Hungarian (magyar)

Hungarian (hu, hun) is a world language. Wikidata records about 12.6M speakers. It is written in Hungarian alphabet and Old Hungarian. It is an official language in 1 country, including Hungary.

Hungarian is Finno-Ugric: agglutinative, no grammatical gender, and word order follows focus. Text usually expands.

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

Translation guides

• English → Hungarian translation
• Hungarian → English translation

Where Hungarian is official

• Hungary

Rates for Hungarian translation

Hungarian 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 →