english to chinese translator

Chinese Translation Services

Simplified and Traditional Chinese translation

Mandarin and Cantonese translation

Chinese Language

English to Chinese Translators

  • STAR has extensive experience in Chinese translation and has offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei and Taiwan.
  • International Chinese Sales/Exports: Our teams can help you translate your manuals, websites and sales material to assist your international sales.
  • Chinese Nationals In UK and Ireland: We assist many clients in Ireland and the UK with document translation including contracts, immigrant information and health and safety material for their Chinese national staff.
  • If you are looking for professional Chinese Translators we can deliver quality results for you.

Simplified Chinese - Traditional Chinese

Did you know that there is more than one Chinese dialect? Wich Chinese do you need?

We are often asked for "Mandarin Translation". However, the official spoken languages in the Republic of China (Taiwan, capital: Taipei) and the People's Republic of China (Mainland China) is referred to as Mandarin Chinese.
The term "Mandarin" however only refers to standard spoken Chinese which is basically the same and mutually understandable in Taiwan and Mainland China. However, there are different scripts used in different areas of Greater China.

"Traditional Chinese" is the script used in Taiwan and Hong Kong whereas Mainland China and Singapore use "Simplified Chinese".

How do I choose?


The table below will help you decide which language you require for your translation project.


Country Spoken Language Translated Language
Mainland China Mandarin Simplified Chinese
Taiwan Mandarin Traditional Chinese
Hong Kong Cantonese Traditional Chinese
Singapore Mandarin Simplified Chinese

Chinese Desktop Publishing (DTP)

We can work in virtually any file format. Using some of the latest technology for managing files and protecting formats, our professional human translators can translate the following file formats into Chinese:
  • QuarkXpress
  • Adobe InDesign
  • FrameMaker
  • HTML
  • XML
  • AutoCad DXF
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • PDF
  • paper
  • faxes.

Chinese Fonts


Chinese languages are written using Han Ideographs. If you are developing a product for the Chinese market you need to decide the best font to use for your documents. As a general rule we recommend using SimSun. This is a variant on the Arial font and is unicode compliant.

For international language fonts try Fonts.com.

What are you translating?

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Sourcing from China:

We are often asked by clients if we can advise them on sourcing products from China. We've written an article on the subject of sourcing from China on our translation blog.

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