Hindi translator

For most Indian contexts you need Hindi; for Pakistan and much of the British Pakistani diaspora you need Urdu. Spoken, the two are nearly identical (a shared Hindustani base), but the script and formal vocabulary differ. Hindi uses the Devanagari script (left to right) with Sanskrit loanwords and is an official language of India. Urdu uses the Perso-Arabic Nasta'liq script (right to left). We confirm which one your receiving party expects before we begin.

The UK has no sworn-translator institute, so there is no "sworn translator" as a legal office here. For official acceptance we provide certified translation: a signed and dated statement of accuracy from the translator or the agency, with our contact details. Where a body asks for more, this can be escalated to notarisation by a solicitor or notary public, or to an apostille or legalisation through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Note that documents intended for India go through consular legalisation, because India is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention. We confirm in the quote which level your receiving authority requires.

Our Hindi translators and DTP specialists deliver in correct Devanagari Unicode typography. Conjuncts (compound characters), matras (vowel signs) and numerals render accurately in text, PDF and printed documents, so the authority or business reader sees no display errors. We also coordinate name transliteration to the source certificate and passport so the details reconcile.

We work with native specialist translators and reference the recognised UK professional bodies — the ITI (Institute of Translation and Interpreting), the CIOL (Chartered Institute of Linguists) and, for interpreting, the NRPSI (National Register of Public Service Interpreters). These are bodies of reference for the profession; we name them so you can see the standard the work is held to. The Central Hindi Directorate (Delhi) is the standardisation authority for the language itself.

Common cases include birth and marriage certificates, immigration and family-reunion files, diplomas and transcripts, legal documents, commercial contracts and business correspondence. UK-specific cases we handle often are Home Office and UKVI immigration documents, university admissions assessed by UK ENIC and HMCTS court documents. We confirm the approach and any certification per document in the quote.

On working days you receive a quote within 1 hour. The lead time for the translation itself depends on document type, volume, language pair and any required certification, and is confirmed in the quote. For tight deadlines we confirm a workable rush schedule up front rather than promising a fixed turnaround.

For legal Hindi translation — contracts, judgments, family-law papers, notarial deeds — we pair you with a translator who has a legal background and match terminology to the Indian or UK context as the case requires. We provide certified translation where an authority asks for a signed statement of accuracy. Our legal-translation page goes deeper into certification and the closing statement of accuracy. See [legal translation](/en/services/legal-translation/).

A Hindi translation agency takes the coordination off your hands. We select the specialist who fits your document and sector, deliver in correct Devanagari typography, arrange certification, notarisation or legalisation where an authority requires it, and have the work checked by a second reviewer where the legal field, risk profile or volume requires it. You keep one point of contact for the script, terminology, scheduling and delivery, all under a single quote. A skilled freelance translator does excellent work too; the difference an agency adds is bringing those moving parts together so you are not managing them separately.