Khmer translation services

Khmer translation is priced per word for text and per minute for audiovisual, depending on volume, subject matter and turnaround, with identifying who appears in your material 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 Khmer linguists handle every translation, and a second native linguist independently reviews each text, checking that monks, royalty and the public are each referred to with the vocabulary that belongs to them, consistently across the whole text.

Yes — Khmer translation, subtitling and voice over all come from one team, working to a single glossary throughout, so the subtitles and the recorded narration refer to every person on screen in the same way.

Because Khmer has separate vocabulary for them. The English verb *eat* is ពិសា or ញ៉ាំ for ordinary people, ឆាន់ for monks and សោយ for the King, and similar splits run through other verbs, pronouns and forms of invitation. The translator has to know who is being described before choosing the words.

Often, yes. Corporate, NGO and tourism videos filmed in Cambodia regularly include blessings, ceremonies, pagoda visits or royal occasions, and interviews with monks or officials. If none of that appears, everyday polite Khmer applies throughout — but we check at the brief rather than assume.

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 reads it and tells you whether monks, royalty and officials are referred to with the right vocabulary, and whether that holds across files. It is worth doing before you reuse subtitles or scripts that came from several suppliers.

The written standard of Cambodia is what commercial, corporate and broadcast work uses, and it is our default wherever the audience is. If your material is for a Khmer-speaking community outside Cambodia, tell us at the brief and we will say whether it changes anything for your project.

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.