Turkmen voice over services

The first thing to settle in Turkmen is the alphabet. The language moved from Cyrillic to Latin in 1993 and the Latin script was revised more than once in the years after, so a Turkmen over fifty learned to read in Cyrillic and anyone schooled since reads Latin — and neither reads the other comfortably. Tell us which generation the content is for and we will source and audition accordingly, on your own script.

Almost certainly not. In 1993 Turkmenistan adopted a Latin alphabet that genuinely used £, $, ¥ and ¢ as letters — the ¥ was the capital form of ÿ, standing for the /j/ sound. It was revised in 1999 and those symbols were replaced with conventional diacritics. So a file like that is readable Turkmen in an obsolete alphabet, and it should be converted rather than retyped from scratch. Send it to us and we will tell you which system it is in.

The current standard, settled in 1999, which uses ä, ň, ö, ü, ý and ž. That is what subtitles, captions and on-screen text should be delivered in. The only reason to touch the older systems is if your source material is in one of them, in which case it is a conversion job at the adaptation stage rather than something to sort out during the session.

No. Turkmen and Turkish are both Oghuz Turkic, so there is real common ground and a Turkish speaker will follow parts of a Turkmen script. That is exactly what makes the mistake tempting and exactly why it fails: the read comes out understandable in places and conspicuously foreign throughout. For broadcast, institutional or safety-critical content, that is not a risk worth taking.

Less than the map suggests. Turkmen belongs to the Oghuz branch of Turkic, alongside Turkish and Azerbaijani, while Uzbek and Kazakh sit in different branches. Being neighbours in Central Asia does not make them mutually substitutable, and casting on geography rather than language family is one of the more common ways a project goes wrong.

Most of what we are asked for is international broadcasting, NGO and development programming, public-health and humanitarian messaging, energy-sector training and safety material, and communications aimed at Turkmen communities abroad. Domestic consumer advertising is rare in our work. Tell us what you have and we will be straight with you about what we can commit to.

Plan for longer than a mainstream language. Sourcing in and around Turkmenistan is slow, and the honest lead time is what separates a real shortlist from whoever we could reach that week. Give us notice and we will commit to a date.

International broadcast and radio, NGO and development campaigns, public-health and humanitarian information, energy-sector training and workplace safety, eLearning, corporate communications for organisations operating in the region, and content aimed at Turkmen diaspora communities.

Broadcast-grade WAV, MP3 or stems at your platform's sample rate, bit depth and loudness. Send the spec alongside the brief.

Less than people expect: the script, or the draft of it, its total running time or word count, where the recording will be used, and the date you need it by. If the script is not signed off yet, send the draft anyway — we would rather quote on what exists than wait for a 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.