and radio commercials, safety and induction training for mining and agriculture, tourism content and IVR for South African and Namibian audiences. Tell us the brief and we'll cast to match.

Yes. We handle the full job — translation adapted for the South African market, Afrikaans voice over, and subtitles or captions — so the wording, voice and on-screen text stay consistent.

Less than people expect: the script, or the draft of it, its total running time or word count, where the recording will be used, and the date you need it by. If the script is not signed off yet, send the draft anyway — we would rather quote on what exists than wait for a version that eats your deadline. A named project manager comes back with an itemised quote, normally within four working hours.

More than half of enquiries get a reply within thirty minutes during office hours (Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm UK time), and the itemised quote normally follows within four working hours. After that you have one dedicated project manager who owns the job from brief to final file — not a ticket queue, and not a different name on every email. If it is easier, call +44 207 095 5730 and ask for them by name.

Yes, and it is one of the commonest reasons people get in touch. Tell us it is for a pitch and you get a figure you can put in front of your own client, itemised so it stands up to being picked apart, with no obligation and no follow-up sales calls if the pitch goes elsewhere. If it lands, the quote still holds and we already know the project.