WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter - the three major players in the social media world, introduced a series of new features in the recent past. Easy accessibility and user-friendly interface with consumer-centric features is the reason for the increase in the demand of social media apps.
Latest media reports reveal that WhatsApp will soon be available in Urdu for Android users. Ahsan Saeed, Translation Administrator at WhatsApp, claims that the translation process has been going on for quite a long time. Saeed mentioned the future plans of WhatsApp, on Facebook, stating, ‘Alhumdulillah. WhatsApp Urdu for Android is now 100% translated and will be launched soon.’
Express Tribune also reported that Ahsan Saeed has been working with Twitter as an Urdu localisation moderator since 2012. WhatsApp invited several volunteers for its new translation project. Saeed was appointed as the Translation Administrator for WhatsApp a few months ago.
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Speaking more on his experience while working with WhatsApp, Saeed further posted – ‘Being a Translation Administrator, I translated 753 strings and moderated 2089 strings in less than 3 months and made Urdu 18th language, in which WhatsApp for Android has been fully translated.’
Saeed also thanked other volunteering translators who have worked equally hard for developing the new Urdu version. On its official release, WhatsApp users will need to download the 3.0.0 version of Android to communicate in Urdu.
The Urdu version of WhatsApp aims to make the communication process convenient in Pakistan, and for other Urdu speakers around the world.
