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Sauti Language Solutions

The languages most vendors return as unavailable.

40+ African languages and dialects through one vendor agreement, with deep East African capacity and specialist sourcing for rare languages.

We are a Pan‑African language company with deep roots in East Africa. We support global language service companies with the rare and hard‑to‑find African dialects they usually have to mark as “unavailable.”

40+
Languages · One Vendor
24/7
Availability
African Language Specialists
Serving Global Language Service Companies
Rare & Hard-to-Find Dialects
Maay Maay · Garre · Kunama · Nuer · Dinka · Juba Arabic · Afar and more
Dialect-verified · sourced within 5–10 days if not immediately staffed
Core East African — Staffed 24/7
Somali · Swahili · Oromo · Amharic · Kinyarwanda · Kirundi · Tigrinya · Luganda · Kikuyu · Dholuo · Kinyamulenge and more
Network Capacity — Sourced Through Sauti
Yoruba · Igbo · Wolof · Twi · Bambara · Dyula · Soninke · Malinke · Lingala · Kikongo · Tshiluba · Sudanese Arabic · Fur · Bassa · Loma and more
Specialist Languages — Sourced on Request
Kabyle · Tachelhit · Hausa · Sango · isiZulu · isiXhosa · Afrikaans · Chichewa · Shona · Fon and other African varieties

Where coverage
quietly fails

At intake, a Maay Maay speaker is usually written down as Somali, because that is the box the form has. The request goes out as Somali, a Somali interpreter joins, and neither can fully understand the other. The same happens with Nuer, Garre and Juba Arabic.

We staff those languages specifically, and we were founded by a working interpreter rather than a broker. Four platforms, deep frontline experience.

  • Rare Language Access
    Somali, Dinka, Maay Maay, Nuer, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Oromo, Amharic, Kinyamulenge, Kikuyu, Dholuo. The ones your vendors return as unavailable are the ones we staff first.
  • Platform-Verified Quality
    Our founder has worked on Propio, GLOBO, Martti and Voyce. We know the standards these platforms hold interpreters to, because we have been held to them.
  • As Featured in MultiLingual
    Our founder's essay, “‘Somali’ Is Not Enough,” was published by MultiLingual on the dialect gap most vendor databases erase — and why it puts real people at risk. Read the essay →

What we supply

Interpretation and document translation across 40+ African languages and dialects, with deep East African capacity and specialist sourcing for rare languages—all under one vendor agreement.

Over-the-Phone Interpreting
OPI

Three-way phone interpretation, connected in seconds, around the clock. Including the languages that usually come back unavailable.

  • Healthcare, legal & government sectors
  • Per-minute billing model
  • Available 24 hours, 7 days
  • Somali, Swahili, Dinka & more
Video Remote Interpreting
VRI

Video interpretation for medical appointments, hearings and consent conversations, where seeing the room matters.

  • HD video via secure platforms
  • Our interpreters work seamlessly within your existing VRI infrastructure, including Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and client-specified platforms.
  • Trained for medical and legal contexts through Sauti Academy
  • HIPAA-trained interpreters · BAA available upon contract

Quality checked
in-language

A client cannot check work in a language they do not speak. Neither can most agencies. So we check it ourselves: every interpreter is trained through Sauti Academy, passes a scored assessment before their first client call, and is reviewed monthly by a native speaker of their language.

  • Sauti Academy Trained
    Every interpreter completes our in-house program before taking a live call — ethics, session protocols, medical and legal terminology drilled in each interpreter’s native language, built specifically around African linguistic and cultural context, not adapted from a generic curriculum.
  • Continuous Development
    Active interpreters receive regular performance reviews, scored mock-call evaluations, and terminology coaching — with frequency matched to experience level.
  • Reported to You
    Partners receive a monthly per-interpreter quality report. Audit-ready evidence you can pass straight to your healthcare and legal clients.
The Sauti Scorecard — Every Monitored Call
  • Regular call monitoring with native-language quality review
  • Ongoing coaching and professional development for all active interpreters
  • Quality standards maintained through structured feedback loops
The Sauti Infrastructure Standard

Every interpreter is verified against all three requirements before their first shift, and again after any incident.

Dual-ISP Standby
A second wired provider at the workstation. Platform-compliant redundancy, no hotspots
Wired Connection
Ethernet, 10 Mbps minimum, wired boom-mic headset
5-Minute Reporting
Any incident self-reported within five minutes, before you hear it elsewhere

Simple to start

No lengthy onboarding. Four steps from first contact to your first assignment.

1
You Contact Us

Reach out via our contact form or email to discuss your language access needs and volume requirements.

2
We Sign Agreement

We finalize a signed vendor agreement to formalize our working relationship.

3
We Deliver

Our credentialed interpreters and translators deliver your assignments on time, with full QA oversight.

4
We Invoice & You Scale

Monthly invoicing with transparent usage reporting. As your language access volume grows, we scale our interpreter network to meet demand without adding overhead to your team.

Tell us what you need, get a quote

Tell us which languages you need covered and we will tell you straight whether we can staff them today, source them within days, or not at all. Rate card and vendor packet on request.

We respond within 48 hours

Interpreters & translators

We are building a bench of interpreters and translators from across Africa. Training is free, the work is remote, and quality support comes from people who speak your language. If you speak a rare African language or dialect, we want to hear from you.

Minimum Requirements
  • Fluent in English and at least one African language (written and spoken)
  • University education or demonstrated professional English proficiency
  • Quiet home workspace free from background noise
  • Reliable internet connection (minimum 10 Mbps for VRI)
  • Laptop or computer for platform access
  • Willingness to complete HIPAA training and background check
  • Professional, patient, and culturally sensitive communication
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