Chinese municipal districts translated using indexicality
A seemingly impossible translation challenge is to determine the corresponding terminology for municipal district types in modern cities.…
Chinese Policy Metaphors Translated
Translating metaphorical or indirect language from Chinese to English is one of the great puzzles of the field.…
Unethical Labor Practices used in Chinese Translation
Unethical labor practices dominate the industry because the majority of translation today is not provided by translators directly…
Language Families: Why Chinese to English Translation is so Difficult
The Chinese to English language pair is one of the hardest to translate between. This is in part…
China’s international ambitions failing due to translator groupthink
Groupthink, the tendency for people to follow others’ lead like sheep, explains why Chinese companies’ international launches are…
Could Chinese translation disrupt anti-money laundering?
The USA v. Huawei and Meng Wanzhou prosecutions were highly controversial internationally, yet they were ultimately the result…
Chinese Translators’ Poor Motivation Explained
Translators of Chinese have famously low motivation to their career, resulting in widespread incompetence and low pay. The…