
Translation · Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri translation services
Audiovisual translation is our specialisation, but our native Bhojpuri translators also handle any text — corporate documents, technical and marketing material, articles and eLearning. Bhojpuri has no single written standard and its verbs change by region, so we agree which forms your script uses.
EN · 00:05
He is at home.
BH · 00:05
ऊ घरे बाटे। / ऊ घरे बाड़े।
About Bhojpuri translation
Bhojpuri changes its verbs from region to region, and your script has to follow one region's forms
Bhojpuri is spoken across western Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh, parts of Jharkhand and the Nepal Terai, and by communities descended from indentured labourers in Mauritius, Fiji, Suriname and the Caribbean. It is written in Devanagari, but it has no single agreed written standard: Hindi is the language of school and media across the region, and Bhojpuri tends to be written the way it is spoken where the writer comes from.
Those regional differences sit in the words that appear most. The Linguistic Survey of India recorded northern Standard Bhojpuri saying बाटे for «he is» where the south says बाड़े, and Western Bhojpuri — around Varanasi, Azamgarh and Jaunpur — differs from the Standard in its genitive ending, its verb «to be» and its plural verb endings. The English source is silent on all of it, so a translator either chooses a base or mixes forms from several.
A mixed script is the one outcome that never works: listeners from every region hear forms that are not theirs, and fixing it after recording means going back to the studio. At GoLocalise the regional base is fixed at the brief — the region your audience is in, or Standard Bhojpuri when the audience is everyone — and every text is reviewed by a second native linguist before delivery.

How can we help you?
Your project manager has everything covered
One point of contact from brief to delivery, and a second linguist on every text before it reaches you.
Brief review
We review your source material and your audience, and agree up front the decisions this language forces before anyone starts translating.
Linguist assignment
Your project goes to a native Bhojpuri translator who knows your sector and writes in the regional forms agreed at the brief, from the first line to the last.
Translation and review
The text is translated and then checked by a second native linguist for accuracy, consistency, and register.
Delivery and consistency check
Files arrive in the format you need, and the review pass checks that one regional set of verb and case forms runs through the whole script.
Regional varieties
Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Nepal and the Bhojpuri diaspora
At India's 2011 census 50,579,447 people gave Bhojpuri as their mother tongue; the census groups it under Hindi. Nepal's 2021 census counted 1,820,795 speakers, 6.24 % of the population. Bhojpuri is also spoken by descendants of indentured labourers in Mauritius, Fiji, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and South Africa.
Standard Bhojpuri in Devanagari is our default, the form of western Bihar and the eastern edge of Uttar Pradesh. Western Bhojpuri, the Bhojpuri of the Nepal Terai and the varieties spoken outside South Asia are separate briefs, agreed with you before translation starts rather than approximated from the Standard.
Varieties we cover
- Standard Bhojpuri
- Western Bhojpuri on request
- Nepal and diaspora on request
Areas of expertise
What we specialise in
From corporate video and eLearning to documentary, advertising and subtitles — always audiovisual, with one regional form of Bhojpuri held from the first line to the last.
Corporate and brand video
Company films and internal communications, written to fit the shot rather than overflow it.
eLearning and training video
Course modules and training films, with terminology kept consistent across the programme.
Documentary and interviews
Factual programming and interviews, where the register shifts between speakers and has to survive the move.
Advertising and social video
Campaigns and short-form video, cut to land inside the time available.
Subtitles and captions
Frame-accurate subtitles kept within a comfortable reading speed.
Voice over and dubbing scripts
Scripts timed to the original, ready for a native voice in the booth.
Built for video and audio
Getting Bhojpuri right on screen
Bhojpuri gives a translator more than one correct form for its most frequent words, and the choice has to be made once, at the brief.
The verb «to be» changes by region
The Linguistic Survey of India recorded बाटे for «he is» in northern Standard Bhojpuri and बाड़े in the south. Both are right; a script that uses both in consecutive lines is not. Because the verb appears in almost every sentence, it sets the regional sound of the whole piece.
Standard and Western Bhojpuri differ in grammar, not just accent
Around Varanasi, Azamgarh and Jaunpur, Western Bhojpuri has its own genitive ending, its own forms of the verb «to be» and different plural verb endings. Material aimed there is briefed as Western Bhojpuri rather than delivered in the Standard and left for the voice actor to adjust.
