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Hindi to Urdu translation model translate-hi-ur

Open machine translation from Hindi into Urdu, published by Windstorm Labs on Hugging Face.

Task: Translation: Hindi → Urdu
Languages: Hindi hi, Urdu ur
Lineage: OPUS-MT
Format: transformers (Marian), safetensors
Hugging Face: WindyTranslate/translate-hi-ur
Last updated on HF: 2026-07-30

Quality

Benchmark	chrF++	BLEU	Band	Measured
FLORES-200 dev, 48 sentences	23.02	2.78	Limited	2026-08-04

A screening score on 48 sentences, not a publication result. Bands: Excellent ≥ 60, Good 45–60, Usable 30–45, Limited 15–30, Not recommended < 15. Method and caveats.

Recorded output (sentence 1, first 110 characters)

Source: सोमवार को, स्टैनफ़ोर्ड यूनिवर्सिटी स्कूल ऑफ़ मेडिसिन के वैज्ञानिकों ने एक नए डायग्नोस्टिक उपकरण के आविष्कार की…
Reference: پیر کے روز، سٹینفورڈ اسکول آف میڈیسن کے سائنسدانوں نے ایک جدید تشخیصی آلہ دریافت کرنے کا اعلان کیا ہے جو خلیوں…
This model: سولہویں یونیورسٹی کے سائنسدانوں نے ایک نئی ڈائریکٹر کا اِشتہار دیا جو اُن کے خلیے کو بنانے کے لیے استعمال ہوتا

How to run

Shell

pip install transformers sentencepiece torch

Python

from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForSeq2SeqLM

repo = "WindyTranslate/translate-hi-ur"
tok = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(repo)
model = AutoModelForSeq2SeqLM.from_pretrained(repo)

batch = tok(["<Hindi text>"], return_tensors="pt", padding=True)
print(tok.batch_decode(model.generate(**batch), skip_special_tokens=True)[0])

Tested: Pattern run on 2026-10-01 against WindyTranslate/translate-tc-big-en-fr with transformers 4.57.6 and 5.18.0 on CPU ("Où se trouve la gare ?"); multi-target token prefix run against translate-tc-bible-big-mul-deu_eng_nld. Not run on every model individually.

Licence and attribution

Licence: Apache-2.0
Upstream: Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt-hi-ur
Upstream licence: Apache-2.0
Attribution: Based on OPUS-MT model Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt-hi-ur by Helsinki-NLP (Language Technology Research Group, University of Helsinki). Licensed Apache-2.0.

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NOTICE

This product uses the model WindyTranslate/translate-hi-ur
(https://huggingface.co/WindyTranslate/translate-hi-ur), published by Windstorm Labs (https://windstormlabs.com).
Based on OPUS-MT model Helsinki-NLP/opus-mt-hi-ur by Helsinki-NLP (Language Technology Research Group, University of Helsinki). Licensed Apache-2.0.
Windstorm Labs modified the upstream weights; the model card describes what was changed.
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

This is a convenience, not legal advice. See Licensing.

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