Telugu (తెలుగు)

Telugu (te, tel) is a world language. Wikidata records about 82M speakers. It is written in Telugu script.

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

In the United States, 509,657 people aged 5+ speak Telugu at home (Census ACS), and 90,388 of them (18%) speak English less than "very well" — a key indicator of demand for Telugu translators and interpreters.

Translation guides

• English → Telugu translation
• Telugu → English translation

Rates for Telugu translation

Telugu 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 →

Where Telugu is spoken in the US, state by state →