Tetun Dili voice over services

We cast them to order rather than listing demos, because we are still building the Tetun roster and we would rather tell you that than show you a thin page of samples. You send us the brief, we go to our vetted network of native speakers, and we come back with auditions recorded against your actual script, so you hear real options before committing.

Many people there would understand it, particularly older generations, and Indonesian is named as a working language. But Indonesia occupied Timor-Leste from 1975 until 1999 and independence was restored in 2002, so using Indonesian to address a Timorese audience carries a meaning beyond convenience. We raise it because it is usually an unexamined default rather than a decision. If reach is the concern, Tetun Dili is the language that actually reaches everyone.

Tetun Dili, also called Tetun Prasa, is the urban variety of the capital and the country's lingua franca. It absorbed a great deal of Portuguese vocabulary and it is what is taught in schools, used in official publications and heard on broadcast. Tetun Terik is the more conservative rural variety with far fewer Portuguese loanwords. For national content, public information or anything broadcast, you want Tetun Dili.

No. Tetun Dili contains a lot of Portuguese vocabulary, which makes the page look more approachable to a Portuguese reader than it is. The grammar, the sound system and the rhythm are Austronesian and behave nothing like Portuguese. Recognising words is not the same as speaking the language, and the read comes apart quickly.

The way Timorese speakers say them, which is not the way they are said in Lisbon. This is a subtle piece of casting and direction that is invisible in the script and unmistakable in the audio. It is one of the main reasons we brief native speakers on the specific content rather than simply booking someone who speaks the language.

Yes, and for government and institutional work it is often the natural shape of the job, since both are official languages. Commissioning the pair together lets us adapt both to the same picture, keep the sync points aligned and keep terminology consistent across the two, and it usually costs less than treating them as separate projects.

Longer than for a language we hold a deep roster in, so brief us early. Because we source against the brief rather than from a shelf, lead time is what buys you a properly auditioned shortlist rather than whoever happens to be free. Your project manager will give you a realistic date at the start.

Public information and government campaigns, development and NGO communications, public health and vaccination messaging, education and literacy material, broadcast and community radio, and corporate and safety content for the energy and infrastructure sectors operating in the country.

Whatever your project needs — broadcast-standard WAV, MP3 or split stems, at the sample rate, bit depth and loudness (LUFS) you specify. Share your delivery spec and we'll match it.