Dzongkha (Bhutanese) voice over services

Longer than for a major language, and lead time rather than budget is usually the constraint. The pool of professional Dzongkha talent is small, so we source against the brief rather than from a shelf. Tell us the deadline as early as you can and we will tell you what is realistic rather than promising a standard turnaround.

Worth confirming rather than assuming. Dzongkha is written in Tibetan script, where font support is limited, stacked characters render badly in systems not designed for them, and line breaking behaves unlike Latin text. It reaches delivery because nobody reviewing can see the problem. We test it on your target platform.

We're actively building our Dzongkha (Bhutanese) roster. Because it's a specialist language, we cast to order: tell us your brief and we source, audition and record native Dzongkha speakers for your project. If you're a Dzongkha voice actor, we'd love you to register with us.

No. Dzongkha is related to Standard Tibetan but is a distinct language with its own vocabulary, pronunciation and national identity. A Bhutanese audience will immediately notice a Tibetan voice, so we only use native Dzongkha speakers.

Common projects include public-health and development campaigns, government and tourism content, documentaries and broadcast, e-learning, apps and IVR, and commercials aimed at Bhutan.

Yes. We handle the full job — translation and script adaptation by native linguists, Dzongkha voice over, and subtitles or captions in the Uchen (Tibetan) script — so everything is consistent and correctly rendered.

Send us your script or a word count, the audience and the deliverable you need. We'll come back with a fixed quote and a realistic casting-and-delivery timeline, usually within a few hours.

Because we cast to order, timing depends on availability and script length, but we move quickly — casting and auditions typically within a few days, and recording and delivery soon after. Tell us your deadline and we'll be straight with you about what's realistic.

Yes. Our native linguists translate and adapt your English script into natural, spoken Dzongkha — not a word-for-word translation — and check the honorific register so it sounds right when performed. You can also supply your own script and we'll proof it.

Yes. As well as straight narration and voice over, we handle timed reads, UN-style voice-over and lip-synced dubbing to video, directed in-studio so the Dzongkha performance matches your footage.

Files arrive in the format your workflow expects — WAV, MP3 or split stems — mastered to your loudness spec. Send the delivery requirements with the brief and we will match them exactly.

We'd love to hear from you. Register your details and demos via our Freelance for us page and we'll consider you for upcoming paid Dzongkha projects.

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.