Hire Translators for Hindi, Regional and Foreign Languages

What you can hire translators for on Naukri Mitra

Translation work changes a lot depending on what you are translating, so this category is split into focused services. Pick the one closest to your job and you will find people who do that kind of work every day.

• Hindi–English translation for brochures, reports, school material, government tenders and customer letters in both directions.
• Regional language translation into Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi and Odia for ads, packaging and apps.
• Document translation for certificates, contracts, medical reports and PDFs, where layout and accuracy both matter.
• Website translation and localization of web pages, app screens and online stores.
• Transcription of interviews, meetings and podcasts into text, often the first step before translating audio.
• Subtitle translation for YouTube videos, short films, courses and Reels.

Some freelancers also offer French, German, Spanish, Arabic and Japanese. If you hire a freelance translator in India for these, ask how many years they have studied or worked in the language, since good foreign-language translators are fewer and charge more.

Translation services rate per word in India

Most freelance translators in India quote per word of the source text. Some quote per page (about 250–300 words) for documents, and per minute for audio and video. These are typical freelance rates, not fixed prices:

Rates rise with tight deadlines, specialized vocabulary, scanned files and rare language pairs. Translation gigs on Naukri Mitra start from ₹299, which suits a single certificate or a product leaflet. Before you hire a translator on price alone, compare what each quote includes.

How to hire a professional translator for business work

Start with the language pair and the subject. A person who translates court orders well may struggle with a skincare brand's Instagram captions. Before you hire a translator, look for samples in the same field as your file.

What is a native speaker translator?

A native speaker translator grew up speaking the target language, the one your readers will read. The usual rule is to translate into your mother tongue. So for an English to Tamil job, a native Tamil speaker who reads English comfortably is the safer pick than a fluent English speaker who learned Tamil later.

How to check translation quality before you hire a translator

• Send a paid test of 200–300 words from your real file, not a generic paragraph.
• Ask which dictionaries, glossaries or reference sites they use for your subject.
• Ask whether they use machine translation and how much of the text they rewrite by hand.
• Check that they can return the file in your format (Word, Excel, InDesign or subtitle files).

Be careful with anyone who quotes a 20,000-word job for next morning, or who will not do a short sample. Those are the most common signs of raw machine output being sold as human work.

Is Google Translate good enough for business, and where humans still matter

For reading a supplier's email or getting the general idea of a document, Google Translate is fine. For anything your customers, a court or a government office will read, hire a translator or at least a human reviewer. Machine output still mixes up formal and informal address in Hindi and picks the wrong meaning of words like "charge" or "policy".

What is machine translation post-editing?

Machine translation post-editing (MTPE) means a translator runs the text through a tool first and then corrects it line by line. It usually costs 40–60% of the normal rate and suits internal manuals and simple product catalogues, but not marketing, legal or medical text.

What is localization in translation?

Localization adapts content to a place, not only a language. Prices change to ₹, dates move to DD/MM/YYYY and examples mention cricket instead of baseball.

What is transcreation?

Transcreation is translation plus copywriting. The translator keeps the idea and feeling of a slogan or ad but writes a fresh line in the target language. An English Diwali tagline rarely works word for word in Marathi, so a transcreator writes fresh options.

Certified translation services in India: what to know before ordering

A certified translation comes with a signed statement from the translator or agency saying it is complete and accurate, often on letterhead with a stamp. Embassies, universities abroad and some courts ask for this, and some also want it notarized.

What documents need certified translation?

Birth and marriage certificates, school and degree records, police clearance, bank statements, property papers and court documents usually need certified translation when they go to a foreign embassy or an Indian court in another state. Rules differ by country and office, so read the checklist from the office that will receive your papers.

Some translators can provide a signed translator's declaration, and some work with a notary. Others offer only the translation. If you hire a translator for embassy papers, confirm in chat, before you order, exactly what certificate you will get and whether your embassy accepts it. The document translation page explains this in more detail.

How long does it take to translate 1,000 words?

A careful translator can usually translate and check 1,000 words of general content in one working day. Technical, legal or creative text takes longer, and so does a scanned PDF that has to be retyped first.

How many words can a translator translate per day?

Most professionals manage 2,000–3,000 words a day of normal business text while keeping quality steady. Translation memory tools, which reuse sentences from earlier files, raise that number. Anyone promising 10,000 words a day alone is almost certainly relying on raw machine output.

For a 15,000-word training manual, plan on about a week. If the deadline is shorter, hire translators in a pair with a shared glossary and one final reviewer.

Which Indian languages are most in demand for translation?

Hindi is requested far more than any other language, and Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati and Kannada are also common. Demand follows markets: a D2C brand selling in Maharashtra needs Marathi labels, and a fintech app growing in Telangana needs Telugu screens.

English to Hindi translation services online

This is the most common request in the category. Coaching institutes, NGOs and e-commerce sellers hire a translator for study material, reports and product listings. Since English to Hindi translation services online are widely offered, compare samples carefully and decide whether you want simple everyday Hindi or formal Hindi before the work starts.

Audio and video translation services in India

For recordings, the usual route is transcription first, then translation, then subtitles or a voice-over script. A one-hour Hindi interview might become an English transcript, an English report and a set of subtitle files. When you hire translators for audio, ask which of these steps they handle themselves.

How to prepare a file for translation and place your order

Good preparation saves money. Send an editable file (Word, Excel or Google Docs) wherever possible instead of a photo or scanned PDF.

Include in your order:

• The source language and target language, and the region if it matters (Brazilian or European Portuguese, for example).
• Word count, subject and who will read it.
• A glossary of product names and terms that must stay in English.
• Your deadline and whether you also need proofreading or formatting.

Browsing and ordering are free, and you discuss scope in Naukri Mitra chat before any phone numbers are shared. When you hire a translator, agree on the rate and pay them directly, ideally in two parts: the first after a sample section is approved and the rest on final delivery. Once you hire the translator, share all reference files in one go. If you are not sure which specialist you need, post your requirement and let translators send proposals.