LIST OF LANGUAGES

We can translate and/or interpret to or from any of the following listed languages. If you do not find the language(s) you're interested in, please call a CTS LanguageLink™ Representative at + 1 800-208-2620. Click on the links below to learn more about localizing for these target markets.

Afrikaans

Where Spoken: South Africa and Nambia

16,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Afrikaans
  
• Translation from Afrikaans into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Akan

Where Spoken: Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo

8,300,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation English into Akan
  
• Interpretation Akan into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Albanian

Where Spoken: Albania, Eastern Europe

6,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Albanian
  
• Translation from Albanian into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Amharic

Where Spoken: Ethiopia

34,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Amharic
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Amharic into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Arabic

Where Spoken: Middle East, Africa

296,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Arabic
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Arabic into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Armenian

Where Spoken: Armenia

6,700,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Armenian
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Armenian into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Assyrian

Where Spoken: Iraq, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Syria

210,231 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation English into Assyrian
  
• Interpretation Assyrian into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Awngi

Where Spoken: Ethiopia

397,491 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Awngi
• Interpretation from Awngi into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Azerbaijan (North & South)

Where Spoken: North- Azerbaijan, Armenia, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia (Asia), Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan South- Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Turkey (Asia)

7,059,529 North 24,364,000 South speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Azerbaijan (North & South)
• Interpretation from Azerbaijan (North & South) into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Bahdini

Iraqi dialect for Kurmanji (Kurmandji).

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Bahdini
  
• Translation from Bahdini into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Bambara

Where Spoken: Mali, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea, Mauritania, Senegal

2,786,385 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Bambara
• Interpretation from Bambara into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Bari

Where Spoken: Columbia, Venezuela

1,700 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Bari
• Interpretation from Bari into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Basque

Where Spoken: Spain, Australia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Philippines, USA

588,108 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Basque
• Interpretation from Basque into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Bassa

Where Spoken: Liberia, Sierra Leone

352,600 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Bassa
• Interpretation from Bassa into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Behdini

Where Spoken: Iraq, Germany

4,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Behdini
• Interpretation from Behdini into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Bengali

Where Spoken: East India

215,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Bengali
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Bengali into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Bikol

Where Spoken: Philippines

2,400,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Bikol
• Interpretation from Bikol into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Bisaya

Where Spoken: Brunei, Philippines, Borneo, Malaysia

40,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Bisaya
• Interpretation from Bisaya into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Bosnian

Where Spoken: Bosnia-Herzogovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, Slovenia, Turkey

2,500,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Bosnian
  
• Translation from Bosnian into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Bugan

Where Spoken: China

3,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Bugan
• Interpretation from Bugan into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Bulgarian

Where Spoken: Bulgaria, Ukraine, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey

12,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Bulgarian
  
• Translation from Bulgarian into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Burmese

Where Spoken: Myannmar, Thailand, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Laos, Singapore

42,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Burmese
  
• Translation from Burmese into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Byelorussian

Where Spoken: Primarily Belarus, Poland

7,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Byelorussian
  
• Translation from Byelorussian into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Cambodian (Khmer)

Where Spoken: Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam

21,500,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Cambodian
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Cambodian into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Catalan

Where Spoken: Andorra, Spain, France, Italy

7,500,000+ speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Catalan
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Catalan into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Cebuano

Where Spoken: Philippines

20,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Cebuano
  
• Translation from Cebuano into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Cham (Eastern & Western)

Where Spoken: Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand

323,100 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Cham (Eastern & Western)
• Interpretation from Cham (Eastern & Western) into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Chamorro

Where Spoken: Guam, Northern Mariana Islands

50,000-75,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Chamorro
  
• Translation from Chamorro into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Chavacano

Where Spoken: Philippines, Malaysia(Sabah)

607,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Chavacano
• Interpretation from Chavacano into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Cherokee

Where Spoken: USA

22,500 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Cherokee
• Interpretation from Cherokee into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Chinese

Where Spoken: China, Macau, Taiwan

More than 1.1 billion speakers worldwide

• Cantonese: 71,000,000 speakers worldwide
• Mandarin: 867,200,000 speakers worldwide
• Taiwanese: 49,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Chinese (Interpretation services available in the Cantonese, Mandarin and Taiwanese dialects)
• Translation and Interpretation from Chinese into English (Interpretation services available in the Cantonese, Mandarin and Taiwanese dialects)

Chinese is spoken by more people than any other language in the world. It is comprised of a number of variants; those that are mutually unintelligible are considered separate languages by some linguists, but are classed among the many dialects of Chinese by others.

