I am writing this article to guide you on how to reach potential customers from Iran ? an extremely new market. To do this you must consider localizing your services/products to the following languages: Farsi (Persian), Dari (Afghan Farsi), Pashto, Tajik, Kurdish and Turkish. Farsi (Persian) is the national language of Iran with over 80 million people speaking this language throughout the country, so no need to be concerned about the other languages because only 1% of Iranians speak them.

An extremely NEW market: Iran

Iran has faced many economical and political embargos since the Islamic Revolution and only few businesses have made their way to Iran because of the US embargo. But now after 30 years it is time for these businesses to come to Iran and make their presence at an un-reached and new market.

Farsi Translation Services:

There are many translation agencies and freelance translators out there that provide quality translation services from and into Farsi (Persian). Most of these agencies provide English < > Farsi (Persian) translation services while few also work other languages such as French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, etc. When actively searching for such translators/agencies make sure you concentrate on the quality of the work. If you don't receive high quality work then you are not likely to succeed. Don't require high quality translations? Then you can also use free online translation services from online text translators such as Babylon or other online translators on the web. You can also consider purchasing offline software such as Farsi Translator. These translation software are good if you are not looking for very high 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? replacing English with your source language. You will find a whole bunch of websites that provide such services and you yourself can judge which is better. You can also go to translation directories on the web. The best of these directories are ProZ, GoTranslators, TranslatorsCafe and Translatorsbase. ProZ is one of the largest translation directories and you can easily find hundreds of translators for each language pair in their database of translation agencies/freelance translators. ProZ lets you chose whether you want to look for a translation agency or a freelance translator.

Freelance translator or translation agency?!

Freelance translators usually offer lower rates than translation agencies do, but if you are looking for a reliable source for high quality translations, then you'd better chose a translation agency. Who can you chase if the quality of the work done is not good? With freelance translators, the answer is ?no one?, but translation agencies will provide you with a signed contract which will guarantee the quality of their work.

Conclusion:

If you are looking for an extremely new market to promote your products or services, you won't find any better than Iran ? a third world country which is rapidly growing. To reach this market you will need to localize your services to Farsi (Persian) with the help of agencies or freelancers providing Farsi translation services.