Translation · Czech
Czech translation services
Audiovisual translation is our specialisation, but our native Czech translators also translate any text — corporate documents, technical and marketing material, articles and eLearning. Czech declines the word that goes in the slot, so strings built around a variable have to be rebuilt.
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About Czech translation
Czech translation, with the strings rebuilt rather than filled in
A Czech noun has seven cases, and the form it takes depends on its job in the sentence. That includes the noun that replaces a placeholder: a name, a city, a product. English strings are built to be filled in, and Czech strings cannot be filled in without producing a form that does not agree.
There is a second layer underneath. Czech has four plural categories where English has two, so a message that counts things needs more forms than the source provides. Both are decisions about how the source is written, which is why they belong at the brief and not at review.
At GoLocalise, we work with native Czech translators matched to the subject matter, and every text is reviewed by a second 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 Czech translator with experience in the relevant field.
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 are delivered in the format you need, with the choices agreed at the brief applied consistently from the first line to the last.
Regional varieties
Czechia, and how the text will be used
Czech is the official language of Czechia and has one written standard, so the variety question is small. What is not small is what the text has to do.
A document can be written freely. Interface strings, subtitles with names in them and anything assembled from parts are constrained by how the source is built, and that is the conversation we want to have before translation starts rather than after.
Varieties we cover
- Standard Czech
- Interface and product
- Corporate and technical
Areas of expertise
What we specialise in
From corporate video and eLearning to documentary, advertising and subtitles — always audiovisual, with Czech case endings and plural forms settled before the strings are built.
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 Czech right on screen
Czech brings its own on-screen considerations, and the ones that cost most are decided in the source rather than in the translation.
Slots cannot simply be filled
The word that lands in a placeholder needs a case ending a variable cannot carry. We rework the sentence so it reads correctly, and tell you when the source itself has to change.
Four plural forms, not two
Czech distinguishes more number categories than English. A counted message needs the extra forms, and they have to exist in the source to be usable.
Product names left intact
A brand name is not declined. The usual fix is a declinable word alongside it, so the sentence agrees without bending the name.
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 Czech translation arrives
Subtitle files
SRT, VTT, STL or TTML, burnt in or as separate files, ready to drop into your edit.
Strings flagged, not silently bent
Where a string cannot be made to agree without changing the source, we say so at delivery instead of shipping a form that reads wrong.
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 Czech 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.
Trusted by global brands
We have used GoLocalise on a regular basis for projects in a number of languages. The service we receive is great. The team is always friendly and professional. The voiceovers we receive are of a very high quality and the turnaround is extremely quick. We are very happy to recommend GoLocalise to other businesses.
It was a pleasure to work with David and the team at GoLocalise. David gave me lots of help and advice, guiding me through my first subtitling project. He really knows his stuff! The experience was completely pain-free. I would not hesitate to recommend GoLocalise – outstanding work at a good price.
They're reliable, adaptive and obsessed with quality. And while you can never be 100% guaranteed of perfection, you can be sure GoLocalise will go the extra mile to get it right every time. We've worked with them now for over 5 years and we are truly thankful to have such a strong localisation partner for our business.
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Most common questions
How much does Czech translation cost?
Czech translation is priced per word for text and per minute for audiovisual, varying with volume, subject and turnaround. Send your files for a free, itemised quote, backed by our Price Match Promise.
Are your Czech translations done by native linguists?
Yes. Native Czech linguists translate and a second reviews every text, so it reads naturally and agrees grammatically.
Do you provide Czech subtitling and voice over as well?
Yes — Czech translation, subtitling and voice over from one team, with the same decisions applied across all three.
Why can you not just translate our string with the name in it?
Because the noun that lands in the slot has to take a case ending, and a variable cannot carry one. Czech nouns have seven cases and the form depends on the job the word does in the sentence. We rework the sentence so it agrees, and where that is not possible we tell you what the source would have to change.
What do you do with our product name?
We leave it intact. Brand names are not declined, so the usual approach is to put a declinable word next to it and let that word carry the ending. The name stays exactly as you wrote it.
Our message counts things. Is that a problem?
It needs more forms than English provides. Czech distinguishes four plural categories against two in English, so a counted string has to offer those forms or it will read wrong for some numbers. It is worth checking before the strings are built.
Will the Czech version be longer than the English?
We do not publish an expansion figure for Czech, because we have not found a source we trust for one. What we do instead is write to the space available and tell you at the brief if your layout is going to be tight.
Do you deliver Czech 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.
How quickly can a Czech 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.
Ready to start your Czech translation project?
Send us your documents, script or video and we'll come back with an exact, itemised quote.
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