Persian otherwise popularly known as Farsi is the official language of Iran. The language is also predominantly spoken and used in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Nearly 80 Million Farsi speakers reside in Iran and the rest 4.5 Million form the Persian diaspora across the World. A significant population of the diaspora lives in the United States and has been estimated to be around 1.5 Million. Outside of the United States the major Persian hubs are United Arab Emirates with 0.8 Million Farsi Speakers, Turkey with 0.5 Million Farsi Speakers, and Canada with 0.2 Million Farsi Speakers. A sizeable Farsi speaking community also exists across Europe and majorly found in London, Paris and Berlin.
Persian speaking community are good in mainly three languages viz. Farsi, Arabic & English. Many of them who are highly skilled in all these three languages choose translation as their profession. They specialize in English to Farsi translation, Farsi to English translation & Arabic to Farsi Translation. They work as court translators, corporate translators, legal translators and interpreters making English to Farsi Translation, Farsi to English Translation & Arabic to Farsi Translation available to the government, public and private sectors. The growth of any business across the borders depends upon translation. Business in Iran needs a lot of marketing content to be localized through Farsi to English Translation & English to Farsi translation. Farsi to English Translation & vice versa is not an easy task; it is combination of art and skill.
Facts that led to Growth of Investment Opportunities in Iran
Since 2016-2017 Iran has been aggressively promoting itself for foreign investments and urged all the foreign investors to know about the facilities and protections they may enjoy while operating their businesses from Iran. In December 2017, First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri voiced Iran's support for foreign investments and those foreigners who are willing to contribute to production in Iran. In the same year Mohammad Saeidi, the Managing director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines extended invitation to the Italian investors to participate in Iran’s maritime transportation projects. In a relevant development in November 2017, scores of Italian investors and economic officials voiced their willingness to further expand their presence in various Iranian. On 6 th October 2018, Mohammad Sadeghzadeh, The head of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization of Iran announced the Energy Ministry’s readiness for attracting foreign investors in the country’s renewable sector. On 26 th June 2019 Mr. Mohammad Eslami, the Minister for Roads and Urban Development of Iran said there is no restriction for foreigners to invest in housing sector in the country and the ministry will welcome foreign investment in this sector. On 16 th June 2019, Mehdi Karbasian, the head of Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization announced that Iran invites foreign companies to invest in its mining sector. Iran’s 20-year economic plan aims at hitting 55 million tons of steel production. On 10 th December 2019, President Rouhani expressed hope Tehran-Madrid cooperation further expands said: “There exists great economic, industrial, scientific and cultural potential in Iran. Iran also enjoys various potentialities in the areas of energy, oil and natural gas, downstream industries, infrastructure, and academic matters as well as cooperation between research and tourist centers, said the president, noted that the presence of Spanish investors and entrepreneurs in Iran can give fresh impetus to cooperation between the private sectors of both sides.Since 2016-2017 Iran has been aggressively promoting itself for foreign investments and urged all the foreign investors to know about the facilities and protections they may enjoy while operating their businesses from Iran. In December 2017, First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri voiced Iran's support for foreign investments and those foreigners who are willing to contribute to production in Iran. In the same year Mohammad Saeidi, the Managing director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines extended invitation to the Italian investors to participate in Iran’s maritime transportation projects. In a relevant development in November 2017, scores of Italian investors and economic officials voiced their willingness to further expand their presence in various Iranian. On 6 th October 2018, Mohammad Sadeghzadeh, The head of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization of Iran announced the Energy Ministry’s readiness for attracting foreign investors in the country’s renewable sector. On 26 th June 2019 Mr. Mohammad Eslami, the Minister for Roads and Urban Development of Iran said there is no restriction for foreigners to invest in housing sector in the country and the ministry will welcome foreign investment in this sector. On 16 th June 2019, Mehdi Karbasian, the head of Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization announced that Iran invites foreign companies to invest in its mining sector. Iran’s 20-year economic plan aims at hitting 55 million tons of steel production. On 10 th December 2019, President Rouhani expressed hope Tehran-Madrid cooperation further expands said: “There exists great economic, industrial, scientific and cultural potential in Iran. Iran also enjoys various potentialities in the areas of energy, oil and natural gas, downstream industries, infrastructure, and academic matters as well as cooperation between research and tourist centers, said the president, noted that the presence of Spanish investors and entrepreneurs in Iran can give fresh impetus to cooperation between the private sectors of both sides.
