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Translation · Danish

Danish translation services

Audiovisual translation is our specialisation, but our native Danish translators also handle any text — corporate documents, technical and marketing material, articles and eLearning. Danish has two correct ways to punctuate the same sentence, and a long project needs to pick one.

EN · 00:06

I know that he is clever.

DA · 00:06

Jeg ved at han er klog. / Jeg ved, at han er klog.

Both sentences are correct Danish. The comma before the subordinate clause is optional under the official rules, and the Language Council gives both versions. What is not correct is a project that uses both, which is exactly what happens when nobody decides.
Native-speaking linguists
Dual-column format
ISO 9001 & ISO 14001
Timed for voice over & subtitles
In-house subtitling team
Native-speaking linguists
Dual-column format
ISO 9001 & ISO 14001
Timed for voice over & subtitles
In-house subtitling team

About Danish translation

Danish has two correct ways to punctuate the same sentence, and a spellchecker will not choose for you

Most punctuation questions have an answer. This one has two. The official comma rules published by the Danish Language Council state that a comma may be placed before subordinate clauses, and they present both versions as correct: *Jeg ved at han er klog* and *Jeg ved, at han er klog*.

For a single page that is a non-issue. For a series, an eLearning programme or a body of corporate material passing through several translators over several months, it is the thing that makes a delivery look unfinished. Neither version is a mistake, so nothing flags it — not a spellchecker, not a grammar checker, not a reviewer reading one file at a time. The inconsistency only becomes visible when the files are read together, which is usually at the client's QA rather than at ours.

The fix costs nothing at the start and a full pass at the end. At GoLocalise the convention is recorded with the glossary before translation begins — and matched to your existing Danish material if you have any — and every text is reviewed by a second native linguist before delivery.

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Linguist working on a Danish translation

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.

1

Brief review

We review your source material and your audience, and agree up front the decisions this language forces before anyone starts translating.

2

Linguist assignment

Your project goes to a native Danish translator with experience in your sector, working to a punctuation convention that is recorded rather than left to habit.

3

Translation and review

The text is translated and then checked by a second native linguist for accuracy, consistency, and register.

4

Delivery and consistency check

Files arrive in the format you need, and the review pass reads them together rather than one by one, which is the only way this kind of inconsistency shows up.

Regional varieties

Denmark, and the Danish-speaking market

Danish is spoken by roughly 6 million people (Trap Danmark), almost all of them in Denmark, a country of 6,032,304 residents (Statistics Denmark, August 2026). It is co-official in the Faroe Islands, a recognised minority language in Schleswig in Germany, and an official language of the European Union.

Standard written Danish covers all commercial, corporate and broadcast work, and it is what we use. The variation that matters for a project is not regional: it is the punctuation convention, and that is a project decision rather than a geographical one.

Varieties we cover

  • Standard written Danish
  • One comma convention per project
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Areas of expertise

What we specialise in

From corporate video and eLearning to documentary, advertising and subtitles — always audiovisual, with one convention held from the first file 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 Danish right on screen

Danish rarely goes wrong sentence by sentence. It goes wrong across a set of files, and that is a different thing to check for.

Two comma systems, both official

The Danish Language Council allows a comma before subordinate clauses and presents both versions as correct. Which one your project uses is a decision, and it is worth taking it before the first file rather than discovering it in the last.

Automatic checks cannot catch the mix

Because neither version is wrong on its own, a spellchecker or grammar checker passes both. The inconsistency is only visible when the files are compared, which is why it survives to the end of a project and lands in the client's QA.

Matched to what you already have

If you have existing Danish material, the convention is read off it rather than chosen fresh, so the new work does not sit visibly apart from the old.

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 Danish translation arrives

Subtitle files

SRT, VTT, STL or TTML, burnt in or as separate files, ready to drop into your edit.

One convention, recorded

The punctuation convention is agreed with the glossary before translation starts and applied across every file, rather than left to each translator's habit.

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 Danish translation

Standard

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
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Full production

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
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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.
Jo SamuelAnimator at Pixel Circus
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.
Kerry GilliesDirector at Synergy Language Services
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.
Lucas ColeSales and Marketing Director at Epipheo

Most common questions

How much does Danish translation cost?

Danish translation is priced per word for text and per minute for audiovisual, depending on volume, subject matter and turnaround. Send your files and we will come back with a free, itemised quote, backed by our Price Match Promise.

Are your Danish translations done by native linguists?

Yes. Native Danish linguists handle every translation, and a second native linguist independently reviews each text, and on larger projects reads the files together rather than separately, because some kinds of inconsistency are invisible one document at a time.

Do you provide Danish subtitling and voice over as well?

Yes — Danish translation, subtitling and voice over all come from one team, working to a single glossary and one written convention throughout, so a subtitle file and a script from the same project do not read as if they came from different suppliers.

What are the two Danish comma systems?

The official rules published by the Danish Language Council allow a comma before subordinate clauses and treat both versions as correct: with the comma and without it. Both are proper Danish. The problem is only ever mixing them inside the same body of work.

Why does it matter if a project mixes them?

Because a reader sees it and software does not. Neither version is an error, so nothing flags the mix — and a set of files that punctuates the same construction two ways reads as though nobody was looking after it, which is the impression a QA reviewer forms before reading a word of the content.

Do you deliver Danish 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.

We already have Danish material. Can you match it?

Yes, and that is usually the right answer rather than choosing fresh. A linguist reads what you have, identifies the convention it follows, and the new work is written to the same one, so the two do not sit visibly apart on the same site or in the same course.

Which convention do you use if we have no preference?

We choose one, tell you which, and record it with the glossary so it can be applied again on later work. What we do not do is leave it to whoever happens to be translating that file, because that is how a project ends up with both.

How quickly can a Danish 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 Danish 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 Danish 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 Danish translation project?

Send us your documents, script or video and we'll come back with an exact, itemised quote.

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