Technical files
Manuals, specifications and controlled document sets: confirm terminology, revision identifiers and the final file format.
See technical delivery →Translation into Chinese starts with the readers, market and document purpose. Translation from Chinese starts with a clear source and the intended target audience. Compare the language-specific checks, published project evidence and budget references below, then send the files for a scoped quotation.
YOUR TRANSLATION BRIEF
Choose the direction. Define the readers.
Chinese into and out of 200+ languages. The pairs below are the ones that appear in our published case studies — you can check every one of them.
Of 69 published case studies, 62 (90%) involve Chinese and 52 (75%) are Chinese ⇄ English. Browse the case studies →
Manuals, specifications and controlled document sets: confirm terminology, revision identifiers and the final file format.
See technical delivery →Labels, instructions and submission-related files: identify the target market, required languages and responsible approver.
Check language requirements →Websites, product pages and brand materials: brief the readers, local wording, character limits and approval process.
See localization delivery →Tell us the language direction and the market. Chinese script, local terminology and review depth are separate decisions; a script conversion alone does not establish a finished localization.
Use these checkpoints to agree the brief before the files enter production.
A clear handover gives both teams the same scope. Review the workflow and service levels before deciding what your project needs.
Accurate terminology is only one part of useful Chinese content. The wording, register, document conventions and market references also need to fit the readers. Specify those requirements in the brief and confirm the review needed to check them.
How formal a Chinese sentence should be depends on who is meant to read it — a regulator, an engineer, a consumer. Getting this wrong does not produce an error a reviewer can point at; it produces text that feels off.
Provide current product names, preferred terminology and recent approved references. Confirm the wording used by the intended market rather than relying on an older translation alone.
Product copy, official filings and user manuals each follow conventions Chinese readers recognise. Matching them is what makes a document read as though it was written here rather than translated into here.
Units, examples, name order, payment and contact conventions — the parts a literal translation leaves foreign even when every word is right.
When Chinese is the source rather than the target, the risk moves upstream: a translator who cannot fully read the Chinese quietly leaves out what they do not recognise, and an omission leaves nothing behind to review.
We once put a Chinese-to-Russian speech in the hands of a Russian translator, on the reasoning that a native would produce the most natural Russian. The Russian was fine. What came back was missing pieces — passages and names the translator did not recognise had simply been passed over, including terms specific to China. Nothing in the Russian text signalled that anything was gone. That is the failure this page is about.
Reading a language and writing it are different jobs, and the Chinese side is the one we are placed to do. We staff each direction accordingly rather than asking one person to cover both ends.
The source is usually straightforward; the difficulty is producing Chinese that reads as though it was written for its reader. That is done here, by people who read Chinese every day in the market the text is going to.
The Chinese source is read by linguists to whom the vocabulary above is ordinary, so nothing gets quietly dropped. The target text is then produced or reviewed by a native speaker of that language at L3 and L4 — we do not claim to write better Russian than a Russian.
| Chinese ⇄ English | L1 Angel AI Review | L2 Angel Pro | L3 Angel Premium | L4 Angel Global |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD / 1,000 source words | $28 | $55 | $92 | $129 |
These are the published Chinese ⇄ English rate-card references. The formal quotation confirms the language direction, counting basis, file preparation, layout and review scope. A budget estimate is not a confirmed delivery price.
Full rate card for every language, plus audio-visual work: see pricing →
The quotation identifies the contracting party, files, languages, review level and delivery responsibilities. Confirm any permitted subcontracting and confidentiality requirements before work starts.
L1 includes basic QC; full domain-expert review is part of L3. Agree reviewer responsibilities and the evidence you need in the delivery pack.
Agree acceptance criteria, the correction process and contractual remedies. A refund or compensation is not automatic; the signed terms govern.
Translation delivery supports your project. It does not guarantee regulatory approval or remove the responsibilities of the applicant, manufacturer or content owner.
Comparing suppliers? Use the Chinese translation vendor evaluation worksheet → to record evidence, review responsibilities and agreed deliverables before requesting a quote.
No. Chinese is one side of the pair; the other side can be most major languages. In our published case studies alone, Chinese appears opposite 15 different languages, including Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic and French.
At L3 and L4 the target text is produced or reviewed by a native speaker of that language. We do not claim that a linguist in China writes better Russian than a Russian. Confirm source comprehension, target-language review and specialist responsibilities for your document type.
Simplified for mainland China and Singapore; Traditional for Taiwan and Hong Kong, and those two differ from each other in wording and convention. We quote them separately rather than treating Traditional as one market.
The language direction, source count, content, review level, file preparation and layout determine the quotation. Compare the published rate card as a budget reference and send the current files for a formal scope. Do not assume a fixed saving against another vendor without comparing the same deliverables.
Tell us about your project. We acknowledge within 4 hours and assign a project manager, then return a formal quote within 24 — large and multi-language programmes included.
Tell us about your project. We acknowledge within 4 hours and assign a project manager, then return a formal quote within 24 — large and multi-language programmes included.