Mandarin Chinese interpreting and translation

Mandarin interpreting, from boardroom to courtroom

Our Mandarin interpreters are experienced in conference interpreting, simultaneous interpreting in booths and remote simultaneous interpreting (RSI) for hybrid events and webinars. For negotiations, factory audits, site visits and investor meetings, our consecutive and escort interpreters travel with your team. Legal and public service work covers police interviews, courts, immigration appointments and hospital care, delivered face to face, by telephone 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, or by video through the SILA Linguists® app or your own platform.

Interpreters from mainland China and Taiwan use different terms in technology, food and administration, and matching backgrounds helps in sensitive settings and is essential in some negotiations. Chinese names are written family name first, so our interpreters help staff record them correctly. Many people in China speak a regional language at home, and a client's comfort in Mandarin can depend on age and background; we take that into account.

Chinese translation in Simplified and Traditional characters

We translate into Simplified characters for mainland China, Singapore and Malaysia and into Traditional characters for Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, adapting vocabulary and punctuation rather than relying on automatic conversion. Layouts are checked so that Simplified and Traditional glyphs are never mixed, and vertical text is set correctly where a formal document requires it.

Typical documents include notarial certificates (公证书), hukou household registration records, academic transcripts, degree certificates, contracts, patents, financial reports and product manuals. Certified Chinese translation follows the pinyin or Wade-Giles spelling of names as shown in the passport and carries a signed statement of accuracy, accepted by UK authorities such as courts, the Home Office and universities, and by employers. We also localise websites, apps, software and e-commerce content, and offer AI-assisted translation with human post-editing for high-volume material.

Mandarin transcription and subtitling

Interview recordings, evidential audio, market research and corporate video can be transcribed in Mandarin with time stamps, translated into English and subtitled for publication or training.

Mandarin expertise by sector

Our vetted, trained and qualified Mandarin linguists can support universities and student services, law firms, courts and police, the NHS, manufacturers, engineering and energy companies, technology firms, financial institutions and event organisers. One project team at SILA Linguists® coordinates interpreters, translators and localisation specialists, every linguist is vetted and signs a confidentiality agreement, and data is handled under UK GDPR.