Ali Yildirim. Certified English to Turkish translator

With over 20 years of proven track record in the language services industry, Bosphorus Translation is your one-stop shop for all your English to Turkish translation service requirements. I also provide Turkish to English translation services for certain domains and formats such as personal documents, media and subtitle translation. Please get in touch with your specific request.

With memberships to internationally recognised professional industry bodies like CIOL and ITI, you can have peace of mind that I adhere to the standards set by these professional organisations. I am also a Chartered Linguist and ISO 17100:2015 Qualified Translator. The ISO 17100:2015 standard was created as a response to the market need for a universally accepted benchmark. It is the international standard for translation services and the highest level of recognised standard for translation services and freelance translators (from ITI.org). My deep understanding of metalanguage, combined with over 20 years of experience in the language services industry and linguistic expertise, enables me to provide tailored and comprehensive language solutions to meet your specific needs.

From website translations and localisation to marketing translation and transcreation, I offer a full range of linguistic services to help you communicate effectively and achieve your business goals in the Turkish market. I am ready to work with you to achieve the best possible solutions for your requirements. Visit the About page to learn more about my background, qualifications and experience.

Get the Turkish Translation Service You Need

Make your content accessible and engaging for Turkish-speaking audiences with professional translation and localisation services. I specialise in translating websites, apps, software, subtitles, marketing materials, and more, ensuring your message resonates clearly with Turkish customers. With my expertise, you can tailor your services or products to the ever-growing Turkish market. My focus on marketing and creative translations ensures that your tone, intent, and brand consistency are preserved across all forms of communication.

How to Choose the Right English to Turkish Translator
Selecting the right translator requires finding someone with deep expertise in both languages and cultures. A qualified professional should understand culturais nuances, dialects, and idioms, which are crucial for accurate communication. They must also be skilled in interpreting complex sentences and multiple contexts, possess excellent research abilities, and demonstrate strong customer service. Above all, choose a translator who communicates promptly and professionally.

Why Work With Me?

By partnering with me, you’ll benefit from:

- A qualified (Diploma in Translation), Chartered (CIOL), native Turkish translator with a proven track record

- Membership in professional bodies (CIOL and ITI) for added assurance

- ISO 17100:2015 certification

- An extensive portfolio and support for multiple file formats

- Robust quality assurance processes

- Reasonable turnaround times and competitive rates

- Benefits of Working with a Professional Translator

- Expand your reach and grow your market presence in Turkey with customer-focused translations

- Accurately convey tone and intent in the target language

- Maintain brand consistency across all communications

- Deliver seamless customer experiences

Let’s work together to achieve your goals and connect with Turkish-speaking audiences effectively!

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After we agreed on the delivery timeline and the fee, depending on the type of work, we can sign a contract, setting out the terms and conditions of the work I am going to carry out for you.

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Depending on the type of work, some times it might be necessary to make 50% of the payment upfront. Payments are usually made using BACS in most circumstances. Different payment methods can be discussed at the initial phase of the project before commencement of any work.

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A Profession[al] Redefined

This article was first published by Slator Tool Box in August 2025. As a linguist with a background in localizing sensitive and technologically advanced content for years, I’ve had a front-row seat to the dizzying evolution of many technologies. At the same time, I have seen my own professional transformation go at a slower pace, at least until AI came into the picture. Like many, I’ve built up my skills with AI as a tool as the transformation picks up speed, but I have also found myself wondering about our profession’s future. Are we effectively being replaced by AI or are…

20/07/2026Ali YildirimBlog

How to Learn Turkish: A Comprehensive Guide for Language Enthusiasts

How to Learn Turkish: A Comprehensive Guide for Language Enthusiasts Learning a new language is like opening a door to a new world. It allows you to connect with new cultures, people, and ideas. Turkish, in particular, is a fascinating language with a rich history and a unique structure. Spoken by over 80 million people worldwide, Turkish is not only the official language of Turkey but also widely understood in countries like Cyprus, Azerbaijan, and parts of the Balkans. Whether you’re planning to travel, work, or simply expand your linguistic horizons, learning Turkish can be an incredibly rewarding experience. In…

08/02/2025Ali YildirimBlog

Human translation vs machine translation: why human translation is vital in delivering your message appropriately?

Machine translation (MT) has become a game-changer for understanding foreign languages on the fly. But when it comes to projects that demand creativity, nuance and cultural insight, human translation remains the undisputed champion. Here’s why: Nailing nuance: beyond the literal Languages are full of subtleties. A human translator, unlike an MT program, can grasp these nuances – the intended tone, cultural references, and idiomatic expressions. They can ensure the translated message resonates with the target audience, avoiding awkward phrasing or unintended meanings. Imagine a marketing campaign with a witty slogan. Through MT, the humour might be lost in translation, delivering…

17/06/2024Ali YildirimBlog

How English to Turkish translation services can help your business grow

Today, businesses need to communicate with their customers and clients in their own language to stay competitive. Consequently, there is a growing demand for professional translation services. If you want to stay ahead of the game, consider talking to your clients in their native language, not only to make yourself understood but to be understood in the most culturally appropriate ways possible! If you’re running a business and looking to expand your reach to the Turkish market, investing in English to Turkish translation services can be a game-changer. Here are some ways in which translation services can help your business…

17/03/2023Ali YildirimBlog

Looking for professional English to Turkish marketing translation?

