Translation & AI Training Data for Turkish, Arabic, Persian, Balkan and Turkic Languages
Southeastern and Eastern Europe · Middle East · Central Asia
Production in Istanbul. Headquartered in London. 700+ vetted native linguists.
- ISO 17100, 18587, 9001 and 27001 certified
- Human-led, AI-assisted workflows
- Operating since 2016
- Languages
- 19
- Languages
- Language Pairs
- 20+
- Language Pairs
- Vetted Native Linguists
- 700+
- Vetted Native Linguists
- Localization Tasks / Year
- 100K+
- Localization Tasks / Year
"Working with El Turco has been a seamless experience. Their reliability, deep understanding of e-commerce localization, and exceptional communication make them a standout team."
Two Service Lines, One Regional Team
Translation and localization for companies entering these markets, and training data for teams building AI in these languages.
Translation & Localization
From Documents to Digital Platforms
Translation and localization for games, e-commerce, software and business content, done by native linguists who know the market.
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Native linguists with domain experience translate across 20+ language pairs, with a second linguist reviewing every job.
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Cultural adaptation of UI text, formats, imagery and references so the product feels local, including right-to-left layouts.
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Creative rewriting that keeps brand voice and campaign intent intact in each market.
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Subject matter specialists translate manuals, API docs and knowledge bases with terminology control.
AI Training Data
High-Quality Datasets for AI Models
Speech collection, text annotation and human feedback to train AI systems in Turkish, Arabic, Persian, Balkan and Turkic languages.
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Native speaker recordings across accents, ages, genders and acoustic environments for ASR training.
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Parallel corpora, annotated text and domain-specific datasets for machine translation and NLP models.
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Human feedback for LLM training: response ranking, quality scoring and prompt evaluation by native speakers.
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Labeled datasets for hate speech, toxicity and sentiment analysis in low-resource regional languages.
See how this works for your sector: Gaming , E-Commerce , Technology , Life Sciences and Finance . Already working in a TMS or CMS? See our integrations .
Regional Specialists, Not Generalists
We work in 19 languages across Türkiye, the Middle East, the Balkans, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Each one is covered by native linguists who live the market, not by a generic vendor pool.
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Turkish
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Arabic (all dialects)
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Persian
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Kurdish
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Azerbaijani
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Serbian
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Croatian
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Bosnian
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Albanian
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Bulgarian
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Macedonian
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Greek
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Romanian
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Russian
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Ukrainian
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Armenian
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Kazakh
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Uzbek
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Turkmen
See all languages we cover . Need another language in the region? Ask us.
700+ native linguists
Vetted native speakers, grouped by language pair and subject domain.
Dialects and local context
Gulf, Levantine, Egyptian and Maghrebi Arabic, plus the local conventions each market expects.
Have a Complex Language Challenge?
If your project involves regional languages, cultural nuance or AI training data, let's talk. We'll come back with a concrete plan, not a sales pitch.