Spoken Language

Though Chinese has many dialects, Mandarin, based on the pronunciation of Peking, is considered the standard and is spoken by about two-thirds of the population. The other major dialects are (I) Wu, spoken by about 50 million people in the Shanghai area and in Chekiang Province to the south; (2) Cantonese, spoken by about 45 million people in the extreme southern provinces of Kwangtung and Kwangsi; (3) Fukienese, or Min, spoken by about 45 million people, and generally subdivided into Northern Fukienese, or Foochow (15 million speakers), of northern Fukien, and Southern Fukienese, or Amoy (30 million speakers), of southern Fukien, Amoy Island, and Taiwan; (4) Hakka, with 20 million speakers in northeastern Kwang-tung and southern Kiangsi provinces; (5) Ilsiang, with 15 million speakers in Hunan Province. In addition the Fukienese dialects are widely spoken in Malaysia and Singapore, while Cantonese is also spoken in Hong Kong and on the Southeast Asia mainland. Nearly all Chinese in the United States speak Cantonese.

Chinese, like the other languages of the Sino-Tibetan family, is a tonal language, meaning that different tones, or intonations, distinguish words that otherwise are pronounced identically. The four Chinese tones are (I) high level; (2) high rising; (3) low rising; (4) high falling to low. It is not unusual for a syllable to be pronounced in each of the four tones, each yielding a word with a completely different meaning. For example, the word ma in tone one means "mother," while ma2 means "hemp," ma3 means ''horse," and ma4 means "to curse." In fact each tone usually offers a large number of homonyms. Yi in tone one can mean, among other things, "one," "clothes," "doctor," and "to cure"; yi2 "aunt," "doubt, ""suitable," and "to shift"; yi3 "already," "because of," and "by"; yi4 "easy," "strange," "benefit," and the number "100 million."

Written Language

There are two forms of written Chinese: Traditional Chinese, which is used primarily in Taiwan, Hong Kong and other areas outside mainland China and Simplified Chinese, a written language initially adopted by the People's Republic of China in 1956, and used primarily in mainland China and Singapore.

Chinese is written with thousands of distinctive characters called ideographs which have no relation to the sound of a word. In a large dictionary there are 40-50,000 characters, while the telegraphic code book contains nearly 10,000. A Chinese child learns about 2,000 characters by the time he is ten, but it takes two or three times as many to be able to read a newspaper or novel. One kind of Chinese type-writer has 5,400 characters. The number of strokes required to draw a Chinese character can be as high as 33.

The majority of Chinese characters, however, consist of two elements -a signific, which indicates the meaning of a word, and a phonetic, which indicates the sound. The significs, or radicals, number 214 in Chinese, and indicate the class of objects to which the word belongs. For example, all words relating to wood, such as "tree" and "table," contain the "wood" radical. The phonetic consists of the character for a word whose meaning is totally unrelated to the word in question, but whose pronunciation happens to be the same. Thus the character for "ocean" consists of the signific "water" plus the phonetic "sheep," the word for "sheep" being pronounced the same as the word for "ocean." In some cases the phonetic stands alone, as in the case of the character for "dustpan" which also stands for the Chinese possessive pronoun, since the word for the pronoun is the same as the word for "dustpan."

Despite their staggering complexity, the Chinese characters do have the advantage of making written communication possible between people speaking mutually unintelligible dialects and languages. A given word may be quite different in Mandarin and Cantonese, but it would be written identically in the two dialects. Since the Chinese characters are also used in Japanese, each language, when written, is partially intelligible to a speaker of the other, despite the fact that the two spoken languages are totally dissimilar.

Translation Issues

In view of all these different dialects, it is of crucial importance to identify the target audience when translating for China. Typically, for texts which are intended for Mainland China, we use Simplified Chinese. Outside the People's Republic of China, the traditional form remains the standard.

In spite of the different dialects spoken by the Chinese population in America, the standard form of written communication is Traditional Chinese. When it comes to interpretation, Mandarin, Cantonese, Fukienese, Chiow-Chiow, etc… may be the preferred or exclusive language of communication.

Some states with large Chinese-speaking communities mandate the translation of certain documents (ex., voters' ballots, consent forms, documents for the protection of nonpublic personal information, etc…) into Traditional Chinese.

Due to the large volume of work in this language, CTS has a Senior Chinese linguist on staff in addition to a vast network of Chinese translators (US-based and overseas) covering all Chinese dialects and specialties. As languages evolve with the culture surrounding them, having resources in-country and domestically enables us to successfully localize written material according to the end user.

