What to notice when translating
Urdu mein barah-e-karam ya kya aap request ko narm banate hain. English mein Could you…? ke baad base verb aata hai: Could you check, na ke Could you checked. Deadline ke liye by Friday ka matlab Friday tak hai; on Friday ka matlab Friday ke din. Dono ko ek doosre ki jagah lagane se message badal sakta hai.
Compare these two meanings
Please send the report by Friday.
براہ کرم جمعہ تک رپورٹ بھیج دیں۔
Please send the report on Friday.
براہ کرم جمعہ کے دن رپورٹ بھیج دیں۔
10 workplace sentences: Urdu to English
Try the English version first, then open the answer. Roman Urdu is a pronunciation aid; spellings can vary.
کیا آپ یہ فائل دیکھ سکتے ہیں؟
Kya aap yeh file dekh sakte hain?
English translation & context
Could you check this file?
Could you + base verb makes a polite request.
براہ کرم جمعہ تک رپورٹ بھیج دیں۔
Barah-e-karam jumay tak report bhej dein.
English translation & context
Please send the report by Friday.
By Friday gives a deadline, not necessarily the day of sending.
میٹنگ دس بجے شروع ہوتی ہے۔
Meeting das bajay shuru hoti hai.
English translation & context
The meeting starts at ten.
At introduces a clock time.
ہمیں تاریخ بدلنی ہوگی۔
Hamein tareekh badalni hogi.
English translation & context
We need to change the date.
Need to change expresses a necessary action.
میں نے نئی تبدیلیوں والی فائل منسلک کر دی ہے۔
Main ne nayi tabdeeliyon wali file munsalik kar di hai.
English translation & context
I have attached the updated file.
Attached describes a file included with a message.
کیا ہم میٹنگ پیر کے دن رکھ سکتے ہیں؟
Kya hum meeting peer ke din rakh sakte hain?
English translation & context
Could we move the meeting to Monday?
Move means reschedule here, not carry something.
پرنٹر کام نہیں کر رہا۔
Printer kaam nahi kar raha.
English translation & context
The printer is not working.
Is not working describes the current problem.
اس کام کی ذمہ داری کس کی ہے؟
Is kaam ki zimmedari kis ki hai?
English translation & context
Who is responsible for this task?
Responsible for asks who owns the task.
میں میٹنگ کے بعد آپ کو فون کروں گا۔
Main meeting ke baad aap ko phone karoon ga.
English translation & context
I will call you after the meeting.
A female speaker can say karoon gi / کروں گی.
آپ کے فوری جواب کا شکریہ۔
Aap ke fori jawab ka shukriya.
English translation & context
Thank you for your quick reply.
For introduces what you are thanking the person for.
A short English conversation with Urdu translation
A: Could you check the figures before lunch?
کیا آپ دوپہر کے کھانے سے پہلے اعداد و شمار دیکھ سکتے ہیں؟
B: Yes. I will send you my comments by twelve.
جی ہاں۔ میں بارہ بجے تک آپ کو اپنی رائے بھیج دوں گا۔
Make it your own
Write a two-line message asking a colleague to check a file. Add a real deadline. Then translate it into Urdu and check whether by or on still has the intended meaning.
For Urdu examples with a gendered speaker, change sakta to sakti, raha to rahi, or ga to gi as appropriate. The English sentence often stays the same.
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