Look no further! Get high-quality translations of your marketing materials now and communicate effectively with your target audience in Turkey. Today, effective communication is essential for the success of any marketing campaign. As businesses expand into international markets, it is important to have accurate and high-quality translations of marketing materials to effectively communicate with potential customers. Get your important marketing materials where nuance, tone, and accuracy are paramount translated by competent human English to Turkish translator! Here are some reasons why quality English to Turkish marketing translation services are so important: When marketing materials are translated, it is important to…

12/03/2023Ali YildirimBlog

Finding quality Turkish translation services online – don’t be fooled by promises of high quality and speedy services at low prices!

As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, the need for accurate and high-quality translation services is more important than ever before. Whether you’re a business looking to expand into new markets or an individual hoping to communicate with people whose primary language is Turkish, finding a reliable translation service is crucial. Whether you’re a business looking to expand into new markets or an individual hoping to communicate with people whose primary language is Turkish, finding a reliable translation service is crucial. Finding the right Turkish translation service can be difficult. It’s important to find a provider that is experienced, professional, and…

08/03/2023Ali YildirimBlog

Turkey earthquakes: translating chaos and emotion….

You must have all heard about the devastation caused by the huge earthquakes in southern Turkey and northwest Syria in the early hours of Monday 6 February. Most people were asleep then. A few days after the earthquake, I was asked if over the weekend I would want to go to London and assist the BBC Panorama team who were making a documentary about it. I didn’t exactly know what the assistance required, exactly entailed as it was all being done on very short notice, but I wanted to get involved. When I arrived at the editing studios used by…

01/03/2023Ali YildirimBlog

Learn beginners Turkish in 10 lessons – free Turkish lessons

“I WANT TO SPEAK TURKISH” DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE I wrote this course book in 2005 when I was working as a teacher of Turkish. This is a free Turkish learning course, consisting of 10 lessons that cover basic grammar and rules of the Turkish language as well as vocabulary. Download the pdf version of I Want to Speak Turkish, Distance Learning Course, Learn Turkish in 10 Lessons. Unfortunately I no longer have the audio and videos files that accompanied the course book however I believe that this course book can still provide you with some insight and knowledge of the…

07/04/2021Ali YildirimBlog

What makes a professional and competent translator?

Why do we need to distinguish ourselves as professional translators? “Professional lawyer”, “professional teacher” or “professional accountant” — you simply don’t see such names of occupations preceded with the word professional. The “liberal professions” go back to the notion of artes liberales. Cicero and Seneca believed these pursuits were carried out by a free person and their learning was a necessity for any free Roman citizen. Occupations such as teacher, lawyer, master builder, architect, engineer and physician were described as “artes liberales” and the term centred on a social, moral and legal consideration of the activity at hand. Endeavours such as fieldwork…

07/04/2021Ali YildirimBlog

All you need to know about Turkish

I have tried to compile some useful information about the Turkish language in this article, starting with the history and then looking at the characteristics of it. First, the history… The history… Old Turkish Turkish Language goes back 5500-8500 years. It originates in Central Asia (The oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in the Orhon, Yenisey and Talas region within the boundaries of present day Mongolia. These were erected to Bilge Kagan (735), Kultigin (732) and vizier Tonyukuk (724-725) of Göktürk Dynasty. The Turkish of Turkey that developed in Anatolia and across the Bosphorus in the times of …

06/04/2021Ali YildirimBlog

Is it okay to get a part-time job when you are a freelance translator?

When I first decided to become a freelance translator, I wasn’t sure where the journey would take me. I am not going to talk about how I started, in this post as I have covered how things unravelled for me from working as an archaeologist to becoming a freelance translator, here. I sent in my first test translation to an agency in 2006 while working as an official translator for the Portsmouth City Council, after working as a teacher of Turkish and bilingual teaching assistant. When they accepted my test piece, they also started sending me regular work, which was…

25/03/2021Ali YildirimBlog

Why clear communication is key to mentoring?

Whether you have just launched your freelance career or you are an experienced translator at a juncture on your career path, wanting to finally specialise but not sure which direction to go; want to diversify in order to gain more income streams or become more resilient against the challenging circumstances of the industry or price pressures but don’t know where to start from, mentoring can be beneficial both for novice and seasoned translators. I know it’s a lonely profession and you might feel stuck in the same place, not knowing what to do. You aren’t alone. 6 years into my…

16/03/2021Ali YildirimBlog

Adventures of a simultaneous football interpreter

I wasn’t a qualified simultaneous interpreter when I was offered this job. I just rose to the opportunity which was exciting and enticing. The offer was to work as a simultaneous interpreter during the Emirates Cup to which my favourite team Galatasaray was invited, at the Emirates Stadium in London in 2013. Bu there was one problem, I had never done simultaneous interpreting before which was a bit daunting when you think about it. The agency who offered the job also offered me a quick training session. From there it was up to me to practice it enough and become…

