Language guide

Romanian (limba română)

Romanian (ro, ron) is a world language. Wikidata records about 24.3M speakers. It is written in Latin script. It is an official language in 3 countries, including Kingdom of Romania, Moldova and Romania.

Romanian is a Romance language with cases and suffixed definite articles. Use the correct comma-below ș and ț characters.

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

24.3M
Speakers
+15…+30%
Text length vs English
$0.07–0.15
Indicative rate / word

Translation guides

Where Romanian is official

  • Kingdom of Romania
  • Moldova
  • Romania

Rates for Romanian translation

Romanian 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 →

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