Active Vendor
Sauti Language Solutions
SAUTI Language Solutions

East African languages,
including the rare ones

OPI · VRI · Certified Translation · 20+ Languages · Other African languages sourced on request

A U.S.-registered vendor supplying Language Service Companies with East African interpreters and translators, from our base in Nairobi. We start with the dialects most vendors return as unavailable — Maay Maay, Garre, Nuer, Dinka, Juba Arabic, Afar, Kunama — and carry the core languages behind them: Somali, Swahili, Oromo, Amharic, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Tigrinya. Twenty-plus in all, with other African languages sourced on request.

Screened before deployment. Trained in-house. Quality checked by people who speak the language. One vendor, one contract, one point of contact.

Partner With Us Our Services
7+
Active Platforms
20+
Languages · One Vendor
24/7
Availability
Why this exists

Somebody is waiting
on the other end

Every unfilled request has a person behind it. A woman in a clinic who cannot describe her pain. A father who does not understand what the judge just said. "Sauti" means voice. Two minutes on why we built this, and who it is for.

East African Language Specialists
East Africa
Serving Global Language Service Companies
Somali · Swahili · Oromo · AmharicCore · Staffed 24/7
Kinyarwanda · Kirundi · Tigrinya · Luganda · Kikuyu · DholuoRegional · Staffed
Maay Maay & select rare dialectsRare · Staffed Now
Nuer · Dinka · Garre · Juba Arabic · AfarSourced · 5–10 Days
Why the gap exists

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. Seven platforms, thousands of live calls.

  • 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.
  • Global Coverage
    Your 2am is our mid-morning. The shift nobody wants to cover is our normal working day.
Services

What we supply

Interpretation and certified translation across 20+ East African languages, with other African languages sourced on request, all under one vendor agreement.

Expanded Service
Document Translation
Certified · Written

Certified written translation in the language pairs most agencies cannot staff. Medical records, immigration and USCIS documents, legal filings, consent forms, and community materials.

  • Certified translations for USCIS & legal use
  • TEP quality process (translate · edit · proofread)
  • Rare pairs: Somali, Maay Maay, Nuer, Dinka & more
  • 24–72 hour standard turnaround · per-word billing
  • Localization of health & community outreach materials
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 48 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
  • Compatible with Martti & Voyce
  • Medical & legal certified
  • HIPAA compliant sessions
The part nobody checks

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, and medical and legal terminology drilled trilingually.
  • Monitored Every Month
    Scored mock-call evaluations with embedded accuracy, ethics, and terminology tests, plus a delegated vendor-QA model that operates inside partner platforms under BAA.
  • 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
Accuracy
Completeness
Terminology
Protocol
Professionalism
10x
Monitors / Month
48h
Coaching Turnaround
90+
Distinction Band
The Sauti Infrastructure Standard

The question everyone asks: what happens when the power goes? Every interpreter is verified against all four requirements before their first shift, and again after any incident.

Backup Power
UPS or inverter at every workstation, so outages never reach your queue
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
1-Hour Reporting
Any incident self-reported within one hour, before you hear it elsewhere
How it works

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 execute a vendor agreement, provide insurance documentation, HIPAA compliance, and W-8BEN-E for U.S. clients.

3
We Deliver

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

4
You Invoice & Grow

Monthly invoicing with transparent reporting. As your volume grows, we scale our team to meet your demand.

Start here

Work with us

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.

U.S. Phone / WhatsApp
+1 (402) 828-6530
Send Us a Message

We respond within 48 hours

For interpreters

Interpreters & translators

We are building a bench of East African interpreters and translators. Training is free, the work is remote, and quality support comes from people who speak your language. Somali, Swahili, Oromo, Amharic, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, and rare dialects including Maay Maay, Garre, Nuer, Dinka and Juba Arabic.

Minimum Requirements
  • Fluent in English and at least one East 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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