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Indian Railways Train Ticket Cancellation, Refund Rules & Charges

For Confirmed Tickets - If a person cancels the confirmed train ticket 48 hours before the scheduled time of departure of the train, the charges for cancellation are -
1. AC I^st Class or Executive class - Rs. 240
2. AC Tier 2/ Ist Class - Rs. 200
3. AC Tier 3/ AC Chair Car/ AC 3 Economy - Rs. 180
4. Sleeper Class - Rs. 120
5. Second Class - Rs. 60
* The above train ticket cancellation charges are imposed on per passenger basis.
If the confirmed ticket of the passenger is cancelled within a period of 48 hours or up to 12 hours before the train is scheduled to depart: In the above-mentioned case the train ticket cancellation charges will be 25% of the fare subjected to the minimum flat rate.
If confirmed ticket is cancelled up to 4 hours and less than 12 hours before the train is scheduled to depart: In the above mentioned case, the train ticket cancellation charges will be 50% of the fare subjected to the minimum flat rate.
* E-ticket cannot be cancelled after chart preparation.
For RAC/Wait-listed Tickets - You can cancel your RAC (reservation against cancellation) train tickets or wait-listed train tickets up to 30 minutes before the departure of train.
(i) Second class: Rs. - 30
(ii) Other classes: Rs. - 60
If the train is marked as "CANCELLED" in PRS due to breaches, floods, accidents etc. full refund is permissible in case the ticket is cancelled within three days of the scheduled departure of the train. In case of e-tickets, such cancellations can be done by the customer through Internet.

For Hindi Typing with English Keyboard Click on English to Hindi Converter

Hindi Translation (हिंदी अनुवाद)

Translation is the process of translating words from one language into another. In other words Hindi translation is the process of translating foreign language (i.e. English) words or text into Hindi language. Translation is not about word-for-word substitution.

A translator must interpret and analyze all of the elements in the source text and know how each word may influence another. Hindi is written or type in "Devanagari Lipi" so what result you get with translation is in Hindi language with typed in Devanagari script.

अनुवाद - किसी भाषा में लिखी गयी बात का किसी दूसरी भाषा में सार्थक परिवर्तन अनुवाद (Translation) कहलाता है।

हिंदी अनुवाद - किसी अन्य भाषा में लिखे गए वाक्य का हिंदी भाषा में परिवर्तन हिंदी अनुवाद कहलाता है। अनुवाद करने वाला अनुवादक कहलाता है, और यदि किसी मशीन कि सहायता से अनुवाद किया जाये तो उसे यांत्रिक अनुवादक भी कहते है 

English to Hindi translation example:

Sentence - Hindi is 3rd most spoken language in the world.

Translation - हिंदी विश्व की तीसरी सबसे अधिक बोली जाने वाली भाषा है।

Tips for Better Hindi Translation

1. Your English sentence should be Grammarly correct.

2. Better to write English in simple structure and avoid complex structure for sentence.

3. Your spellings must be correct.

4. Keep in mind basic principle of computer system is that "Good input produce better output".

Machine Translation

In the Context of English to Hindi translation we can say that "Machine translation is a process whereby a computer software analyzes a English text and produces a Hindi text without human intervention. Here what you are seeing is the neural machine translation process in which you type in English and get Hindi meaning (translation).

How does Hindi translation works ?

First of all English to Hindi translation software interpret and do in-depth analysis of all the features of the source text like - grammar, semantics, syntax, idioms, etc., and also the culture of its speakers. Than the translator do the same in-depth analysis for Hindi language and gives translated text in Hindi.

This English to Hindi translation uses Neural Machine Translation (NMT) performs the process by attempting to model high level abstractions into data, much closer to how it is undertaken by a human. Neural networks better capture the context of full sentences before translating them, which entails higher quality and a more human-sounding translation. 

Why need Hindi translation ?

Hindi is the native language of 62 Crore peoples and 3rd most spoken language in the world. In India most of the official government and private sector works in English language but major population in India not much familiar with English language. So, translation facilitate them to get English content in their mother tongue Hindi language.  In the era of globalization the main barrier is a language.

To facilitate communication between two languages we need translation. Translation facilitate access of research and study material to whole world of peoples without learning the source language. Machine translator makes translation more faster and freely available to end user.

