Nepali translation services

Nepali translation is priced per word for text and per minute for audiovisual, depending on volume, subject matter and turnaround, with checking and converting legacy-font files 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 Nepali linguists handle every translation, and a second native linguist independently reviews each text. Anything converted from a legacy font is read by a linguist rather than trusted to the converter, because a conversion can look right while misspelling words.

Yes — Nepali translation, subtitling and voice over all come from one team, working to a single glossary throughout and all of it in Unicode, so the subtitle file and the script never disagree about how a word is stored.

Preeti is one of the fonts Nepali was typed in before Unicode. It draws Devanagari shapes but stores Latin letters and punctuation, so a file typed in it only reads as Nepali while that font is installed. Search, spellcheck, sorting and translation memory see the Latin characters, which is why we convert such files before using them.

Change the font of a passage to any standard font. Unicode Nepali stays Nepali; Preeti-typed text turns into Latin letters and symbols. We run the same check on every file you send, and tell you which of your existing materials need converting before they go into a glossary or translation memory.

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. If a printer or another supplier downstream still works in Preeti, we can provide a Preeti version alongside the Unicode file and check it in their font. The Unicode file stays the master, because it is the one that can be searched, reused and updated.

The written language is shared, and Nepali is recognised in both countries. Material for Nepali speakers in India is briefed separately so vocabulary and conventions suit that audience; by default we write standard Nepali as used in Nepal.

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.