Dari Persian voice over services

It would be understood, and it would sound foreign. Dari and Iranian Farsi are standard varieties of the same language, but Dari keeps vowel distinctions Iranian Persian merged long ago, and their modern and technical vocabulary came from different sources — French for Iranian Persian, English and Urdu for Dari. For humanitarian, public-health or civic content, where the audience has to trust what they are hearing, that difference matters more than the saving.

They are two standard varieties of Persian, which is a pluricentric language — a bit like the relationship between European and Brazilian Portuguese. Speakers understand each other. They are not the same market, they are not cast from the same roster, and we keep separate pages for each. If your content is for Iran, our Farsi voice over service is the one you want.

For national Afghan content, usually yes. Dari and Pashto are both official languages and neither covers the whole country, so a Dari-only campaign leaves Pashto-speaking audiences out. We run a full Pashto voice over service alongside this one and can schedule the sessions together, which is cheaper than commissioning them separately. Our article on the differences between Pashto, Dari and Farsi explains how they relate.

No. Tajik is the third standard variety of Persian, spoken in Tajikistan and written in Cyrillic, and we do not currently have Tajik talent. We would rather tell you that than take the booking and approximate it. If it is essential to your project, ask us and we will be straight with you about what we could and could not arrange.

Yes, with native Afghan linguists writing Dari from your source, rather than adapting an Iranian Persian version. For humanitarian and public-health material we would also suggest a terminology pass up front, because the accepted wording for medical and safety terms matters when the content is meant to be acted on.

Dari uses the Perso-Arabic script and runs right to left, which affects subtitle positioning, on-screen text and any graphics containing words — not just the font. We deliver Dari captions laid out for right-to-left rather than retrofitted onto a left-to-right design, and we will flag it early if your artwork needs adjusting.

Humanitarian and NGO communications, public-health and mine-risk education, refugee and resettlement information, eLearning, government and civic content, broadcast and diaspora media, and corporate material for organisations operating in the region.

Most short Dari projects are delivered within 24 to 48 hours; longer or multi-voice work is scheduled with your dedicated project manager, who confirms a firm date up front.

For Dari Persian as for anything else, the spec sheet governs rather than our habits — WAV or MP3, stems on request, at whatever sample rate, bit depth and loudness is written down.

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.