Chinese Translation Success:The 4 KEY

Good preparation avoids stress and headaches
A great Mandarin Chinese translation is a result of preparation.

1. Create both a translation glossary and style guide
2. Collect product pictures and past marketing material
3. Ensure that they use the latest translation memory software if you decid to hire a translation company
4. Insist on quality assurance with the Chinese translator
5. Be sure the translator is a native, has years of experience, and is born from that region
6. Ask a native friend/colleague familiar with your product and brand to proofread it to avoid embarrassing translation mistakes

The Takeaway:

Even if it's a large translation company or an experienced freelance Mandarin Chinese translator, mistakes can happen, so it's important to have a native colleague review the translation before it goes public.

Chinese has actually a few different dialects depending on the region: Mandarin, Wu, Gan, Xiang, Min, Cantonese, Hakka, Jin, Hui, and Pinghua. Several varieties of Chinese are so different that even native speakers cannot understand one another.

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Both places share the same language, only the accents are different. Another difference is that Taiwanese writing usually uses Traditional Chinese characters, while Mainland China uses Simplified Characters.

The simplified Chinese language was developed in the 1950s and 1960s. The main differences with Simplified Chinese are in the number of characters and a simpler style.

Source: Smartling.com

Without these tags, Google, Bing, and Baidu will have a difficult time navigating your localized pages! The worst part is that they display the wrong region.

Here are the Hreflang & Language codes for mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.

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