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March 30, 2021
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British Voice Over Talent Agency
Matinée Multilingual – delivering outstanding value translation, voice recording and subtitling services from the UK, for over 30 years
British voice talent auditioning and recording services
Matinée Multilingual is one of the longest established British Voice Over Talent Agents in the UK. We started recording voice talents at our recording studios in Reading over 30 years ago, in English and in a number of foreign languages.
As the industry has matured, so has our service offering. We now offer a complete media service solution including Voice Over Recording, Subtitling, Content Translation, Media Transcription, Post-Production and Media Processing in English and over 80 foreign languages. We speak your language and we’ll help you to get your message across. Our recording studios and subtitling production offices are based in Reading, just 40 miles from London. Using our network built up over 30 years, we offer a selection of the world’s best British voice talent. Knowing that in today’s competitive world, price is a very important consideration we have set our rate card to make sure that we offer the very best British voice talent at an affordable price. Whether you require a neutral British voice or a British voice actor with a regional accent, Matinée will provide the best voice talent available for your budget.
As the industry has matured, so has our service offering. We now offer a complete media service solution including Voice Over Recording, Subtitling, Content Translation, Media Transcription, Post-Production and Media Processing in English and over 80 foreign languages. We speak your language and we’ll help you to get your message across. Our recording studios and subtitling production offices are based in Reading, just 40 miles from London. Using our network built up over 30 years, we offer a selection of the world’s best British voice talent. Knowing that in today’s competitive world, price is a very important consideration we have set our rate card to make sure that we offer the very best British voice talent at an affordable price. Whether you require a neutral British voice or a British voice actor with a regional accent, Matinée will provide the best voice talent available for your budget.
For our British Voice Talent rate card
Featured British Voice Over Talent
Paul
Paul is an experienced professional British voice talent known for his smooth, approachable, warm, friendly and authoritative delivery. Read more...
Jane
Jane is an experienced British voice over talent and during the past 20 years has worked with GMTV, In-flight entertainment productions and 1AM as a British voice artist. Read more...
Bernadette
Bernadette has many years’ experience as a voice over artist. Specialising in children’s character and narration. She is professional, friendly and always versatile in order to work with what the client needs. Read more...
Shaun
Shaun is a professional voice over artist and actor known for his approachable, distinct, and authoritative vocal delivery. As a performer, he has tread the boards across the world and in West End theatres. Read more...Featured British
Voice Over Talent
Our project management team offer outstanding service quality, and our talent management team will help you source exactly the right British Voice Talent for your needs, and at a price that won’t blow your budget.
If you would like to discuss your project further, please complete the Quick Quote below.
You can also call us on +44 (0)118 9584934,
or email: project@matinee.co.uk
Play and download British Voice demos, add them to your Quick Quote
Voice Over
- Two state-of-the-art recording studios
- Pro-Tools recording and editing
- BBC quality acoustics and sound proofing
- Talented and helpful sound engineers
Subtitling
- Affordable subtitling in over 80 languages
- Specialised transcription & translation
- Video & graphics editing
- Burnt-in or file format of your choice
Translation
- In-country translation in 80+ languages
- 30 years experience for peace of mind
- Thorough quality check before delivery
- Affordable pricing and on-time delivery
British Voice Over recording – End Water Poverty
Case Study
End Water Poverty is campaigning to end the world’s water and sanitation crisis. We were truly shocked to hear that over 780 million people go without safe drinking water every-day and over 40% of the world’s population do not have access to basic sanitation. This combination means that millions of people die needlessly every year.
It was a privilege to be asked to help cast and record an empathetic female voice for this explainer animation. Access to safe drinking water is a fundamental human right and we hope the small part we played in producing this video has contributed to garnering more support for the campaign.
It was a privilege to be asked to help cast and record an empathetic female voice for this explainer animation. Access to safe drinking water is a fundamental human right and we hope the small part we played in producing this video has contributed to garnering more support for the campaign.
