Interpreting

Interpreting services in Pakistan: how to get a rupee quote

Updated 4 November 2026

Interpreting in Pakistan is priced by the hour or by the day, but most sellers' sites we found quote in US dollars or euros rather than rupees, and no local range is published in one place. Ask for a rupee quote for your city and date. Send your request on BlaBlaPrice, and interpreters who work in Pakistan can reply with a price in Rs.

• the language pair and direction, for example English to Urdu or Arabic to English
• the mode: in person, by phone or by video, which sellers price separately
• the subject, such as business, legal, medical or embassy work
• the duration and city, with travel and waiting time added separately

Prices are quoted per job, so give the full brief before you compare offers.

Qualifications and rules

The sources show an 18-month diploma in interpretership at a national university, and short certificates in translation and interpretation offered by a university department. For sign-language work, a deaf association in Pakistan runs interpreter training courses for new interpreters. Ask an interpreter for a diploma or course certificate before a legal or medical booking, because the sources show no single licence that every interpreter must hold.

Season and climate

The climate is desert, with a very hot summer from May to September and a mild winter from November to March. November is the start of the mild season, which suits outdoor events in Lahore, Islamabad or Rawalpindi. Indoor work in Karachi or Faisalabad depends less on the season, but a summer event needs planning for the heat.

How interpreting is bought here

Phone and video interpreting is listed as a separate rate, with its own per-hour and per-day prices. Ask whether your rate is per hour or per day, whether travel and waiting time are added, and whether the price is quoted in rupees. For Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Faisalabad, the travel line can change the total a lot.

What to put in your request

Name the languages, the mode (in person, phone or video), the subject, the number of hours or days, the city and the number of listeners. Say whether the quote must be in rupees and whether you need a written transcript of the session.

Interpreters and agencies that receive your request on BlaBlaPrice reply in the chat with their own rate and terms. The AI reads the request, asks for missing details and looks through sellers' websites in Pakistan, then shows the businesses and prices it found. Your contact stays hidden until you choose. Start with create a request on BlaBlaPrice, or see translation and typing services.