Finnish Voice Over

Yes. Finnish is spoken in Finland and Finnish communities in Sweden and North America, and every read is recorded by a native speaker of the language, not by a non-native approximating the sound. Split files per section, alternate takes and a raw unedited version can all come out of the same session.

You can supply one, or a professional translator can produce it first. Translation is $0.10 per word, and a script is adapted to time rather than translated literally, because a line that fits the picture in English rarely fits in Finnish at the same length. Where a translated script has to be certified before recording, that is priced per page.

Payment is by Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, PayPal, Square, wire transfer and checks, and businesses and institutions can be set up on monthly invoicing instead of paying per job. Nothing is taken up front on Finnish work: payment falls due once you have approved the written quote. The price you approve in the written quote is the price you are charged.

Point out the passage and it is corrected at no charge, because revisions are free for 30 days after delivery. A misread line is picked up and re-recorded at no charge, as part of the original booking. A line the Finnish artist reads in a way you did not intend is re-recorded as a pickup, not re-quoted. Work that goes beyond the original brief, such as a different template or a new style, is quoted before it starts.

Voice-over is quoted per job, from the script you send. Finnish is requested often enough that several artists can be auditioned against your script rather than one offered. A voice-over quote has two parts, the recording and the usage, and both are itemised before you book. Quotes are calculated from how long the script runs, the language, and where and for how long the audio will be used, so two clients sending comparable material pay the same, and nothing begins until you approve the written total.

You are given a date, not a range: rush delivery within 2 to 24 hours where it is urgent, and a firm delivery time in the quote where it is not. A Finnish booking covers casting, recording and editing, and the date you are given accounts for all three.

The 99+% accuracy standard comes from human work plus an independent check: one voice artist produces the file, and then a second listener checks the take against the approved script. Names, places and loanwords in a Finnish script are checked for pronunciation with the artist before the session starts. Names, numbers and technical terms are checked for pronunciation before the session, not fixed afterwards. That second pass is what catches a mispronounced name or a read that will not fit the edit.

It is handled by restricting access, not by promising discretion. Scripts for unreleased campaigns arrive constantly, so they go to the cast artist and the engineer and nobody else. Finnish scripts often belong to campaigns that have not launched, so they go no further than the artist and the engineer. Everyone on the job is under NDA, transfer is encrypted, and your own confidentiality agreement is signed before work starts if you have one.

In the specification your project runs on, whether that is a video edit, an e-learning module or a phone system. The Finnish audio is delivered in your project specification, with split files per section where an editor needs them. Audio is delivered at the sample rate and file type your project runs on, edited clean and ready to drop in. WAV or MP3, edited clean, with split files where your editor needs them.

Upload or share a link, and the quote follows within minutes. Send the Finnish script with a note on tone, pace and audience, because that is what the casting shortlist is built from. A style note or template sent with the files is applied from the first delivery.