Belarusian voice over services

It depends who you are talking to. Narkamaŭka is the official standard, produced by the 1933 reform, and is what state institutions, textbooks and official media use. Taraškievica, the classical orthography from Taraškievič's 1918 grammar, is used by parts of the diaspora and by independent publishing. Readers notice which one a text uses and draw conclusions from it, so it is worth deciding on purpose. Tell us the audience and we will talk you through it.

Because comprehension is not what you are buying. Russian dominates public life in Belarus and would be understood perfectly well, so an audience reads a Belarusian recording as a deliberate choice about who you are addressing and how. That is often exactly the point for cultural, heritage and diaspora work. It also means the read has to be good enough to justify the choice, which is how we direct it.

It is the mixed Belarusian-Russian speech that is very common in everyday use. In conversation it is entirely normal. In institutional, cultural or broadcast material it is not, because the register slides and a listener hears it. An under-directed read drifts that way naturally, so it is one of the specific things we brief against and check for before delivery.

No. They are related East Slavic languages and a Russian speaker will follow a fair amount, but the pronunciation is distinctly different and a Belarusian audience hears a Russian reader immediately. Given that choosing Belarusian is itself a statement, having it read by someone who is not a native rather defeats the purpose. If your project needs both languages, we record each with its own talent and can run the sessions together.

Small — one voice on the books at the moment, and we are actively recruiting. We would rather say that now than at shortlist stage. In practice we treat every Belarusian brief as a casting job: you tell us the register and the audience, we go to our wider network, and we come back with bespoke auditions rather than pushing you towards a voice that nearly fits.

Not on the roster at the moment — our current Belarusian voice is male. If your project needs a female read, say so when you brief us and we will go to our wider network and come back honestly about what we can arrange and in what timeframe, rather than leaving you to find out at shortlist stage.

Yes, and for Belarusian that is the arrangement — our talent records through our global network rather than in our London studios. You can direct live over Source-Connect, Zoom or Teams, so you hear takes as they happen and can adjust the read on the spot.

Cultural and heritage content, documentary and broadcast narration, museum and exhibition material, diaspora and independent media, eLearning, and corporate video for organisations addressing a Belarusian-speaking audience.

Whatever the platform takes for your Belarusian files: WAV, MP3 or separated stems, mastered to the loudness figure you give us.

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.