Hindi (मानक हिन्दी)
Hindi (hi, hin) is a world language. Wikidata records about 341M speakers. It is written in Devanagari. It is an official language in 1 country, including India.
Hindi uses Devanagari; formal आप vs informal तुम/तू. English loanwords are common in tech and marketing.
Expect text translated from English into Hindi to grow by roughly 15–35%, which matters for layouts, subtitles and page counts.
In the United States, 930,728 people aged 5+ speak Hindi at home (Census ACS), and 156,869 of them (17%) speak English less than "very well" — a key indicator of demand for Hindi translators and interpreters.
Translation guides
Where Hindi is official
- India
Rates for Hindi translation
Hindi falls in our south & southeast asian band: roughly $0.06–$0.14 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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