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Translate Videos From English to Urdu
Turn an English video into a Urdu version with a natural Urdu voiceover, accurate subtitles and a script you can edit line by line. Pictory transcribes, translates and rebuilds your video in the browser — no dubbing studio, no re-shoot, no editing timeline.
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Urdu is the national language of Pakistan and one of India's scheduled languages, with well over 200 million speakers once second-language use is counted, plus large communities in the Gulf, the UK and North America. There is a quirk worth knowing if you have already made a Hindi version. Spoken Urdu and spoken Hindi are close enough to be broadly mutually intelligible in everyday registers — they share a grammar and much of a core vocabulary. What differs completely is the script. Urdu is written in a Perso-Arabic script, right to left, while Hindi uses Devanagari, left to right. So the voiceover work may translate across more easily than you expect, while the subtitles are an entirely separate job.
KEY FEATURES
Everything your Urdu version needs
Urdu reads right to left, and the script it is traditionally set in — Nastaliq — cascades diagonally downward across a word rather than sitting on a flat baseline. It needs substantially more line height than Arabic-style Naskh, and many tools quietly substitute Naskh because it is far simpler to render. Pictory lets you set maximum lines per caption, adjust size and spacing, and check how your captions actually render before you commit.
The translated script is editable text, not a locked output. Fix a product name, adjust formality for a corporate or a general audience, or shorten a line that overruns its scene — then regenerate. Voiceover and captions update around your edit. Apply a brand kit and your Urdu version carries the same logo, colors, fonts and intro as the English original.
For a more detailed guide to how our translate function works, see our Academy articles. Translating a finished video into multiple languages walks through the whole flow. Translating a script with AI shows how to rewrite your script in the target language first, then generate the video from there.
Step 1
Upload or create your English video
Add a video or audio file, paste a URL, or start from a script or document. Pictory transcribes the English audio automatically.
Step 2
Translate the script to Urdu
Translate the transcript into Urdu and review it as editable text. Adjust register, lock brand terms, and tighten any line that runs long.
Step 3
Add a Urdu voice and subtitles
Select a Urdu AI voice or apply your voice clone, then generate matching Urdu subtitles and style them to your brand.
Step 4
Preview and export
Check timing across the whole video, then download your Urdu cut and subtitle file, ready for YouTube, LinkedIn or your LMS.
Who translates English video to Urdu
Training and L&D teams
Deliver onboarding and compliance video to Urdu-speaking staff in Pakistan and across Gulf operations, in the language they use outside work as well as in it.
Course creators
Reach Urdu-speaking learners in a language that is badly underserved online relative to how many people speak it.
Marketing and agency teams
Localize campaign video for Pakistani and South Asian diaspora audiences from a single master asset, on brand.
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Upload once, translate to Urdu, and reach audiences across Pakistan, India and the global diaspora — without a studio, a translator or a second shoot.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do I translate a video from English to Urdu?
Upload your English video to Pictory, let it transcribe the audio, translate the transcript into Urdu, then choose a Urdu AI voice and generate matching subtitles. Review the Urdu text before you export, then download the video and subtitle file.
I already have a Hindi version. Do I still need Urdu?
For the audio, less than you might think — spoken Urdu and Hindi are broadly mutually intelligible in everyday registers. For anything on screen, entirely. Urdu is written right to left in a Perso-Arabic script while Hindi uses Devanagari, so subtitles, captions and on-screen text have nothing in common between the two versions.
Will Urdu subtitles render in Nastaliq or Naskh?
That depends on the font available to your caption style. Nastaliq is the script Urdu readers expect and it needs roughly one and a half times the line height of Naskh because letters cascade diagonally. Naskh is flatter, renders more predictably and is easier to read at small sizes, which is why many video tools default to it. Preview both before committing to a batch.
Will the Urdu version keep my own voice?
Yes. Create a voice clone from your own recordings and apply it to the translated script, and the Urdu version is narrated in your voice rather than a stock one. Voice clones are multilingual, so the same clone works across every language you publish in.
How accurate is the English to Urdu translation?
Accuracy is strong when the source audio is clean and clearly paced, and the translation is fully editable before you render. Review the Urdu transcript, correct brand names or technical terms, and the voiceover and captions regenerate around your edits.
Can I translate a Urdu video back into English?
Yes — the workflow runs in both directions from the same upload. Pictory transcribes the Urdu audio, translates it to English, and generates an English voiceover and subtitles the same way.
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