Translation provides bridge between different-different language peoples. We don't have to invest time and money in learning another language for little tasks. 

When to use Machine translation and when to avoid it ?

Sometimes, the general essence of a text is all we need from the translation. In that case, this English to Hindi machine translation software provides a perfectly acceptable translation alternative. However, machine translation won't beat a professional human translation. So it upto you, when to use it or when you need a professional human translation service.

What is the difference between Hindi translation and Hindi transcription ?

The translation tells us the meaning of words in another language. While on other hand transcription is the process of changing the script of words from one language to another language.

Example : 

English Sentence - Hindi is my mother tongue.
Hindi Translation - हिन्दी मेरी मातृभाषा है।
Hindi Transcription - हिन्दी इज़ माय मदर टंग

What are the other tools for Hindi Translation ?

1. For getting your English texts Hindi counter-part, you have more options like - "Hindi transcription" in which you can type with your qwerty keyboard in English and get in Hindi. Our Official English to Hindi converter also known as "Hindi transliteration". Hindi transliteration is the process in which you type in Roman letters and get in Devanagari letters. In which you can type like - "mujhe hindi me type karna hai" and you will get "मुझे हिंदी में टाइप करना है"

2. Hindi Voice typing is also a great option for draft Hindi document. Just speak in Hindi with your mic and the Hindi speech-to-text converter will type it for you. You only need to speak, rest of the work done by Hindi voice typing tool in free.

How to download Hindi Translation Software ?

We can understand you would like to download English to Hindi Translation software for offline use. But unfortunately this software works online only due to the dependency on third party API. This Hindi translation works using Google translate API so works only in online mode.  

Punctuation Marks in Hindi

Punctuation is the system of symbols that we use to separate written sentences and parts of sentences, and to make their meaning clear. Each symbol is called a "punctuation mark". Hindi Punctuation is used to create sense, clarity and stress in sentences. We use punctuation marks to structure and organize our Hindi typing.

Hindi written in Devanagari consists following punctuation marks:

1. Full Stop in Hindi - Purn Viram ( पूर्ण विराम )

Full stop can break up the sentences at the end of a logical and complete thought that looks and sounds right to us. 

Symbol                    Hindi                                 English

      ।                      पूर्ण विराम                   Full Stop [ uses sign of period (.) ]

Example : हिंदुत्व जीवन जीने की कला है। 

2. Semicolon in Hindi - Ardha Viram ( अर्ध विराम )

The semicolon is somewhere between a full stop and a comma. Semicolons can be used in Hindi to join phrases and sentences that are thematically linked without having to use a conjunction.

Symbol                    Hindi                                 English

     ;                             अर्धविराम                          Semicolon

Example : सूर्यास्त हो गया; लालिमा का स्थान अँधेरे ने ले लिया।

3. Comma in Hindi - Alp Viram ( अल्प विराम )

In Hindi typing comma is used between two sentences that contain two similar clauses or a compound sentence. Comma used to organize blocks of thought or logical groupings. Commas are also used in separating items in a list.

Symbol                    Hindi                                 English

     ,                           अल्प विराम                         Comma

Example : जहाँ थोड़ी सी देर रुकना पड़े, वहाँ अल्प विराम चिन्ह का प्रयोग किया जाता हैं।

4. Colon in Hindi - Up Viram ( उप विराम )

The colon expands on the sentence that precedes it, often introducing a list that demonstrates or elaborates whatever was previously stated.

Symbol                    Hindi                                 English

  :                        उप विराम                             Colon

Example : श्री कृष्ण के अनेक नाम : मोहन, श्याम, मुरली, कान्हा।

5. Exclamation Mark in Hindi - Vismayadibodhak (विस्मयादिबोधक चिन्ह)

In Hindi writing exclamation mark is used to express exasperation, astonishment, or surprise, or to emphasis a comment or short, sharp phrase.

Symbol                    Hindi                                 English

     !                         विस्मयादिबोधक चिन्ह          Exclamation Mark

Example : वाह ! आपका यहाँ कैसे आना हुआ ?

6. Quotation marks in Hindi - Avtaran ( अवतरण चिन्ह or उद्धरण चिन्ह )

Hindi writing uses quotation marks to cite something someone said exactly. Single or double quotation marks are also used for mark out idiomatic or unfamiliar expressions.

