urdu language

Islamabad, Supreme Court has made the decision to make Urdu as the official language in the government offices. The honorable court issued the directives to the federal and provincial governments to adopt Urdu as the official language. The ministries and other government departments adopted this decision but they got the computer generation translation instead of getting assistance from the professional translators and the Urdu scholars to get the proper and accurate translation of their English website, which has created the ridiculous Urdu translation.

1973 Constitution recognizes Urdu as the only national language of Pakistan. According to Article 251 of the constitution, the arrangements shall be made for Urdu, which is used for official and other purposes in 15 years. A sub-clause allows the use of English with the permission to provinces to promote their provincial languages alongside Urdu.

Lost in Translation

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As various federal government opted for Google translate and they very funny translation in Urdu, which is not proper and does not convey the right meaning of each word. The websites of various ministries and cabinet division website are added with Urdu translation as the second language but you can find various funny and ridiculous meanings of many sentences and word, which has made this language a laughing stock.

Federal Public Service Commission has taken these directives seriously and they opt the Urdu translation with correct word to word translation of various documents like ordinances and frequently asked questions. The translation of many English paragraphs is not easy to understand as they are computer generated and the assistance of the professional translators was not taken. It is dire need to the time to get the help of the professional writers to provide correct translation of the long English paragraphs to convey the right meaning to the viewers.