Urdu translation services
Urdu in Nastaʿlīq, not a fallback font that looks like Arabic.
Urdu at a glance
Urdu and Hindi share a spoken core but use different scripts and registers. We staff interpreters with Urdu literary fluency for legal and immigration work where vocabulary precision matters.
Urdu is written right to left and conventionally typeset in Nastaʿlīq. Many systems silently fall back to Naskh-style fonts that Urdu readers find alien — so we check the typography of the final file as carefully as the words.
Urdu has around 230 million speakers in Pakistan, India, and the diaspora. We cover the varieties listed here and can match a linguist to a specific region or community on request.
- Native name
- اُردُو
- Script
- Perso-Arabic script (Nastaʿlīq)
- Greeting
- السلام علیکم (assalām-o-alaikum — the standard greeting)
- Speakers
- 230M+
- Language family
- Indo-European, Indo-Aryan
- Spoken in
- Pakistan, India, UK, United States, UAE
- Dialects and varieties
- Standard Urdu (Lucknowi), Karachi Urdu, Hyderabadi
Urdu translation, for every kind of text
Every project is matched to a linguist who knows the subject, then checked against the source before delivery.
Document translation
Contracts, records, manuals and forms translated between Urdu and English by a linguist who knows the subject.
Certified translation
A complete Urdu translation with a signed statement of accuracy, for immigration, court and academic submissions.
Website & app localization
Websites, apps and campaigns adapted for Urdu-speaking audiences, with terminology kept consistent from one release to the next.
Where Urdu translation is needed most
We match each project on language pair and subject, so terminology, names and numbers come through exactly as they should.
- Healthcare & clinical
- Immigration & legal
- Community services
- K-12 family liaison
Often requested alongside Urdu
Need something translated to or from Urdu?
Send us the files, the language pair and your deadline. We'll reply with a price and turnaround.