Russian translation services

Russian translation is priced per word for text and per minute for audiovisual work, and the amount depends on volume, subject matter and turnaround. Gender and formality decisions do not change the rate, only the brief. Send your files for a free, itemised quote, backed by our Price Match Promise.

Yes. Native Russian linguists translate every project, and a second native reviewer checks accuracy, register and terminology before delivery. Where a speaker's gender is involved — a narrator, a testimonial, a character — the reviewer also confirms the verb forms agree correctly, since a wrong choice there reads as a mistake to any Russian speaker.

Yes — Russian translation, subtitling and voice over all come from one in-house team, so decisions made at the brief, such as a speaker's gender or the formality of address, carry through consistently into the translated script, the recorded voice track and the final subtitle file.

Russian past-tense verbs change form depending on whether a man or woman is speaking — was ready becomes был or была — and English rarely says which. Without that answer at the brief stage, a translator has to guess, and a wrong guess means re-recording. We confirm gender for every narrator, testimonial and character before translation starts.

We set the register from your audience and brand at the brief stage — вы for corporate, institutional or unfamiliar audiences, ты for younger or informal content — because Russian marks this choice on nearly every line of a script, not only in direct address, so it cannot be left to be decided later.

Yes — audiovisual is our specialisation. We deliver spotted SRT/VTT and timed two-column voice-over scripts, plus translated text when you need it.

It happens often, especially before a voice is cast. We ask the studio or agency for a placeholder decision, translate with that gender marked, and flag every line that would need to change if the eventual voice turns out to be different. It is far cheaper to fix at script stage than after recording is finished.

For most business and media content, yes — standard Russian, based on the Moscow dialect, reads naturally across Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and other Russian-speaking audiences. For consumer campaigns aimed squarely at one specific country, we recommend flagging it so vocabulary and tone can be checked against that market before recording begins.

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.