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Translate English to Indian English like a local.

Indian English sounds like itself through British spelling, Indian number words, and courteous phrasing shaped by local usage.

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What locals actually say

Can we move the meeting to an earlier day?

Can we prepone the meeting?

“Prepone” is an Indian English verb formed as the counterpart of “postpone” and is common in office and family planning.

Please handle the hotel refund.

Kindly do the needful for the hotel refund.

“Kindly” and “do the needful” are established courteous phrases in Indian business and service communication.

The house cost ten million rupees.

The house cost one crore rupees.

“Crore” is the Indian English term for ten million and is used instead of converting the amount into international units.

How do I get to the railway station?

How do I reach the railway station?

The transitive use of “reach” without “to” is common in Indian English and signals a direct local rendering of directions.

Could you wrap this up for me to take home?

Please parcel this for me.

“Parcel” used as a verb is common in Indian restaurants and signals food being packed for takeaway.

We are having a family gathering this Sunday.

We are having a family function this Sunday.

“Function” commonly means a family or social gathering in Indian English and signals an Indian usage rather than a formal ceremony only.

It has been raining heavily since this morning.

It has been raining heavily from morning.

“From morning” used for a period continuing until now is a characteristic Indian English time expression.

Don’t worry, the result will be fine.

Don’t take tension, the result will be fine.

“Take tension” is a widely used Indian English construction meaning to worry, especially in informal speech.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

How Indian English differs

Indian English. British spelling; Indian conventions (lakh/crore for large numbers, do the needful and kindly in courteous business register, prepone, updation in informal office use); slightly more formal default register than US English.

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