Arabic Per-Word Pricing Explained
Translation is charged by the word all over the world. The count comes from your source Arabic document (the original), not from the finished translation.
Why charge by the word? Because it is fair and easy to check. A 10,000-word Arabic manual costs more than a 100-word Arabic letter, so you pay only for the text you have.
Our Arabic Translation Prices for 2026
Arabic into English: £0.10/word (the pair we do most)
English into Arabic: £0.10/word (right-to-left layout included)
Arabic into European languages: from £0.12/word (French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch)
Arabic into any other language: the quote form shows the exact rate straight away
Arabic Certificate Translation Pricing
One-page Arabic documents such as birth and marriage certificates, diplomas and driving licences have a set price, however many words they contain:
- Your first Arabic certificate: a fixed fee, certification included
- Each further Arabic certificate: £25 (a discount for ordering several)
The fixed fee pays for the Arabic translation, the certification and delivery as a digital copy. Nothing is hidden.
Why a set price? A certificate holds only a few words, yet it goes through the same certification steps. Charging by the word would not be fair for such short documents.
What Affects Your Arabic Translation Price?
A few things decide what your Arabic translation costs:
- Language pair: Arabic and English is the most common pair and the most competitively priced; other pairs cost a little more
- Speed: same day (6 hours) is 75% extra, express (12 hours) is 50% extra and fast (24 hours) is 25% extra
- Subject: legal, medical and technical Arabic texts cost 20-30% more
- Direction: right-to-left layout for English into Arabic is free of charge
In the price: the Arabic translation, quality checks, certification where needed and delivery as a digital copy. There are no hidden project management or handling fees.
Comparing Arabic Translation Prices in the UK
So how do our Arabic prices sit against the rest of the UK market?
Typical UK prices for Arabic in 2026:
- Arabic translation, standard: £0.10-£0.15/word
- Arabic translation, certified: £0.12-£0.18/word
- Arabic, specialist such as legal or medical: £0.15-£0.22/word
- Fixed-fee Arabic certificates: competitive price per document
We can keep prices competitive because Arabic is all we translate, which lets us work efficiently with native Arabic translators.
Signs you are being overcharged:
- Project management fees on top of the price
- Charging per page instead of per word
- Insisting on notarisation you do not need
- Urgency fees kept quiet until later
How We Translate Arabic
A qualified translator who is a native Arabic speaker writes each Arabic translation, and a second linguist checks all of it before it goes to you. Legal, medical and technical texts carry a specialist supplement; everything else is priced at the normal rate per word.
AI output is never certified by us. A human translator makes each certified Arabic translation from your original document.
Volume Discounts for Arabic Translation
Big Arabic projects and frequent customers pay less:
- Lower rates at volume: big or continuing Arabic projects may qualify for an agreed volume rate, so ask us for a tailored quote
- Repeated text: Arabic wording that repeats is charged at 30% of the rate without you asking, which can cut up to 50% off a document
- Rates for agencies: translation agencies and resellers get better prices
- Contract pricing: frequent customers can fix their rates with a monthly agreement
Get in touch for a tailored price on continuing Arabic translation work.
