Pashto to English
Pashto to English translation
For Afghan and Pashtun families who need a tazkira, a marriage certificate or a school record in English. Check which language your document is really in, and the free government service, first; then we translate in full, by email, with NAATI certification as an option.
What a Pashto document needs
Three things a Pashto document brings with it
Pashto shares its script, its calendar and many of its documents with Dari, and in Pakistan it rarely appears on official paper at all.
Pashto and Dari on one page
Many Afghan documents print Dari and Pashto side by side. Choose the language that carries the entries you need translated; for a page split evenly between the two, ask us first, and see Dari to English for the Dari side.
From Pakistan? Check the language
Official records from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the rest of Pakistan are usually in Urdu or English rather than Pashto. If yours is, order it as Urdu, or check whether the English already on it is enough.
Hamal, Sawr, Jawza
Afghan dates use the Solar Hijri year with month names taken from the zodiac. Each date is converted to the Western calendar as a specific day, and the original is kept in brackets so anyone can check the sum.
Before you pay anyone
Two lines worth reading first
What the free service excludes
TIS National accepts “Only personal documents that assist with employment, education, and community engagement”, and translations “required for visa or citizenship applications, and documents issued by private citizens, are not eligible.” Within those limits, it is free for eligible arrivals.
Source: TIS National, Free Translating Service eligibility (checked 19 September 2026)
A translation made abroad
The partner visa checklist says translators outside Australia “do not have to be accredited”, but each translation must include their “full name; address and telephone number; qualifications and experience in the language they are translating”. One made in Kabul or Peshawar may already do.
Source: Home Affairs, subclass 820 checklist (page last updated 10 August 2026)
Full details: who the Free Translating Service is for, and for a visa translated in Australia, the NAATI certification option.
What a careful job includes
Every page, every seal
Tazkiras and identity papers
Paper tazkiras page by page and electronic ones on both sides, with the registration details, the issuing office and every seal.
Marriage and court records
Marriage certificates and court decisions, with the names of both families, the witnesses and the dower where the document records it.
School and university records
Certificates, results and transcripts, translated table for table, and each name spelled as your passport spells it. Unreadable text is marked in square brackets.
Choose the NAATI certification option for a translation prepared by a NAATI-certified translator, carrying their certification statement, NAATI stamp and credential number. See the birth certificate and marriage certificate pages for those documents.
Pricing
The full price on screen before you order
Translation is $39.99 per page into English, delivered digitally. Add NAATI certification for $59.99 per page, prepared by a NAATI-certified translator and carrying their certification statement, NAATI stamp and credential number. Where the translator uses NAATI’s digital stamp, it carries a QR code you can scan to check the credential.
Delivery is by email and the order page shows the delivery options. Translating a licence only? Start at driver licence translation. Need a NAATI-certified translator? See how NAATI translation works. Other languages: Dari, Urdu and Persian (Farsi), or see every language we translate.
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