Select a voice-over language
Choose English read in a foreign accent
Select a subtitle language
Working with translation and production companies
Adding audio visual services to your mix will create many new sales opportunities for your team
Matinée has over thirty years of experience working alongside translation and production companies. So you can be sure our project managers are fully at home with the technical process of supervising and delivering localised material, in a professional manner. We can add translation, voiceover and subtitling to your company’s offering, which will appear seamless to your clients and yet mesh easily with the processes in your own departments.
If you are a translation company, we will send you some helpful guidelines when providing us with copy or scripts, and we can either work from your translations or handle the whole project for you, including translation. If you are a production company, we will provide translations or subtitles in your preferred format; whether that’s subtitle-ready files (XML or PNG), or burnt in as fully-subtitled videos. Voiceover recordings can be supplied as edited files, or we can remix with the original music and effects and provide a finished video, ready to go.
Working seamlessly with your team, we can take on all or part of the process, according to your needs, and help widen your service offering.
Helpful Videos
- An introduction to Matinée Multilingual
- Why you need a properly edited voiceover
- Translating the captions within a video
- How to create a superb voiceover recording
- Transcription and how to do it well
- Video translation and the potential pitfalls
- Automated phone messages - consider this
- Grow your business with subtitles
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Testimonials
They were so professional
Brian and Philippe…love them!! What a great call to brighten up my day! They were so professional and so funny and I could tell the client was really happy 😊
Philippe is definitely the best VO artist I’ve heard since being at Sponge! Just wow!
Maria TrathenSponge
Pleasure to work with
Pleasure to work with these guys. Hugh and the team couldn’t do enough to help and keep us informed throughout our customer journey. Highly recommended!
Alex CarrBBGR Optical
Delivers great work, right on time
We’ve used Matinée for several projects, from video editing to translations of marketing materials, and they’re always a great pleasure to work with. Any requests are answered right away. We’ve had tight deadlines, but we’ve never worried as the team at Matinée delivers great work, right on time.
Lisa PotrawiakSinclair Pharma
Fantastic to work with
The team at Matinée are fantastic to work with. They are really communicative, helpful and turned around the work as quickly as possible. I have no complaints at all and we will definitely be getting back in contact when we next need subtitles.
Jon MirleyThree Motion Media
Matinée is a company I can trust
I’ve worked with Matinee for well over 20 years, and continue to go back to them because of trust; a trust in their commitment to fulfilling the needs of my project, and a trust in the quality of their work.
Bruce CorbyMuddy Boot Productions
I use Matinee a lot for subtitling projects
I use Matinee for a lot of subtitling projects and they never fail to meet the deadlines. Great customer service and fast responses. Well done to the entire team.
Jade BurnellThe Big Word
Friendly and efficient service
The speed of response, and friendly, efficient service from all staff was quite exceptional. Matinee particularly stands out by putting the customer’s needs first, even when the job is relatively small and a bit of a technical challenge. I would strongly recommend Matinee for any subtitling work.
Richard TaylorFreelancer producer and film maker
A fantastic company to work with
A fantastic company to work with. Fast email responses, rapid delivery of audio files, and all with positive and warm personalities shining through! Thank you Matinée for a wonderful customer experience.
Anne CrawfordDecide
They are always well organised
Very pleased with a number of projects completed by Matinée. They are always well organised, providing clear expectations, organisation, efficiency and always deliver a quality product on time. Recommended.
Jon WatkinsJon Watkins TV
Quick response to meet my deadline
I have to mention the quick response of Sally and Nicole to my last minute request. They both understood the urgency of my need, and helped me complete the recording to hit my deadline.
Joville VillanuevaShell UK Ltd
Your dedicated Project Manager has everything covered
One of our dedicated and experienced Project Managers will work with you to guide you through each step in the delivery of your project. They will review your source materials at the outset, to ensure we have everything that’s needed to provide a well-planned solution. And if your project requires voicing, they will use their knowledge of our reliable voice artists to make sure you get the very best voice at an acceptable price.
Throughout the project, they will schedule the studio time, track the progress through production and pay attention to the details of your project to ensure your media is delivered in budget and on time.
We have some fabulous reviews which bear testimony to our friendly and professional voiceover and subtitling services.
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