Hindi is the other pull
Across the region Hindi is the language of education and media, and most Bhojpuri speakers are bilingual. Formal passages are where a Hindi construction most easily replaces a Bhojpuri one, so the review checks for that as well as for regional mixing.
Timed, not dumped
We deliver spotted subtitle files and two-column voice-over scripts timed to the original — never a loose document that still needs spotting.
Deliverables
How your Bhojpuri translation arrives
Subtitle files
SRT, VTT, STL or TTML, burnt in or as separate files, ready to drop into your edit.
Regional base fixed from the brief
We agree which Bhojpuri your audience speaks before translation starts, and hold one set of verb and case forms across text, subtitles and script.
Dual-column scripts
Source and target side by side with timecodes, the format the studio records from.
Reviewed, never single-pass
Every script is checked by a second native linguist before it reaches the studio.
Translation rates
Professional Bhojpuri translation
For internal documents, correspondence and material where accuracy is the main requirement.
- Native subject-matter translator
- Second-linguist review
- Subtitle files or a timed script
For marketing, eLearning and technical content, with review, terminology management and layout adjustment.
- Everything in Standard
- Terminology management
- Layout and expansion handled
- Dedicated project manager
Every project is quoted individually and backed by our Price Match Promise. Send us your files for an exact, no-obligation quote.
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Most common questions
How much does Bhojpuri translation cost?
Bhojpuri translation is priced per word for text and per minute for audiovisual, depending on volume, subject matter and turnaround, with agreeing the regional base included as part of the brief rather than billed as an extra step. Send your files and we will come back with a free, itemised quote, backed by our Price Match Promise.
Are your Bhojpuri translations done by native linguists?
Yes. Native Bhojpuri linguists handle every translation, and a second native linguist independently reviews each text, checking that one regional set of forms holds from the first line to the last and that no Hindi constructions have replaced Bhojpuri ones in the more formal passages.
Do you provide Bhojpuri subtitling and voice over as well?
Yes — Bhojpuri translation, subtitling and voice over all come from one team, working to a single glossary and one regional base throughout, so the voice actor reads a consistent Bhojpuri script instead of correcting it line by line in the booth.
Is there a standard written Bhojpuri?
Not a single agreed one. Bhojpuri is written in Devanagari, and in practice writers follow the forms of their own region. That is why we choose a regional base at the brief — Standard Bhojpuri by default — and hold it, rather than leaving the choice to each translator.
Which Bhojpuri should our script use?
The Bhojpuri of the people who will hear it. For a broad audience across western Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh we use Standard Bhojpuri. For a campaign around Varanasi, a Nepal Terai audience or viewers in Mauritius or Fiji, we brief that variety specifically, because the differences sit in the verbs and endings that recur in every line.
Do you deliver Bhojpuri subtitles and voice-over scripts, not just documents?
Yes — audiovisual is our specialisation. We deliver spotted SRT/VTT and timed two-column voice-over scripts, plus translated text when you need it.
Our Bhojpuri script was written by several people. Can you make it consistent?
Yes. A native linguist reads it, marks where regional forms have been mixed or Hindi constructions have crept in, and proposes one consistent base. It is best done before recording, since a voice actor will otherwise fix inconsistencies on the fly, and not always the same way twice.
Do you translate Bhojpuri for Nepal and the diaspora?
Yes. Bhojpuri is spoken in the Nepal Terai and by communities in Mauritius, Fiji, Suriname and the Caribbean, and those varieties have developed in contact with other languages — Mauritian Bhojpuri, for example, with Mauritian Creole. Each is briefed as its own audience before translation starts.
How quickly can a Bhojpuri translation project be delivered?
Most short documents are delivered within 24 to 48 hours. Word count, subject complexity and turnaround all move the date, and your project manager will confirm the timeline at the start.
What do you need from us to quote Bhojpuri translation?
Less than people expect: the document, script or subtitle file, its word count, what the text is actually for, and the date you need it by. A draft is fine — we would rather quote on what exists than wait for a final version that eats your deadline. A named project manager comes back with an itemised quote, normally within four working hours.
How quickly will we hear back, and who will we be dealing with?
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.
We are still pitching and the budget is not signed off. Can we still get a Bhojpuri quote?
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.
Ready to start your Bhojpuri translation project?
Send us your documents, script or video and we'll come back with an exact, itemised quote.
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