Whereas the Chinese/English are most commonly requested, CTS also provides translation and interpretation from/into Chinese into/from a selection of other languages. For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Chuukese

Where Spoken: Federated States of Micronesia

45,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Chuukese
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Chuukese into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Cora

Where Spoken: Mexico

15,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Cora
• Interpretation from Cora into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Cree

Where Spoken: Canada

87,555 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Cree
• Interpretation from Cree into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Croatian

Where Spoken: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro

6,200,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Croatian
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Croatian into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Czech

Where Spoken: Czech Republic

12,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Czech
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Czech into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Danish

Where Spoken: Denmark, Faroe Island, Greenland, Iceland, Germany (northern Schleswig Holstein region), Norway, Sweden

5,600,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Danish
  
• Translation from Danish into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Dari

Where Spoken: Afghanistan

Dari is the dialect of Persian that is spoken in Afghanistan and is more widely known as Farsi. It is also the official language of Afghanistan. Fifty percent (50%) of Afghani people speak Dari.

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Dari
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Dari into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Dinka

Where Spoken: Sudan

2,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Dinka
• Interpretation from Dinka into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Duala

Where Spoken: Cameroon

87,700 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Duala
• Interpretation from Duala into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Dutch

Where Spoken: The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Suriname, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles

26,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Dutch
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Dutch into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

English

CTS provides translation and interpretation into/from English from/into all the listed languages. In addition, we localize translations into all dialects of English (American English, British English, Caribbean English, etc…). When localizing audio contents, CTS has a wide pool of English-speaking voice-over talents covering the full range of English accents.

Edo

Where Spoken: Nigeria

1,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Edo
• Interpretation from Edo into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Estonian

Where Spoken: Estonia

1,100,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Estonian
  
• Translation from Estonian into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Evenki

Where Spoken: China, Mongolia, Russia(Asia)

29,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Evenki
• Interpretation from Evenki into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Faroese

Where Spoken: Denmark

60,000 - 80,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Faroese
• Interpretation from Faroese into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Farsi (Persian)

Where Spoken: Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, India, Iraq

Farsi (Persian) and its dialects have official-language status in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan

120,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Farsi
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Farsi into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Fijian

Where Spoken: Fiji, Nauru, New Zealand, Vanuatu

350,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Fijian
• Interpretation from Fijian into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Finnish

Where Spoken: Finland, Estonia, Sweden, Norway, NW Russia

6,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Finnish
  
• Translation from Finnish into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Flemish

Where Spoken: Northern Belgium, France

Flemish is frequently considered to be a Belgian variant of Dutch

5,500,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Flemish
  
• Translation from Flemish into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

French

French, European 60,000,000 speakers worldwide

French, Canadian 70,000,000 speakers worldwide

• Translation and Interpretation from English into French
  
• Translation and Interpretation from French into English
  

French is spoken as a first language by more than 70 million people, chiefly in France (55 million speakers), Belgium (3 million), Switzerland (1.5 million), former French and Belgian colonies in Africa (5 million), and Canada (6.5 million). Even though speakers of the French language are able to communicate irrespective of their country of origin, there can be significant differences in language which must be addressed when localizing a text for a specific French speaking country. This is particularly relevant when translations are intended to reach a French Canadian audience. Differences between French québecois and French are especially notable with vocabulary pertaining to modern objects or concepts. For a number of terms, European French speakers tend to borrow English words without altering them. For instance, "a parking lot" translates as "un parking" in France. Quebec, being geographically encapsulated in English-speaking territory, has developed its own reaction to English. New terms are either coined from existing French words, or are derived from English words using French morphology. Therefore, in French-speaking Canada, a parking lot is "un stationnement." The French Canadian translation for "car" is a good illustration of this phenomenon. The formal equivalent is "voiture" for both Canadian and European French, but the casual name in Canada is "char" (used only in oral communications), which sounds closer to the English word, but would be understood as "oxcart" or "Roman chariot" for a European French speaker.

There are also some differences in terminology for specific technical domains. Additionally, variations exist in general typesetting rules, such as punctuation or the use of accents on uppercase characters.

Translation Issues

In spite of these notable differences, it may possible to use the same translation for both countries depending on industry and content. Canadian French speakers are used to reading literature or technical documentation in European French and feel comfortable with it; actually, a significant part of Canadian French local literature uses standard French. This means that you can sometimes localize your product into European French and use the same localized version for Canada. In industries such as IT, life sciences, and other technical fields however, you will need to plan for terminological adaptation in addition to the initial localization effort. Keep in mind that sometimes communication style is just as important as content. When you need to localize marketing literature, advertising, or websites, it is advisable to organize separate translations. Accent in spoken language can also be an issue; a French Canadian voice may sound "unusual" and foreign to a European ear. If you have audio content, consider recording it with two different voices.

