Chinese - Across Translation

Chinese Translations

Across Translation provides quality English to Chinese Translations and Chinese to English Translations for various industries and purposes. Other Chinese language combinations are available upon request.

Each Chinese translation is unique. The key to providing the best quality translation is selecting the right translators to your project.
All our Chinese translations are performed by fully qualified, native speakers. Each with a minimum of 5 years experience and expertise in the specific subject matter.
All our Chinese translations are proofread and where required independently edited.
Across Translation’s Chinese typesetting services provides the final touch for a complete, ready to publish translation.
All our Chinese translations undergo the ‘Across Check’ 4 stage quality assurance process to ensure our clients receive the highest quality translation every time.

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Traditional and Simplified Chinese

Traditional and Simplified Chinese refer to the written forms of Chinese. Mandarin and Cantonese refer to the main spoken dialects of the Chinese language.

Traditional and Simplified Chinese are the two standard sets of Chinese characters for the contemporary Chinese language. The use of each script depends on location.

Traditional Chinese characters (standard characters or orthodox characters) have remained relatively the same since the 5th century and are currently used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. They were also used in mainland China before the introduction of Simplified characters by the Chinese government.

Simplified Chinese was promoted by the Government of the Peoples Republic of China during the 1950’s and 1960’s in an effort to eradicate illiteracy. Simplified Chinese Characters are, as suggested, a simplified adaptation of Traditional Chinese Characters, in general requiring less strokes to form the character. Changes have also been both graphical and phonetic and Cursive Chinese has influenced the development of the Simplified Chinese script. Today Simplified Chinese is used in the Peoples Republic of China, Singapore and Malaysia.

Traditional Chinese is used more often by Chinese populations living outside of Chinese speaking countries, however the use of Simplified Chinese in these populations is increasing due to the migration of people from the Peoples Republic of China.

Facts and Figures about China and the Chinese Language

Spoken Language

The Chinese Language is generally divided into 7 families of dialects: Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Wu, Min Family, Xiang, and Gan.

Ranking by native speakers: 1st
Number of speakers worldwide: 1.3 billion (mostly native speakers)
An Official Language of the United Nations

Written Chinese

Officially used in:

Simplified Chinese - Peoples Republic of China and Singapore
Traditional Chinese - Taiwan (Republic of China), Hong Kong and Macau
Presence on the internet: Ranked 2nd with a total of approximately 21.7% of all internet users.
Translation Tips: Expect text compression of around 25% when translating from English into Chinese and an expansion of the same amount when translating from Chinese into English.

Country

Literacy Rate: 93%
Major industries: Mining, Manufacturing, Construction and Energy
Main Trading partners: Japan, United States, Taiwan
Australia’s top rated trading partner for two way trade.