Farsi translation services

Farsi translation is priced per word for text and per minute for audiovisual, depending on volume, subject matter and turnaround, with setting the terminology policy included as part of the brief rather than billed as an extra step. Send your files and we will come back with a free, itemised quote, backed by our Price Match Promise.

Yes. Native Farsi linguists handle every translation, and a second native linguist independently reviews each text, checking every glossary term against the agreed policy so that approved equivalents and loanwords do not alternate within the same project.

Yes — Farsi translation, subtitling and voice over all come from one team, working to a single glossary, so the term a viewer reads in a subtitle is the one the voice actor says.

The Academy of Persian Language and Literature, Iran's language academy, approves Persian equivalents for foreign terms — پیامک for SMS, chosen in 2007, is a familiar example. Many foreign words therefore have two possible forms in Persian, and a translation has to pick one and keep it.

It depends on who publishes. A 1996 Iranian law requires state bodies, the press and the broadcaster IRIB to use approved equivalents, and bans foreign words on products offered for sale in Iran. For other material it is a style decision, and we make it with you at the brief based on the audience.

Yes — audiovisual is our specialisation. We deliver spotted SRT/VTT and timed two-column voice-over scripts, plus translated text when you need it.

Yes. A native linguist goes through the existing files, lists the terms that appear in both forms, and proposes one policy for the project. Mixed terminology is often the first sign that nobody made the decision at the start.

Yes. Persian-speaking viewers abroad often read Iranian Persian, and the terminology decision works the same way for them, even if a diaspora audience leans further towards loanwords. For Afghanistan the right service is Dari, which has its own everyday vocabulary.

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.

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.

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.