Italian voice over services

Usually not — Italian runs around a fifth longer, so a 30-second English voice track typically overruns. Asking the voice actor to read faster produces a rushed delivery that damages the message, so we adapt the copy for timing instead, as part of the job. Send us the script and the target duration and we will tell you what needs cutting before you commit to studio time.

That is a decision about how your brand relates to the listener, not a grammar detail, and it runs through the whole script. Lei is formal and expected in institutional, financial and much corporate work; tu is standard in consumer advertising and anything aimed at a younger audience. It cannot be switched in the edit. Tell us the audience and we will mark the script before recording.

Standard Italian works for national reach; regional colour suits character or local work, and we'll recommend based on your audience. Share the brief and we'll confirm in the quote.

Neutral Italian works well for national or international content. A northern accent suits audiences in Milan and the north, while a southern accent connects more naturally further south. We can advise on the right fit before anything is recorded.

Not exactly. They are often described informally as dialects, but variants like Neapolitan, Sicilian and Sardinian are considered distinct regional languages, with their own grammar and vocabulary rather than simple variations on standard Italian. For most commercial and corporate projects, neutral Italian remains the right default unless the brief specifically calls for regional flavour.

Expect 24–48 hours for shorter pieces; larger scripts or busy talent schedules can extend that, so we agree the timeline with you at the outset.

Italy has the deepest dubbing tradition in Europe, and one consequence is that Italian voice talent is priced against a professional standard rather than a freelance one — the actors reading your corporate film are often the same people who dub features. What moves your quote is usage: an internal video and a national campaign are the same session at very different prices, because the second buys broadcast rights. Send the script and the media plan for an itemised figure, with our Price Match Promise.

Yes, and Italian audiences are unusually well trained on dubbing quality, having grown up with almost everything foreign dubbed rather than subtitled. Lip-sync work there is judged against a high bar, so we adapt the script to the mouth rather than translating it and hoping.

The decision that shapes an Italian read is the one between Lei and tu, and it is not a translator's decision — it sets how the brand sounds to the listener, formal and institutional or direct and familiar. We settle it before the session with a native director, and we will tell you if the English copy has assumed one and needs the other.

You get your Italian audio in whatever format your workflow needs — WAV, MP3, AIFF and more — at broadcast spec, split into separate files or delivered as a single mix.

Italian is closely tied to style, craftsmanship and the good life, so it is especially popular for food and drink, fashion, luxury goods, design, furniture and automotive brands. It is also widely used for tourism and hospitality and for the corporate content of Italy's many family-owned manufacturing and export businesses. We match the tone to the brand — expressive and warm for food and lifestyle, refined and understated for luxury.

Yes. Italian is a famously expressive language and the right delivery makes a real difference — an ad for artisan food wants warmth and passion, while a premium fashion or automotive spot may want restraint and cool confidence. Our native-speaking directors shape the performance to your brief, and you sign off the takes before final delivery.

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.