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Make a Hindi-Urdu bilingual book

Each Hindi paragraph with its Urdu version directly beneath it, in one EPUB — the same sentences, in two scripts running in opposite directions.

The first 15 pages of text are sent to our server to be translated. The file itself stays on your device.

No other pair in this catalogue produces a bilingual file quite like this one. For most of the book the two blocks say the same thing in the same words; what differs is the script, its direction, and the handful of formal words each language draws from a different tradition. Read aloud, both versions would sound almost identical.

That makes it the most efficient script-learning text imaginable. If you read Devanagari and want the Perso-Arabic script, you are not learning a language — you already have it — you are learning a writing system, and here is every sentence you already understand, written in it.

Each inserted Urdu paragraph carries its own direction and language attributes, because the Hindi around it runs left-to-right and the Urdu must run the other way. Your browser does the assembly, rewriting only the chapter documents that received a translation.

How it works

  1. Choose a Hindi EPUB

    A DRM-free EPUB. The bilingual file is assembled in your browser, not on a server.

  2. The model reads the whole book

    The register is established once, so the Persianate vocabulary is used consistently rather than in patches.

  3. Urdu is inserted under each paragraph

    Each Urdu block is marked right-to-left and tagged as Urdu, with its accent rule drawn on the right edge.

  4. Read it here, or on your phone

    A complete EPUB carrying the book's own fonts and stylesheets, with the Hindi still reading left-to-right.

The trap, and the honest limits

This one is for the script, not the language. If you read Hindi, the Urdu underneath is mostly the same sentences — which is the point, and also means there is little new vocabulary to gain.

Nastaliq depends on your device. Most e-readers substitute a Naskh face; the text is correct either way.

Fifteen pages get the Urdu version. The rest of the book stays in Hindi inside the same file.

The text is sent to a server and discarded when the job ends. The file never leaves your device.

Questions

Is the Urdu really just the Hindi in another script?

For ordinary sentences, essentially yes — the two are the same spoken language. The difference shows in formal and literary vocabulary, where Hindi draws on Sanskrit and Urdu on Persian and Arabic, and those words genuinely change.

Which side should I read first?

Whichever script you are learning, read the other one first. The value here is in recognising a sentence you already know in an unfamiliar writing system.

Does the Urdu align to the right?

Yes. Each inserted paragraph carries an explicit right-to-left direction and an Urdu language tag, with the rule marking it drawn on the right edge where an Urdu line begins.

Will it open on a Kindle?

Yes. Kindle has accepted EPUB directly since 2022 and renders both scripts; email the file to your device or copy it across.

The whole book, in both scripts

The app builds the bilingual version of the entire book, with tap-to-look-up and your reading position synced across devices.

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