Welsh translation services

Welsh translation is priced per word for text and per minute for audiovisual, depending on volume, subject matter and turnaround. Send your files and we will come back with a free, itemised quote, backed by our Price Match Promise.

Yes. Native Welsh linguists handle every translation, and a second native linguist independently reviews each text before it reaches you, which matters more than usual where the material is going to a public body that will be assessed on it.

Yes — Welsh translation, subtitling and voice over all come from one team, working to a single glossary throughout. That is useful in Wales specifically, because the answer to a parity requirement is often a combination of the three rather than any one of them.

Not automatically. The Welsh Language Standards bind bodies named in a compliance notice from the Welsh Language Commissioner — councils, the Welsh Government, health bodies, national parks, universities and similar. Most private companies meet the requirement as suppliers to one of them, or through a contract clause that passes it down.

Usually not, if the requirement is parity. The recurring wording in the Standards is that Welsh must not be treated less favourably than English, and the Welsh Government's own guidance sets bilingual video at 50:50 and rules out English-only video on Welsh-language social channels. Subtitles are a fallback rather than the intended answer.

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

Before the shoot. Once the material is finished, the options narrow to subtitling or recording again, and both are decisions you would have made differently with a week's notice. Asking at the quote stage costs nothing and often changes the casting brief rather than the budget.

At the 2021 census, 538,300 people aged three and over, which is 17.8 % of the population of Wales. Household surveys report a higher number, and the Welsh Government states those figures should not be compared with the census, so we quote the census one and say so.

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.