Sudden Rise in Demand for English to Farsi Translation & Farsi to English Translation Services
New Business firms from over 50 countries have invested in Iran in the past 4-5 years with Asia and Europe having the largest share. From Asia countries like India, United Arab Emirates, Singapore and Oman are the principal investors. Business entities from Germany, Netherlands, Spain, UK, Turkey, Italy, France and 20 other countries from Europe invested in Iran. A significant number of investors are from Canada, Panama, the USA, Jamaica, Mauritius, Liberia, South Africa and Australia as well. These investors developed the demand for English to Farsi translation, Farsi to English translation & Arabic to Farsi translation services.
The laws of Iran and its regulations are all drafted in Farsi. To understand the intricacies of these laws and regulations the principal stakeholders of any company will prefer to get it translated into their own official language. For communicating with the officials of Iran every communication needs to be in Farsi, the companies take assistance of English to Farsi translation agencies to deal such situations. The predominant language being Farsi in Iran, even the marketing activities are to be conducted in Farsi, English to Farsi translation agencies come to help in translating and localizing marketing content. The company websites also needs English to Farsi translation and localization. Translate website to Persian is a very basic step to reach the marketing content to the target market audience. So, these companies need Farsi translators and Farsi interpreters from the very beginning and all along the way, as long as they operate in Iran.
The scenarios lead to a sudden increase in demand for Farsi to English Translation & English to Farsi Translation across the globe.
Farsi to English Translation for Legal & official Documents
Legal and official documents that originate from Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are mostly written in Farsi. These documents are incomprehensible to the other parts of the globe unless translated. In English speaking countries like India, the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia companies approach professional translation agencies for Farsi to English translation of these documents. In the Middle Eastern countries the demand is for Arabic to Farsi translations. In countries where the official language is not English the documents do through a 2-step translation process, the first step being Farsi to English Translation and the second step being English to German Translation.
English to Farsi Translation for Websites
Most of the companies’ websites are in English. To explore new markets in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan companies need to translate website to Persian. Translation of websites to Persian helps grow business in these regions. English to Farsi Translation of Websites is a must if you are targeting Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan as your new market for expansion.
‘Translate website to Persian’ is a very common term used by businesses to search online for translation companies that translate website content from any language to Farsi. The number of searches per day reflect how important it has become now to translate website to Persian.
English to Farsi Translation for Business Collaterals
When companies start their marketing activities in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan they realize the need of English to Farsi translation of their business collaterals such as promotional flyers, banners, company brochure, service brochure, price lists etc. English to Farsi Translation of business collaterals help business grow in these geographical locations.
Social media Management by Persian language translators
To compete with the local companies the investors also need to publish their social media content in Farsi in addition to translate website to Persian. Since, their language is not Farsi they need to hire Farsi translators. These Farsi translators help them with English to Farsi translation of their existing content. The content being in local language increases the scope of higher rate of engagements thus leading to increase in sales and profits.
Arabic to Farsi Translation & Farsi to Arabic Translation
Arabic to Farsi Translation & Farsi to Arabic Translation is common in the Middle East and North African countries. When the investing companies are from the Middle East or North African regions they prefer Arabic to Farsi translation & Farsi to Arabic translation of their documents, as their official language is Arabic.
There is a high demand for Arabic to Farsi translations in the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain. Arabic to Farsi translations is the most expensive in the market and is almost 10 times the price for Arabic to English translation.
Companies in these countries mostly translate website to Persian from Arabic & English to reach out to the Farsi speaking community in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan and other parts of the world.
