Pakistani English→English

Translate Pakistani English to English the way locals mean it.

Pakistani English often uses courteous formulas and familiar words in ways that a textbook reader may take literally even though they carry a different everyday meaning.

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What locals actually say

What is your good name, please?

What is your name, please?

“Good name” is a courteous formula for asking someone’s name, not a question about whether the name is good.

Please adjust a little, I am coming in five minutes.

Please make a little room or accommodate me, I will be there in five minutes.

“Adjust” commonly means to accommodate a person or manage an inconvenience, rather than simply to alter or correct something.

Give me a missed call when you reach.

Call me briefly and hang up when you arrive, so I know you are there.

A “missed call” can be an intentional one-ring signal, not an unanswered call made by accident.

Our budget is five lakhs.

Our budget is 500,000 rupees.

“Lakh” is the South Asian numbering term for 100,000 and signals Pakistani usage of lakh-based amounts.

Do one thing, go straight from here and take a left.

Go straight from here, then turn left.

“Do one thing” is a Pakistani English discourse marker used to introduce a suggestion or instruction.

Please put less chilli in it.

Please make it less spicy.

“Put less chilli” is a Pakistani English construction for asking a cook to reduce the level of spice.

My cousin sister is getting married next month.

My female cousin is getting married next month.

“Cousin sister” is a South Asian kinship construction that specifies a female cousin.

I am sitting free today in the office.

I have no work at the office today.

“Sitting free” is a Pakistani English expression meaning to be idle or have no assigned work.

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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