Whereas the directional combinations French>English>French are most commonly requested, CTS also provides translation and interpretation from/into French into/from a selection of other languages. For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Ga

Where Spoken: Ghana

600,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Ga
• Interpretation from Ga into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Ganda

Where Spoken: Uganda

3,015,980 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Ganda
• Interpretation from Ganda into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Georgian

Where Spoken: Georgia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Russia

4,100,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Georgian
  
• Translation from Georgian into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

German

Where Spoken: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and many other countries

The German language has many dialects, some of which are not mutually intelligible, particularly to speakers who know only standard German. German dialects are generally divided into High German and Low German.

123,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into German
  
• Translation and Interpretation from German into English
  

Whereas the directional combinations German>English>German are most commonly requested, CTS also provides translation and interpretation from/into German into/from a selection of other languages. For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Gilaki

Where Spoken: Iran

3,265,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Gilaki
• Interpretation from Gilaki into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Grebo

Where Spoken: Liberia

113,200 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Grebo
• Interpretation from Grebo into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Greek

Where Spoken: Greece, Cyprus, Greek communities worldwide

18,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Greek
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Greek into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Guarani

Where Spoken: Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina

7,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Guarani
• Interpretation from Guarani into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Gujarati

Where Spoken: India, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Pakistan

46,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Gujarati
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Gujarati into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Gurung

Where Spoken: Nepal, Bhutan, India

227,918 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Gurung
• Interpretation from Gurung into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Haitian (Creole)

Where Spoken: Haiti, Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, France, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States

12,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Haitian
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Haitian into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Hakka

Where Spoken: China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines

34,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Hakka
• Interpretation from Hakka into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Harari

Where Spoken: Ethiopia

21,283 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Harari
• Interpretation from Harari into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Hausa

Where Spoken: Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Germany, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo

24,162,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Hausa
• Interpretation from Hausa into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Hebrew

Where Spoken: Israel, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Canada, France, Panama, UK, US, Uruguay

15,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Hebrew
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Hebrew into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Hiligaynon

Where Spoken: Philippines

7,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Hiligaynon
• Interpretation from Hiligaynon into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Hindi

Where Spoken: India, Nepal, South Africa, Mauritius, US, Yemen, Uganda, Germany

525,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Hindi
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Hindi into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Hindko

Where Spoken: Pakistan

7,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Hindko
• Interpretation from Hindko into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Hmong

Where Spoken: China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, USA

The 2 most common dialects of Hmong used in the United States are White Hmong (Hmong Der or Hmong Daw) and Green Mong (also called Mong Leng or Mong Njua). These dialects are mutually intelligible but do use different vowel and consonant systems.

6,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Hmong
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Hmong into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Hungarian

Where Spoken: Hungary and areas of Romania, Slovakia, Serbia, Ukraine, Croatia, Austria, Slovenia

14,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Hungarian
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Hungarian into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Ibaloi

Where Spoken: Philippines

111,449 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Ibaloi
• Interpretation from Ibaloi into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Iban

Where Spoken: Malaysia

415,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Iban
• Interpretation from Iban into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Ibo (Igbo)

Where Spoken: Nigeria

18,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Ibo (Igbo)
• Interpretation from Ibo (Igbo) into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Icelandic

Where Spoken: Iceland, Manitoba Canada

500,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Icelandic
  
• Translation from Icelandic into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Ilocano

Where Spoken: Philippines

7,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Ilocano
  
• Translation from Ilocano into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Ilongot

Where Spoken: Philippines

50,786 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Ilongot
• Interpretation from Ilongot into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Indonesian

Where Spoken: Indonesia, East Timor

200,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Indonesian
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Indonesian into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Italian

Where Spoken: Italy, Switzerland, Ethiopia, Malta, Vatican City, San Marino, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Libya, Somalia, Eritrea

70,000,000+ speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Italian
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Italian into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Japanese

Where Spoken: Japan, Brazil, United States (Hawaii, in particular), Palau, Taiwan

130,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Japanese
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Japanese into English
  

Due to the large volume of work in this language, CTS has a vast network of native Japanese translators (in country and US-based) covering all kinds of specialties. As languages evolve with the culture surrounding them, having resources in-country and domestically enables us to successfully localize written material according to the end user.

