This guide is being written to aid you on reaching potential customers from the Islamic Republic of Iran ? a very new market. To do this you must consider translating your services/products to the following languages: Farsi (Persian), Dari (Afghan Farsi), Pashto, Tajik, Kurdish and Turkish. Farsi (Persian) is the national language of the Islamic Republic of Iran with over 80 million residents speaking this language throughout the country, so no need to be concerned about the other languages mentioned above as about 1% of the Iranian People speak them.



An extremely NEW market: Iran

Iran has undergone several political and economical embargos since the Islamic Revolution and only few major products have made their way to the Islamic Republic of Iran because of this embargo. But now after three decades it is time for these businesses to be promoted to the Islamic Republic of Iran and make their presence at an un-reached and new market.

Farsi (Persian) Translators:

There are many translation agencies and freelance linguists out there who offer quality DTP services from and into Farsi (Persian). Most agencies provide English < > Farsi (Persian) translation services while few also provide services in other languages such as Arabic, German, French, Dutch, etc. When actively searching for such linguists/translation companies concentrate on the quality of the work. If you don't receive quality translations then you are not likely to succeed. Don't need quality translations? Then you may also utilize free online translation services from internet content translators such as Babylon or other internet translators on the web. You may also consider purchasing offline freeware such as Fars Translator. These online and offline transaltion freeware are good if you are not looking for standard quality translations.

How to find these agencies?

Quite simple! You can go to Google and do a search for the terms ?Farsi Translation?, ?Farsi Translators? or ?English to Farsi Translation? and replace English with your primary language. You will surely find several of websites which offer such services and you can decide which is better. You may also visit translator directories on the web. The best of these online directories are GoTranslators, ProZ, TranslatorsCafe and Translatorsbase. GoTranslators is one of the biggest translator directories and you can easily find tens of translation agencies for each language pair in their database of translation agencies/freelance translators. GoTranslators lets you chose whether you want to look for a freelance translator or translation company.

Freelance translator or translation company?!

Freelance linguists usually offer lower prices than translation agencies do, but if you are seeking a legitimate source for quality translation services, then you'd better select a translation company. Who can you accuse if the quality of the work done is not good? With freelance linguists, the answer is ?nobody?, but translation agencies will offer you a signed agreement which will guarantee that the quality of their delivered job will meet your needs.

Conclusion:

If you are seeking a very new market to sell your products or services, you can't find any better than the Islamic Republic of Iran ? a 3rd world country which is growing fast. To reach this market you will need to localize your services to Farsi (Persian) with the help of translation agencies or freelance linguists offering Farsi translation services.