01/03/2021Ali YildirimBlog

The impact of poorly written source text on translation

The impact of poorly written source text on translation Have you ever tried to translate a source text that has been poorly written that you wanted to bang your head on the wall because it was driving you crazy when you were trying to produce a good enough translation from it and felt like you were going to end up in a mental institution because by the end of it you were so emotionally unstable? You aren’t alone! Joking aside, the question I ask myself when I encounter such a text is how an earth did this person get to write…

25/02/2021Ali YildirimBlog

Unpaid test translations

Unpaid test translations and should you take them? In which circumstances should you take an unpaid test translation? Some experienced translators prefer not to carry out unpaid test translations on principle, some translators would only take unpaid test translations if the test is about 200-300 words long. Surely how long it takes to complete a 200-300 words long test translation will hugely depend on the quality of the original text, the complexity of the subject matter, whether it falls into one of your specialisms and how swamped you are with other tasks. Test translations are a little bit like job…

21/02/2021Ali YildirimBlog

Importance of wellbeing for freelancers

Importance of wellbeing for freelancers – lessons from a real-life experience It’s an article where I draw on my recent life experience when I almost became immobile due to a health issue. I also draw on the lessons I learned when things get too overwhelming and how to approach burnout in the future. As freelancers, we are constantly faced with dilemmas. Some of these, such as job security, might have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic for some of us. After the first lockdown was announced, my regular workload had changed and I found myself receiving more job offers from…

17/02/2021Ali YildirimBlog

Benefits of being a “professional linguist”

Benefits of being a “professional, qualified and chartered linguist” This article was first published on 07.09.2020 on CIOL website The argument There is a popular argument over the question of whether human translators are being replaced with machines in today’s highly evolving and automated translation industry. Although machine translation and AI technologies have come a long way, there will always be need for human translators, especially in a very specialised industry like ours. Since the beginning of the last millennium, so many websites have been popping up, all claiming to offer fantastic quality services at rock bottom prices; it’s too…

29/09/2020Ali YildirimBlog

Çeviri Projelerinde Çevirmenle Doğrudan Çalışmanın Faydaları

Çeviri deyip geçmeyin, yerini bulmayan mesaj boşa harcanmış zaman demektir… Hepimizin şu ya da bu şekilde çeviri ile ilgili bir deneyimi olmuştur. Ya üniversitede okurken bir ödev için bir makaleyi kısıtlı İngilizcemizle ve sözlükler kullanarak kendimiz çevirmeye çalışmışızdır ya da özel bir liseye gidip iyi İngilizce öğrenecek kadar şanslı ve bize yardımcı olacak kadar iyi bir arkadaşımıza çevirtmişizdir. Elbette ki bundan 20 yıl önce dünya böylesi bir şekilde küreselleşmiş bir yer ve var olan teknolojik imkânlar günümüzdeki kadar gelişmiş değildi – örneğin, bir Google Translate dahi yoktu o zaman, sadece koca koca sözlüklerimiz vardı! Aradan geçen zaman içerisinde küreselleşme o…

10/07/2019Ali YildirimBlog, Turkish Blog Post

PROFESYONEL ÇEVİRİYE KİM İHTİYAÇ DUYAR?

Profesyonel çeviriye kim ihtiyaç duyar? Çağımız teknoloji, bilgi ve iletişim çağı ve bu üçünün hepsini başarılı bir şekilde kullanabildiğinizde gerçekten başarılı olma imkanına sahipsiniz. Günümüzde, sahip olduğunuz bilgileri teknolojinin yardımıyla hedef kitlelerinize ulaştırmak amacıyla vereceğiniz mesajların yerine ulaşması kritik önem taşıyor. Bugün şirket ve markaların tanınırlığı, çevrimiçi ve sosyal medyadaki varlıklarıyla eşit orantılı gibi denebilir. Sosyal medyanın insanların hayatındaki yeri o kadar arttı ki şirketler artık bünyelerinde sosyal medya yöneticileri barındırıyor. Girişimciler, ürün ve hizmetlerini tanıtmak amacıyla ilk iş olarak sosyal medya ve internete başvuruyor. Bunlara rağmen, internet ve sosyal medyadaki başarınız, mesajınızı ne kadar anlaşılır, pazarladığınız ürün veya hizmetle…

04/07/2019Ali YildirimBlog, Türkçe, Turkish Blog Post

Bosphorus Translation is here to help you communicate accurately and effectively with your Turkish-speaking audiences. Get in touch today to discuss your English to Turkish or Turkish to English translation service requirements.

I provide English to Turkish and Turkish to English translations, transcription in various formats, subtitling services for video and audio, proofreading, website localisation solutions and much more. Features: Native Turkish translator. Multiple file format support (Audio/Video Transcription). Quality assurance mechanism. Reasonable turnaround times. Benefits: Accurately convey tone and intent in Turkish language. Reach global Turkish audiences clearly. Preserve branding consistency throughout all forms of communication.

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