Native-speaker translators
Hausa is the target language and a native speaker writes it. Nobody on your project is guessing at idiomatic Hausa from a dictionary.
Translation services
English to Hausa translation that reads as though it was written in Hausa
Reports, contracts, medical and legal documents, research tools, marketing and subtitles — translated by native Hausa speakers who also work in English, then proofread before it reaches you.
The approach
Translate the meaning, not the words
Machine translation will hand you Hausa that is grammatically odd, culturally tone-deaf, or simply wrong. For anything that carries your name — a report to a donor, a consent form, a contract, a public campaign — that is not a risk worth taking.
Our translators are native Hausa speakers who work in English every day. They translate meaning rather than vocabulary, so the finished text reads as though it was written for a Hausa-speaking reader in the first place, not converted for one.
We work across registers. A legal contract, a radio script, a health leaflet and a children's story all demand different Hausa, and we ask who your readers are before we begin, because that answer changes every sentence that follows.
Names, places, technical terms, religious vocabulary and units of measurement all require decisions. Where a term has more than one accepted Hausa form, we agree the choice with you up front and keep it consistent — which matters most on long, multi-part projects.
Sensitive material is handled under confidentiality by the named people working on your project. We can sign an NDA before you send anything, and nothing is shared beyond the team translating it.
What we translate
- Donor, NGO and project reports
- Research tools: consent forms, questionnaires, interview guides
- Contracts, agreements and terms
- Medical, health and public health information
- Legal, government and policy documents
- Education materials and children's books
- Marketing, campaigns, packaging and signage
- Subtitles, scripts and audio descriptions
What's included
Translation that survives being read carefully
Every job includes the same standards, whatever its size.
Cultural adaptation
Examples, greetings, idioms, imagery and forms of address are adapted for a Hausa-speaking audience in Nigeria, Niger and the diaspora — not carried over unchanged.
Agreed terminology
Technical, medical, legal and religious terms are agreed with you and used consistently, so a reader does not meet the same concept under two different names.
Proofread before delivery
A second reader checks the translation for accuracy and fluency before it leaves us. Nothing is delivered as a first draft.
Confidentiality and NDAs
Medical, legal, research and human-resources material is common for us and handled under confidentiality, with an NDA signed before you send anything if you prefer.
Files you can actually use
Word, PDF, Excel, subtitle files or print-ready layout — delivered bilingual or Hausa-only, matched to how you will publish or file the document.
How it works
Brief, translate, proofread, deliver
Four steps, with your deadline agreed before any work starts.
01
Send the material and the brief
Email the documents, or a description plus the deadline if they are confidential. Tell us who the readers are and where the text will appear.
02
Confirm scope and timeline
We come back with scope, format and a delivery date, and quote for that scope. Terminology questions are raised now, while they are still cheap to answer.
03
Translation and proofreading
A native Hausa translator produces the text and a second reader checks it for accuracy and fluency before delivery.
04
Delivery and feedback
You receive the files in the format you asked for. If a phrase needs reworking for your context, we work through it with you.
Deliverables
Exactly what you receive
Formats and options
- Bilingual or Hausa-only documents, depending on how they will be used.
- Word, PDF or Excel files, with your original layout respected.
- Subtitle files for video, prepared alongside the translated script.
- Print-ready text for leaflets, posters and packaging.
- A glossary of the terminology we agreed, on request, for your next project.
Deadlines and volume
Longer documents take longer, and a rushed job is a poor job. Tell us the date you need the work by, and if the text is going to a printer or a broadcast slot, tell us that date instead of the ideal one.
If your project is a series of files — questionnaires, episodes, training modules — send the set up front so the whole job can be planned as one piece of work with consistent language.
Pricing follows scope: length, complexity, format and deadline. Tell us about the job and we will quote for it — see the pricing page for how that works.
Questions
About Hausa translation
Every sentence we deliver is produced and reviewed by a native Hausa speaker who also works in English. Automatic tools, where they are used at all, never replace that human work on text that carries your name.
Yes. Just ask before sending the material. Confidential documents stay with the named team members working on your project.
Yes — that is usually a transcription first, then a translation of the transcript. We can handle both stages, or translate a script you already have. See our transcription and voice dubbing services.
By scope — the length of the text, its complexity, the format you need and your deadline. Send us the material and we will quote for that job rather than publish a figure that would not fit it.
Get started
Send us your documents
Tell us what the text is for, who will read it and when you need it. You will get a clear scope, a timeline and a quote before any work begins.