I am writing this guide to guide you on how to reach potential customers from the Islamic Republic of Iran ? a very new market. To do this you must consider translating your products/services to the following languages: Persian (Iranian Farsi), Afghan Farsi (Dari), Afghani Pashto, Tajik, Kurdish and Iranian Turkish. Persian (Iranian Farsi) is the national language of the Islamic Republic of Iran with over 80 million people speaking this language throughout the nation, so no worries about the other languages mentioned above as about 1% of the Iranians speak them.



An extremely NEW market: Iran

The Islamic Republic of Iran has faced many economical and political embargos since the Islamic Revolution and only few major products have made their way to the Islamic Republic of Iran because of this embargo. Now after 29 years there is a chance for these products to come to the Islamic Republic of Iran and make their presence at an un-reached and new market.

Persian (Iranian Farsi) Translators:

There are various translation agencies and freelance translators in the world who offer quality translation services from and into Persian (Iranian Farsi). Most of these agencies provide English < > Persian (Iranian Farsi) localization services while few also work many other languages such as Dutch, German, French, Arabic, etc. When seriously seeking such translators/translation companies pay attention to the quality of the work done. If you don't receive quality localization services then you are not likely to succeed. Don't require quality translations? Then you can also use free online localization services from internet text translators such as Parsian or other internet translators on the web. You can also consider buying offline freeware such as Fars Translator. These translation freeware are good if you are not demanding very high quality translations.

How can I find these translation agencies?

Quite simple! You can go to Google.com and do a search for the keywords ?Farsi Translators?, ?Farsi Translation? or ?English to Farsi Translation? and replace English with your primary language. You will surely find several of sites which offer the services you are looking for and you can judge which meets your requirements. You can also go to translator directories on the web. The best of these directories are TranslatorsCafe, ProZ, Gotranslators and Translatorsbase. ProZ is one of the biggest translator directories and you can easily find hundreds of translators for each language combination in their list of freelance translators/translation agencies. ProZ lets you chose whether you want to look for a translation company or a freelance translator.

Translation company or freelance linguist?!

Freelance translators offer lower prices than translation agencies do, but if you are looking for a safe source for quality localization, then better chose a translation company. Who can you chase if the work done is not up to the standards? With freelance translators, 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 requirements.

Conclusion:

If you are looking for a very new market to promote your products or services, you can't find any better than the Islamic Republic of Iran ? a third world country which is growing fast. To reach this new market you will need to translate your products to Persian (Iranian Farsi) with the help of agencies or freelance translators providing Persian translation services.