Metro AV is a translation company that specializes in professional Chinese translation for finance, medical, marketing, legal, and many other specialized fields. We work with highly skilled translators who truly understand the complexity of the Chinese language, and are trained to handle the most complicated localization projects.
Our Chinese Translation Services:
- Mandarin Chinese Translation Services
- Cantonese Chinese Translation Services
- Taiwanese Chinese Translation Services
1/5 of the world speaks Chinese
Chinese is a group of related language varieties. About one-fifth of the world’s population, or an over one billion person, speaks some form of Chinese as their native language.
Most of these groups are mutually unintelligible
Varieties of Chinese are usually perceived by native speakers as dialects of a single Chinese language. However, localization proves otherwise; there are between 7 and 13 main regional groups of Chinese, depending on classification scheme, of which the most spoken, by far, is Mandarin about 850 million, followed by Wu – 90 million, Yue – 70 million and Min - 50 million. Most of these groups are mutually unintelligible, although some, like Xiang and the Southwest Mandarin dialects, may share common terms and some degree of intelligibility.
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Mandarin, Cantonese, and Taiwanese
“Mainland Chinese” is a standardized form of spoken Chinese based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin. Of the other varieties of Chinese, Cantonese, the variety of Yue, is spoken in the Guangdong Province and Cantonese-speaking overseas communities, and remains one of the official languages of Hong Kong together with English and of Macau together with Portuguese. Min Nan, part of the Min group, is widely spoken in southern Fujian, in neighboring Taiwan, where it is known as Taiwanese or Hoklo and in Southeast Asia, also known as Hokkien in the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia.
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As the number of Chinese speaking communities increase, translation services will continue to be an important measure businesses will need to take in order to reach specific audiences in the medical, legal, marketing, financial and technical industries. Metro Audio and Video is highly experienced with Chinese translations and can assist you as you plan and execute your next translation project. Our translation services have rapidly expanded as digital media changes the way we communicate globally. We understand your unique translation needs and provide proficient Chinese translators to ensure your message is delivered accurately.