Wolof Translation Services

Yes. Wolof is spoken in Senegal, Gambia and Mauritania, plus diaspora communities in France and the US, and Wolof translation is done by native speakers of the language, never by English-speaking staff working phonetically. The finished text is written in Latin script, sometimes Arabic script in religious material, so it stays searchable and quotable afterwards. A certified version and a plain working copy can be issued from the same job.

In Latin script, sometimes Arabic script in religious material. Written properly, the Wolof output can be searched, quoted and reused by anyone who reads the language; typed phonetically by a non-speaker, it cannot. Rarer languages are confirmed as available before the quote goes out, not after you have paid.

Wolof has a smaller pool of qualified translators than the major languages, so availability is confirmed before you pay and not promised then rescheduled. Most requests are placed within hours; where the wait would be longer, you are told at quoting stage. A single page is a normal order here, and most certified filings start with exactly that.

Translation starts at $0.10 per word, and certified documents at $25 per page. Wolof sits outside the commonly requested languages, so availability is confirmed before the quote is issued and not after you have paid. 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.

The date is fixed in the quote, and rush delivery within 2 to 24 hours is available where you need it. Wolof material with heavy code-switching takes longer to work through than clean single-speaker source, and the date you are given reflects that.

The 99+% accuracy standard comes from human work plus an independent check: one translator produces the file, and then another verifies it line by line against the source. The reviewer on each Wolof file checks names and terms against the source instead of reading the text through, because this material is full of names nobody can guess at. Dates, figures and proper nouns are checked separately from the prose, because those are the details a reviewing office compares first. That second pass is what catches a term rendered two different ways in the same document.

Files are handled under NDA, moved through encrypted transfer and seen only by the assigned team. Wolof files often carry names, addresses and case references, so access stays with the assigned translator and the reviewer. They can also be deleted on an agreed schedule after delivery, with written confirmation.

You choose: editable Word or Google Docs, a searchable PDF for filing, or Excel where the content belongs in a table. The Wolof text itself is written in Latin script, sometimes Arabic script in religious material. Editable files come back editable - a Word document returns as Word, not as a PDF you cannot amend. Send a template once and every later order follows it.

Upload or share a link, and the quote follows within minutes. Say what the finished text is for - a filing, a launch, a reader - because the brief changes the wording more than the language does. Say which Wolof variety the speakers use when you send the files, because that is what decides who the job goes to. A style note or template sent with the files is applied from the first delivery.

Both directions. Wolof into English and English into Wolof go to different people, because a translator works into their first language and not out of it. Certified translation is available at $25 per page. Certified pages are prepared in the format the receiving office asks for, with the signed statement attached.