Prompt library Civil servants, Introductory, Across government, Translation
Translate Urdu into English
Get an accurate English version of an Urdu application, letter or record, with unclear passages flagged.
Last reviewed: . Reviewer: Muhammad Asadullah.
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When to use it
You have received an application, letter or record in Urdu and need it in English for the file or for a colleague.
The prompt
Translate the Urdu text below into English.
[Paste the Urdu text. Remove personal details if the tool is not approved for them]
Requirements:
- Translate faithfully. Do not improve, summarise or correct the writer.
- Keep names, places, dates and amounts exactly as written. Where a name could be spelled more than one way in English, give the Urdu spelling in brackets.
- Where the Urdu is unclear, handwritten or could mean more than one thing, give your best translation and mark it [UNCLEAR: reason].
- Use formal English suitable for an official file.How to fill it in
- For a scanned or photographed document, the tool first has to read the Urdu. Nastaliq script is harder to read automatically than English, so check the Urdu it extracted before trusting the translation.
- If the text uses regional words or a mix of Urdu and another language, say so in the prompt.
Before you use the result
- Ask someone who reads Urdu well to check every [UNCLEAR] passage.
- Check names and numbers against the original.
- If the translation will support a decision about the writer, have it checked properly. The writer is entitled to be understood correctly.