Urdu to English
Urdu to English translation
For partners, families and workers who need a nikah nama, a family record or a court or property paper in English, for a visa or an office in Australia. Translated in full, delivered by email, with NAATI certification as an option.
What an Urdu document needs
Three things an Urdu document brings with it
Many Pakistani documents already carry English. The ones that do not are often handwritten, and that is where care matters most.
The nikah nama
The nikah nama is a printed Urdu form completed by hand at the ceremony: the couple, their fathers, the witnesses, the dower (haq mehr) and any conditions agreed. Every column is translated, handwritten entries and the registrar’s stamp included, so the reader sees the whole contract, not a summary of it.
Father’s name, not a surname
Pakistani records often identify a person by a father’s or husband’s name rather than a family name, and the CNIC has a field for it. The translation keeps that field as its own field and follows your passport’s spelling, so no one reads your father’s name as your own.
Check the English first
The CNIC already carries its main details in English as well as Urdu, and some certificates do the same. If the part your reader needs is already in English, see documents already in English before you order. Where a date is given in the Islamic calendar, the translation converts it and keeps the original in square brackets.
For a partner or family visa
Who may translate, in Home Affairs’ words
Translated in Australia
“All documents not in English must be translated into English. Translators in Australia must be accredited by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters.” For a translation made here, choose the NAATI certification option.
Source: Home Affairs, translating documents (page last updated 16 September 2026)
Translated in Pakistan
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”, and “These details must be in English.” If a translation made at home shows all of that, you may not need a second one.
Source: Home Affairs, subclass 820 checklist (page last updated 10 August 2026)
Assembling a partner visa file? Partner visa documents that need English translation goes through the checklist. The Free Translating Service may cover some documents if you arrived recently on an eligible visa.
What a careful job includes
Every column, every stamp
Affidavits on stamp paper
An affidavit or agreement typed on stamp paper is translated with the paper itself: its printed value, serial number and the vendor’s stamp, then the text, the signatures and the attesting officer’s seal.
Names that match your passport
Urdu runs right to left, and one name can be romanised several ways. We use the spelling in your passport for every name in the document, so the nikah nama, the family record and the passport agree.
Civil and court records
Birth, marriage, divorce and death records, family registration certificates, court decrees, property papers and police certificates. Seals and signatures are marked where they appear; 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: Punjabi, Hindi, Persian (Farsi) and Bengali, or see every language we translate.
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