Chinese Translation Service

Chinese translation services have always dominated in terms of the sheer volume of translations that Chinese translation services providers have to generate. There are several factors that contribute to the increase in Chinese translation services.  Economists would have argued on the wealth and ambitions of China as the main drivers of Chinese translation services. The basic facts are there.  China is too huge, too populous and too rich to be ignored and that goes for Chinese translation services as well.

As selecting the right Chinese translation services provider is important, it is therefore important to understand what and how do most Chinese translation services consultants provide their services. Most Chinese translation services providers offer the basic Chinese translation service, which is basically translation without proofreading and editing. Some Chinese translation service providers offer proofreading and editing services by an independent translator at an extra charge.

An experienced Chinese translation services provider such as an established translation company can provide Chinese translation services, included with proofreading and editing. This is because it has a larger pool of translators. The pool of translators in established translation companies is also more competent and experienced, as they go through a higher volume of Chinese translation services.

Proof reading and editing is essential when engaging a Chinese translation services provider, especially for translations into English. Here are some common errors which you wouldn’t want to get from a Chinese translation services provider.

For example, the Chinese do not distinguish between subject or direct or indirect pronouns. So, when the word他们is translated into English, it could be a “they” or “them”.  Therefore, when ”你会找到他们。” is translated, you wouldn’t want to see “You will find they.” from the Chinese translation services provider. Instead you should expect the correct sentence “You will find them.” from the Chinese translation services provider.

The above common error highlights an important fact about Chinese into English translations. They require experienced Chinese translation services providers that are skilled in translating within the context of the entire document.  Most times, the subject is absent and there is no “it” in Chinese sentences. Therefore, a Chinese translation services provider would have to understand the implied meanings before it can properly translate into English.

Apart from proofreading and editing, an established Chinese translation services provider such as a globally based translation company do offer related translation services such as interpretation, website translations that are suited to the local market, patent translations, multi-language typesetting and transcriptions of videos and other media, and voiceover by a native Chinese. 

I shall leave you with the above article to ponder. Meanwhile, I hope my article has shed some light on Chinese translation services and sound out some issues that we need to be aware of in hiring a Chinese translation services. In my opinion, it is worth our while to hire the more established and experienced Chinese translation services companies as the quality of translations and range of services are better.