Sinhala translation services

Sinhala translation is priced per word for text and per minute for audiovisual, depending on volume, subject matter and turnaround, with agreeing the register for each deliverable 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 Sinhala linguists handle every translation, and a second native linguist independently reviews each text, checking that the verbs follow the register agreed for that deliverable, with no spoken forms in literary text and no literary endings in a conversational script.

Yes — Sinhala translation, subtitling and voice over all come from one team, working to a single glossary throughout, with the register for each deliverable agreed in the same conversation rather than decided separately by whoever picks it up.

They are two registers of the same language with different grammar. Literary Sinhala, used in prose, official documents and news bulletins, marks person and number on the verb and uses a copula; spoken Sinhala, the language of everyday conversation, does neither. Both are written in the same script.

It depends on the deliverable. On-screen text and documents normally take literary Sinhala. A conversational voice-over or dialogue sounds natural in spoken Sinhala, while a formal narration may sit closer to the literary side. Subtitles for spoken dialogue are a genuine choice, and we recommend one at the brief.

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

Inside a single text, usually yes: readers notice spoken verb forms in a literary document at once. A native linguist can review what you have, mark where the register shifts and recommend one register per deliverable before the material is reused.

Yes. Sinhala is the same language for audiences abroad, with the same two registers, and we write standard Sinhala as used in Sri Lanka by default. The register decision works the same way wherever the viewers are.

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.