Brazilian Portuguese translation services

Brazilian Portuguese translation is priced per word for text and per minute for audiovisual work, with the rate depending on subject matter, volume and turnaround. Confirming você or tu and pronoun placement at the brief doesn't add to the cost — it's part of the standard process. Send us your files and we'll come back with a free, itemised quote, backed by our Price Match Promise.

Yes. Every project is translated by a native Brazilian Portuguese linguist based in Brazil, matched to your subject matter, and checked by a second native reviewer before delivery — so pronoun placement, você and everyday vocabulary all read as genuinely Brazilian rather than adapted from a European Portuguese script.

Yes — Brazilian Portuguese translation, subtitling and voice over come from one team, so the pronoun placement and register you agree at the brief carry through captions and audio alike. We deliver spotted SRT/VTT subtitle files and timed two-column voice-over scripts, plus a translated document when the project calls for one.

The two share most vocabulary and, since the 1990 spelling agreement, much of their spelling, but they order sentences differently. Brazilian Portuguese places pronouns before the verb — me diga — where European Portuguese places them after — diga-me. There are vocabulary differences too, but word order is what makes a script sound unmistakably Brazilian or European the moment it's read aloud.

Because the Acordo Ortográfico of 1990 unified spelling, not syntax. A sentence can follow every current spelling rule correctly and still place its pronoun the European way, which sounds off to a Brazilian ear from the first line. We write for Brazilian word order specifically, so correct spelling and natural sound aren't left to chance.

Você is the default for the vast majority of Brazilian audiovisual and corporate content, so unless you tell us otherwise, that's what we use. Tu survives in some regions and in more informal or intimate contexts. We confirm the choice with you at the brief based on your brand and audience, then apply it consistently through subtitles, voice-over script and any related document.

Yes. Audiovisual is our specialisation, not our limit — we translate corporate documents, articles, marketing material, technical content and eLearning courses just as often as scripts and subtitles, always with the same Brazilian pronoun placement and você as the default address, whatever format your project actually needs.

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.

Almost never for the written script. Carioca, Nordestino, Gaúcho and other regional accents mostly affect pronunciation, which is a voice-over casting decision rather than a translation one — the same script works across regions. The one thing that does need deciding upfront, regardless of region, is pronoun placement and você or tu, which we confirm with you at the brief.

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.