Greek (Ελληνικά)

Greek (el, ell) belongs to the Southern European language. Wikidata records about 15M speakers. It is written in Greek alphabet. It is an official language in 1 country, including Cyprus.

Greek uses its own alphabet and keeps accents (tonos) in lowercase but usually drops them in all caps.

Expect text translated from English into Greek to grow by roughly 15–30%, which matters for layouts, subtitles and page counts.

In the United States, 254,916 people aged 5+ speak Greek at home (Census ACS), and 55,696 of them (22%) speak English less than "very well" — a key indicator of demand for Greek translators and interpreters.

Translation guides

• English → Greek translation
• Greek → English translation

Where Greek is official

• Cyprus

Rates for Greek translation

Greek falls in our central & eastern european band: roughly $0.07–$0.15 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 →

Where Greek is spoken in the US, state by state →