English→Pakistani English

Translate English to Pakistani English like a local.

Pakistani English sounds like itself through British spelling, courteous phrasing, and everyday local expressions such as petrol pump, take tea, and lakh-based ways of speaking.

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What locals actually say

Please have some tea before you go.

Please take some tea before you leave.

'Take tea' is a familiar Pakistani-English collocation where other varieties more often use 'have tea'.

Please tell me where you are; I am on my way.

Please send me your location, I am coming.

'Send me your location' is the usual Pakistani-English phrasing for sharing a live map pin, while 'I am coming' commonly means 'I am on my way'.

How long will it take to get to Islamabad?

How much time will it take to reach Islamabad?

'How much time' and 'reach' are common South Asian English choices in travel questions.

I have saved two hundred thousand rupees for the wedding.

I have saved two lakh rupees for the wedding.

Lakh is the South Asian numbering term for 100,000, signalling Pakistani usage rather than an international number format.

My older sister lives with us.

My elder sister lives with us.

Elder is commonly used for family relationships in Pakistani English, signalling age or seniority within the family.

I have a job in a bank.

I am doing a job in a bank.

Doing a job is a common Pakistani English construction for being employed, especially in formal or conversational speech.

It is raining heavily, so the roads will be flooded.

It is raining heavily, so there will be water logging on the roads.

Water logging is a common Pakistani English term for standing floodwater after heavy rain.

Do not worry about it.

Do not take tension about it.

Take tension is a local construction meaning worry or become stressed, and is widely used in Pakistani English.

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

How Pakistani English differs

Pakistani English. British spelling, formal courteous register in writing, lakh/crore numbering, local terms where natural.

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