Pashto translation services

Pashto translation is priced per word for text and per minute for audiovisual, depending on volume, subject matter and turnaround, with agreeing the spelling norm 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 Pashto linguists handle every translation, and a second native linguist independently reviews each text, checking that the agreed spelling norm and the Pashto-specific letters hold from the first line to the last.

Yes — Pashto translation, subtitling and voice over all come from one team, working to a single glossary. The spelling norm applies to the written files; for voice over, the brief is about the audience and the accent.

Small but systematic. The sound /g/ is written گ in Afghanistan and ګ in Pakistan; word-final diphthongs take ی in Afghanistan and ے in Pakistan; and compound nouns are joined differently. A reader understands both, but software treats them as different words.

The one your audience reads: Afghan spelling for Afghanistan, Peshawar spelling for Pakistan, and two versions when a project serves both. We ask at the brief because the English source never tells us.

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 reviews the files, finds where the norms are mixed or where Urdu letter forms have replaced Pashto ones, and brings everything to one norm. It is worth doing before the files feed a translation memory.

Yes. Pashto was the mother tongue of 43.6 million people in Pakistan at the 2023 census, and Afghanistan's 2004 constitution makes it an official language of the state with Dari. We write to the Afghan norm for Afghan audiences and the Peshawar norm for Pakistani ones.

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.