Whereas the above-referenced combinations are most commonly requested, CTS also provides translation and interpretation from/into Japanese into/from a selection of other languages. For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Javanese

Where Spoken: Java (Indonesia), Suriname, New Caledonia

76,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Javanese
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Javanese into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Kakwa

Where Spoken: Uganda, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo

146,472 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Kakwa
• Interpretation from Kakwa into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Kanjobal

Where Spoken: Guatemala, Mexico

58,600 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Kanjobal
• Interpretation from Kanjobal into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Kankanaey

Where Spoken: Philippines

2,700,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Kankanaey
• Interpretation from Kankanaey into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Kannada

Where Spoken: India

35,346,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Kannada
• Interpretation from Kannada into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Kazakh

Where Spoken: Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Russia, Iran

13,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Kazakh
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Kazakh into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Khmer (Central & Northern)

Where Spoken: Cambodia, Thailand, Canada, China, France, Laos, USA, Vietnam

14,700,000 - 20,600,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Khmer (Central & Northern)
• Interpretation from Khmer (Central & Northern) into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Kinyarwanda

Where Spoken: Rwanda

7 million speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Kinyarwanda
  
• Translation from Kinyarwanda into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Kirghiz/Kyrgyz

Where Spoken: Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Xinjiang (China)

3,500,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Kirghiz
  
• Translation from Kirghiz into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Kirundi (Rundi)

Where Spoken: Burundi

4,600,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Kirundi
  
• Translation from Kirundi into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Kizande/Zande (also called Pazande, Zandi, Azande, Sande, Badjange)

Where Spoken: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Central African Republic

1,200,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Kizande
  
• Translation from Kizande into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Korean

73,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Korean
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Korean into English
  

Some states with large Korean-speaking communities mandate the translation of certain documents (ex., voters&Mac226; ballots, consent forms, documents for the protection of nonpublic personal information, etc) into Korean.

Due to the large volume of work in this language, CTS has a Senior Korean editor on staff in addition to a vast network of native Korean translators US-based and abroad, covering all kinds of specialties. As languages evolve according to the culture surrounding them, having resources in-country and domestically enables us to successfully localize written material according to the end user.

Whereas the directional combinations Korean>English>Korean are most commonly requested, CTS also provides translation and interpretation from/into Korean into/from a selection of other languages. For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Kpelle

Where Spoken: Guinea, Liberia

795,400 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Kpelle
• Interpretation from Kpelle into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Krio

Where Spoken: Sierra Leone, Gambia, Guinea, Senegal

481,600 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Krio
• Interpretation from Krio into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Krui

Where Spoken: Indonesia (Sumatra)

31,687 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Krui
• Interpretation from Krui into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Kurdish

Where Spoken: Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Armenia, Lebanon

20,000,000+ speakers worldwide

Kurdish has 3 main dialects (they are quite different) which are Kurmanji (see below), Sorani, (spoken in western Iran and the central part of Iraqi Kurdistan), and Kelhuri (spoken in Western Iran, Eastern Iraq). Other dialects include Kirmanshahi, Laki, Zazaki, and Gorani.

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Kurdish
  
• Translation from Kurdish into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Kurmandji

Where Spoken: Kurdish dialect spoken in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon

Kurmandji is the most common dialect of the Kurdish language and spoken by 80% of Kurds.

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Kurmandji
  
• Translation from Kurmandji into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Lahu

Where Spoken: China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Yunnan

577,178 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Lahu
• Interpretation from Lahu into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Laotian

Where Spoken: Laos, Thailand, US, France, Canada, China, Australia

19,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Laotian
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Laotian into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Latin

Where Spoken: Vatican City, and is also used worldwide in academia, science, law, etc.

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Latin
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Latin into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Latvian

Where Spoken: Republic of Latvia

1,543,844 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Latvian
  
• Translation from Latvian into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Lingala

Where Spoken: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic

2,139,202 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Lingala
• Interpretation from Lingala into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Lithuanian

Where Spoken: Lithuania and surrounding areas

3,500,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Lithuanian
  
• Translation from Lithuanian into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Luo

Where Spoken: Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, Uganda, D.R. Congo

Luo is a group of roughly 15 languages (one branch of the Western Nilotic languages) spoken in Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, Uganda, D.R. Congo

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Luo
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Luo into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Maay

Where Spoken: Somalia

1,500,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Interpretation from English into Maay
• Interpretation from Maay into English

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Macedonian

Where Spoken: Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, etc.

2,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation from English into Macedonian
  
• Translation from Macedonian into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Malagasy

Where Spoken: Madagascar, Comoros, Réunion, Mayotte

17 million speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Malagasy
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Malagasy into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.

Malay (Sabah)

Where Spoken: Malaysia, parts of Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, S. Thailand, S. Philippines, Netherlands, Australia

21,000,000 speakers worldwide

Language combinations:

• Translation and Interpretation from English into Malay
  
• Translation and Interpretation from Malay into English
  

For language combinations other than with English, please contact a CTS representative at + 1 800-208-2620.