Symbol                    Hindi                                 English

    ”  ”                     अवतरण चिन्ह                   Quotation marks

Example : तुलसीदास ने सत्य कहा है ― ”पराधीन सपनेहु सुख नाहीं।”

7. Question mark in Hindi - Prashnvachak ( प्रश्नवाचक चिन्ह )

In Hindi the question mark used at the end of all direct questions.

Symbol                    Hindi                                 English

       ?               प्रश्नवाचक चिन्ह                        Question mark

Example : आसमान नीला क्यों दिखता है ?

8. विवरण चिन्ह  ( :- )

9. योजक चिन्ह ( - )

10. पदलोप चिन्ह (......)

11. रेखांकन चिन्ह ( _ )

12. लाघव चिन्ह (०)

13. पुनरुक्ति सूचक चिन्ह ( ,, )

14. दीर्घ उच्चारण चिन्ह ( S )

15. विस्मरण चिन्ह या त्रुटिपूरक चिन्ह ( ^ )

16. निर्देशक चिन्ह ( ― )

17. तुल्यता सूचक चिन्ह ( = )

18. कोष्ठक चिन्ह - ( ), { }, [ ]

Hindi Number Counting

Counting is the process of determining the number of elements of a finite set of objects. Counting of the numbers in the Hindi language are called "गणना" or "गिनती".  Hindi number counting uses distinct names for the numbers 1 to 20 and each multiple of 10, and composite ones for those greater than 20. हिंदी की गिनती

Aryabhatt is the father of number system and we are proud to say that Number system is invented by Indian Mathematicians in early 5^th centaury. The Number written like 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9... are known as Arabic Numbers, Invented in India and then same is used by Arabic countries and after that Western countries, so the western countries called it Arabic numbers but in fact it's a Indian Number System.

Units for very large numbers not found in English but Hindi have different-different Units for very larger number make it very unique number system.

See Also : Number to Word Converter

The numerals used when writing numbers with digits can be divided into two types that might be called the arithmetic numerals (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) and the geometric numerals (1, 10, 100, 1000, 10000 ...), respectively.

 Evolution of Numbers from Brahmi Lipi to Modern Scripts

Frequently Asked Questions FAQ

Que : What is Paav (पाव) in Hindi ?

Ans : Paav (पाव) is 1/4 (0.25) of unit.

Example:

For Number : Paav is 0.25 of 1 unit.

For Weight : Paav is 250 Gram.

Que: What is Aadha (आधा) in Hindi ?

Ans : Aadha (आधा) is 1/2 or (0.5) or Half.

Example:

For Number : Aadha is 0.5 or Half of 1 Unit.

For Weight: Aadha Kilo is 500 Gram.

Que: What is Paune (पौने) in Hindi ?

Ans: Paune (पौने) is 1/4th less in a Number or 15 minutes less in Time. In other words Paune means 3/4 or (0.75) of 1 unit.

Example:

For Number: Paune 3 is 2.75; Paune 5 is 4.75

For Time: Paune 4 is 3:45; Paune 5 is 4.45

For Weight: Paune Means is 750 Gram.

Que: What is Sawa (सवा) in Hindi ?

Ans: Sawa (सवा) is 1/4th more in a Number or 15 minutes more in Time.

Example:

For Number: Sawa 4 is 4.25;

For Time: Sawa 3 is 3:15; 

Que: What is Dedh (डेढ़) in Hindi ?

Ans: Dedh (डेढ़) is half more than one or Thirty minutes more than one in Time.

Example:

For Number: Dedh is 1.5 (This is a fixed number).

For Time: Dedh is 1:30 (This is a fixed number).

Que: What is Dhai (ढाई) in Hindi ?

Ans: Dhai (ढाई) is half more than Two or Thirty minutes more than Two in Time.

Example:

For Number: Dhai is 2.5 (This is a fixed number).

For Time: Dhai is 2:30 (This is a fixed number).

Que : What is Sadhe (साढ़े) in Hindi ?

Ans : Sadhe (साढ़े) is half (1/2) more than any number (number must be 3 or more) or Thirty minutes more than any time (time must be 3 or more).

Example:

For Number: Sadhe 3 is 3.5; Sadhe 9 is 9.5

For Time: Sadhe 3 is 3:30; Sadhe 9 is 9:30