Unparalleled Dialogue Translation

Dialogue translation is translating spoken lines written for performance - film, game, drama and training scenarios - so they sound said. The work is produced by people and not by software, and what shapes it here is translation across documents, websites, media and software from one supplier, so the deliverable fits how you actually work instead of a generic template. Every file is checked by a second reviewer before it is sent.

Each character keeps a consistent register, so a translated line still reveals who is speaking. That is settled before work begins and not discovered afterwards, so the first delivery is the one you can use. The translator works into their own first language, which is what keeps long text readable instead of merely correct.

The delivery date is agreed before work starts, and rush delivery within 2 to 24 hours covers anything urgent. Material sent at the end of your working day is in progress overnight. Dialogue translation is scheduled against the people who actually do this work, not against a general pool.

The standard is 99+%, reached by doing the job twice: one person produces the file, and a second checks it before release. What gets checked on dialogue translation is the detail a reader would otherwise have to verify alone: names, figures, terms and anything the source left ambiguous. Dates, figures and proper nouns are checked separately from the prose, because those are the details a reviewing office compares first.

Access is the control that matters, so it is kept to the assigned pair and nobody else. Dialogue translation often involves material people would not want circulated, so the file is closed to everyone except the pair working on it. Personal records, contracts and pre-filing material arrive daily, so access is closed by default and opened only to the pair on the job. Transfer is encrypted, every person involved is under NDA, and files are deleted on request once you no longer need them held.

Word, PDF, Excel, Google Docs or plain text. Editable files come back editable - a Word document returns as Word, not as a PDF you cannot amend. The format for dialogue translation is agreed at order stage, so the first delivery is the one you can file, send on or publish. Your house template can be applied from the first order, which is what keeps a set of documents looking like one set.

Upload or share a link, and the quote follows within minutes. Say what the dialogue translation is for when you send it, because a filing, a publication and an internal record are formatted differently. Say what the finished text is for - a filing, a launch, a reader - because the brief changes the wording more than the language does. A style note or template sent with the files is applied from the first delivery.

Worth asking for: lines can be length-matched to the original delivery where they will be recorded or lip-synced. It is easier to set at order stage than to retrofit, and it costs nothing on top of the quoted rate when it is part of the original brief. A certified version and a plain working copy can be issued from the same job.

Yes, in 100+ languages, each handled by a native speaker and not by someone working from a dictionary. What dialogue translation involves does not change with the language, and the same independent check happens before delivery. Rarer languages are confirmed as available before the quote goes out, not after you have paid.

Translation starts at $0.10 per word, and certified documents at $25 per page. Dialogue translation is quoted from the material you send, so a short job and a long one are worked out the same way. Translation is priced per word and certification per page, so you can see which part of the figure is which. Nothing starts before you approve that figure in writing, and the invoice matches it exactly.

When filmmakers or documentary makers or companies want their creations, advertisements or presentations reach markets other than those in the native languages, dialogue translation helps them conquer such foreign shores.