Yoruba translation services

Yoruba translation is priced per word for text and per minute for audiovisual, depending on volume, subject matter and turnaround, with agreeing the level of tone marking 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 Yoruba linguists handle every translation, and a second native linguist independently reviews each text, checking that tone marks and subdots are complete and correct rather than added only where a word looked ambiguous.

Yes — Yoruba translation, subtitling and voice over all come from one team, working to a single glossary throughout, and the voice-over scripts we send to the studio are fully tone-marked so the recording says what the translation means.

Because they are part of the spelling. Yoruba is a tone language, and words with the same letters can differ only in tone: ọkọ is a husband, ọkọ̀ a vehicle. Without the marks the reader has to work out which word is meant from context, and sometimes context does not settle it.

Our default is yes. Unmarked Yoruba is common in electronic text, largely because devices and applications have supported the marks poorly, but it is less precise, and researchers note that fully marked text is found mainly in educational textbooks. If a platform needs another convention, we agree it at the brief and apply it consistently.

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 restores tone marks and subdots by reading each sentence for meaning, which is the only reliable way to choose between words that share their letters. Automatic restoration is still a research problem, so every restored file is checked by a second linguist.

Yes. Yoruba is spoken mainly in south-western Nigeria and in neighbouring Benin. We translate into Standard Yoruba with full tone marks by default, and confirm the spelling conventions at the brief if your audience is in Benin.

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.