Why English to Persian is harder than it looks
Persian politeness is warmer and more elaborate than English. A plain English “thanks” maps to several Persian phrases of different weight, and the flattest one can read as cold. Setting a friendly tone produces Persian closer to what a native writer would actually send.
Formal and informal verbs differ throughout. میکنی and میکنید separate a friend from someone you respect, and the choice runs through the whole message. English “you” hides the decision entirely.
The script is Arabic but the language is not. Persian adds پ، چ، ژ and گ, and uses some shared words very differently from Arabic. A keyboard or translator that treats the two as one produces text that looks plausible and reads wrong.
Right-to-left text with English in it needs care. Names, numbers, URLs and times run left to right inside a right-to-left sentence. Letting the keyboard produce the Persian avoids the scrambling that happens when you assemble such a message by hand.
Written by Hardik Vegad, Co-founder, Translatify. Last updated .
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