Urdu Consecutive and Face-to-Face Interpreting Service In Hertfordshire

Forms of Urdu interpreting

There are a number of forms of interpreting, but you can roughly place them within 2 categories:

• Consecutive
• Simultaneous

Consecutive interpreting is when one person speaks in one language, leaves a pause, and meanwhile the interpreter will verbally interpret what has been said in the other language.

Simultaneous interpreting is much more intense. Two interpreters will work in tandem delivering the interpretation at the same time as the speech.

Forms of Urdu consecutive interpreting

• Face-to-face
• Remote via video link
• Via telephone

 

Our Urdu face-to-face interpreters will travel on-site to help you communicate with your overseas visitors. We have interpreters based all over the UK (and beyond!) and so we will send the closest available to your location.

If you need an interpreter to attend via Zoom (or a similar platform), we can arrange this too. Just let us know what day, what time and send us the link so that the interpreter can join.

We also offer Urdu consecutive interpreters via telephone. This service is actually available in over 200 languages, 24/7, 365 days of the year. Just visit our telephone interpreting page to find out more.

Our Urdu interpreters

Our vetted interpreters can speak at least two languages, they understand the need for punctuality and compliance with any security or other matters when on clients’ premises.

Our Urdu consecutive interpreters must generally have appropriate qualifications or be able to demonstrate a minimum of 200 days relevant work over a period of five years. Depending on the sensitivity of the subject matter, we are also able to provide interpreters with various levels of security clearances:

• Counter terrorist check
• DBS enhanced certificate
• DBS standard certificate
• Disclosure Northern Ireland certificate enhanced
• Disclosure Scotland enhanced
• Disclosure Scotland standard
• Home Office security clearance
• MoD security clearance
• Police clearance

We assign a project manager to every assignment to ensure the project runs smoothly and is delivered on time and within budget.
Just let us know how we can help you.

In what sort of settings do our Urdu consecutive interpreters work?

• Documentary and film makers’ studios
• Courts
• Police stations
• Solicitors’ offices
• Hospitals
• Surgeries
• Business meetings
• Human resources meetings
• Immigration centres
• Schools
• Tours
• Weddings

How is the cost for Urdu consecutive interpreting calculated?

The cost depends whether the interpreter will need to attend on-site or via video link.
The cost depends on availability of particular interpreters on date and time in question.

Get in touch with one of our lovely project managers and they would be very happy to discuss all the available options with you.

Do also take a look at the security procedures and infrastructure we already have in place to protect your data.

While you’re here… some quite interesting facts about the Urdu language

Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language with about 104 million speakers, including those who speak it as a second language. It is the national language of Pakistan and is closely related to and mutually intelligible with Hindi, though a lot of Urdu vocabulary comes from Persian and Arabic, while Hindi contains more vocabulary from Sanskrit. Linguists consider Standard Urdu and Standard Hindi to be different formal registers both derived from the Khari Boli dialect, which is also known as Hindustani. At an informal spoken level there are few significant differences between Urdu and Hindi and they could be considered varieties a single language. Urdu is also spoken in Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana, Fiji, Germany, Guyana, India, Malawi, Mauritius, Nepal, Norway, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Thailand, the UAE, the UK and Zambia. Urdu has been written with a version of the Perso-Arabic script since the 12th century and is normally written in Nastaliq style. The word Urdu is Turkish for ‘foreign’ or ‘horde’. Courtesy of Omniglot

Where is Urdu most widely spoken?

Pakistan and India (Jammu and Kashmir, National Capital Territory of Delhi, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Telangana). Urdu is a recognised minority language in South Africa.