Serbian translation services

Serbian translation is priced per word for text and per minute for audiovisual, depending on volume, subject matter and turnaround, with agreeing the script and the treatment of foreign names 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 Serbian linguists handle every translation, and a second native linguist independently reviews each text, checking that one script and one convention for foreign names have been held throughout rather than mixed between files.

Yes — Serbian translation, subtitling and voice over all come from one team, working to a single glossary and one script throughout, so the subtitles, the on-screen text and the documents agree on how every name is written.

Cyrillic is the official script under the Constitution, and since 2021 the law requires it from public bodies, companies with majority public capital and the public broadcasters RTS and RTV. Outside those cases the choice is yours, and Latin is in wide everyday use. We ask at the brief and, where it applies, check what your recipient requires.

Most letters convert one to one; the decisions do not. Serbian orthography transcribes foreign names in Cyrillic but allows the original spelling in Latin, so a Latin text that keeps names as written in English needs each of them decided again when it moves to Cyrillic. That is why we fix the script before translating rather than converting at the end.

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 prepares the Cyrillic version and goes through every foreign name and acronym, deciding how each is written under Cyrillic conventions, rather than passing the file through a converter. Registered trademarks can stay as they are — the 2021 law exempts them — but the rest of the names need a decision.

The standard is shared, but Serbia mostly uses the ekavian pronunciation — mleko, reka — while Republika Srpska uses ijekavian — mlijeko, rijeka. The difference runs through the vocabulary, so we agree it at the brief together with the script.

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.