Serbian (srpski jezik)
Serbian (sr, srp) is a world language. Wikidata records about 9M speakers. It is written in Gaj's Latin alphabet and Serbian Cyrillic alphabet. It is an official language in 3 countries, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Serbia.
Serbian is written in both Cyrillic and Latin scripts; confirm which one the client needs.
Expect text translated from English into Serbian to grow by roughly 10–25%, which matters for layouts, subtitles and page counts.
In the United States, 253,661 people aged 5+ speak Serbian at home (Census ACS), and 82,113 of them (32%) speak English less than "very well" — a key indicator of demand for Serbian translators and interpreters.
Translation guides
Where Serbian is official
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Kosovo
- Serbia
Rates for Serbian translation
Serbian 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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