Cantonese voice over services

For most commercial work a brief means Hong Kong, and that is the default we apply — the vocabulary differs, Hong Kong carries far more English borrowing, and the media culture that shaped the register is a Hong Kong one. If your audience is in Guangdong, tell us, because the assumption points the other way.

We confirm the readings before the session, free. Cantonese has no universally used romanisation — Hong Kong government spelling, Yale and Jyutping all coexist and none dominates — so a name in Latin letters can be said several ways and the spelling gives little guidance. Send the list with the script.

Yes, native Cantonese speakers from Hong Kong rather than Mandarin speakers reading Cantonese. Send us the brief and we'll shortlist and audition with your script.

They are distinct languages, not accents. Cantonese (Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong) has six-plus tones and its own vocabulary; Mandarin is the standard of Mainland China with four tones. A Cantonese audience will immediately notice a Mandarin read, so we cast native Cantonese speakers for Cantonese markets — and Mandarin voices for the Mainland.

Common projects include TV and radio commercials, corporate and e-learning video, finance and retail content, film and entertainment, apps and games, and IVR/phone systems aimed at Hong Kong and Cantonese-speaking audiences.

Yes. We handle the full job — translation and script adaptation by native linguists using traditional characters, Cantonese voice over, and subtitles or captions — so everything is consistent and correctly rendered.

Most short Cantonese voice over projects are delivered within 24 to 48 hours; larger jobs are scheduled with your dedicated project manager.

Yes. Join us in London or dial in on Source-Connect, Zoom or Teams and direct from wherever you are.

Tell us the spec and we match it — uncompressed WAV, MP3, or stems delivered separately, at the sample rate, bit depth and loudness your broadcaster or platform requires.

Tell us your audience — Hong Kong or an overseas Cantonese community — the tone you want and any reference samples, and we'll shortlist native voices and record bespoke auditions to your script before you commit.

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.