Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia)
Indonesian (id, ind) is a world language. Wikidata records about 199M speakers. It is written in Latin script. It is an official language in 1 country, including Indonesia.
Indonesian has simple grammar without tenses or gender; formality is carried by vocabulary and pronouns.
Expect text translated from English into Indonesian to grow by roughly 10–25%, which matters for layouts, subtitles and page counts.
Translation guides
Where Indonesian is official
- Indonesia
Rates for Indonesian translation
Indonesian 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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