The effect of the human touch on translation and voiceover
October 14, 2021
COVID-19 update – Matinée is operating business as usual with our team working remotely.
Voice Actor Agency
Matinée has been a trusted supplier to the voice recording and subtitling industry for over thirty years, and our experience is second to none. Over this time we have built a huge talent database of tried and tested voice actors from the UK and almost every other country around the world. You can trust us to deliver exactly what you need, and at a price you can afford.
Huge selection of talented voice actors at sensible prices
Matinée Multilingual is a thriving voice acting agency, offering access to many of the best voice professionals around. But unlike many other agencies specialising in voice actors, we also have two recording studios and two video production suites, which means we offer a complete voice production, subtitling and localisation service from our offices in Reading, just 35 miles from London.
We’ve been recording from our studios in Reading for over 30 years, and in that time we’ve learnt a thing or two. We have two Pro-Tools equipped recording studios, built to BBC specification. All our recordings are delivered with a clarity and warmth that you expect from a top recording studio.
Rates that won’t smash your budget
We maintain our fees at the lower end of the market, by keeping our costs lower and negotiating better rates from the talent themselves. So you will find we offer better value than other agencies. But we don’t compromise on quality – we simply don’t offer superfluous glitz and glamour like many others. And our Quick Quote solution means we can send you a voice quote for your project within one hour.
We’ll always try to help if your budget doesn’t stretch to the voice talent you have selected. We’ll search our roster and find you similar voice artists, offering a more flexible approach to recording rates.
We have an impressive roster of talented voice actors, who collectively speak over 80 languages. If you need a professional voice for your IVR system, or a playful one to bring your newest cartoon to life, we’ll be able to help you, whether you need it in Greek or Urdu.
For our Voice Actors rate card
British Voice Actors
Claire
Claire is a British voice actor with over 15 years experience voicing animations, video games, audio-books, commercials, ELT, eLearning and IVR prompts. Read more...
Kathryn
Kathryn is a British voice actor who has been working in the voice-over industry for 15 years. Born and raised in Hong Kong, she started out dubbing old Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee movies into English. Read more...
Wayne
Wayne is a highly experienced and versatile British voice actor. He has created a wide range of voices for TV, films, animations, computer games, radio, corporate videos and commercials. Read more...
Matt
Matt’s voice is warm , enthusiastic and vibrant. The encouraging voice to guide you through elearning, the warm tones to bring audiobooks to life, the energy to sell your product to the world. Read more...Featured English
voice-over professionals
Our project management team will deliver outstanding service quality, and our talent management team will help you source exactly the right voice actor for your production, 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, and we will get back to you with an estimate within the hour.
You can also call us on +44 (0)118 9584934,
or email: project@matinee.co.uk
Play and download Voice Actor demos, and 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
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 Trathen
Sponge
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 Carr
BBGR 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 Potrawiak
Sinclair 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 Mirley
Three 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 Corby
Muddy 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 Burnell
The 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 Taylor
Freelancer 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 Crawford
Decide
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 Watkins
Jon 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 Villanueva
Shell 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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