Afrikaans
Afrikaans (af, afr) is a world language. Wikidata records about 10.3M speakers. It is written in Latin script. It is an official language in 1 country, including South Africa.
Expect text translated from English into Afrikaans to grow by roughly 5–15%, which matters for layouts, subtitles and page counts.
Translation guides
Where Afrikaans is official
- South Africa
Rates for Afrikaans translation
Afrikaans falls in our african languages band: roughly $0.08–$0.20 per word for general commercial work. These are indicative ranges, not quotes — specialised, certified and rush work costs more, and literary translation is usually priced per 1,000 words.
For context, the median salaried translator or interpreter in the US earned $60,170 in May 2025 (BLS). See salaries by state →
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