Professional Cantonese Translation Services for Hong Kong and Business Use

Cantonese and Mandarin are distinct Chinese languages that are not mutually intelligible in spoken form. While both can be written using Chinese characters, Cantonese uses Traditional Chinese characters and has its own vocabulary, grammar particles, and colloquial expressions that differ significantly from Mandarin. Assigning a Mandarin translator to a Cantonese project will produce output that sounds wrong to a native Cantonese speaker. BeTranslated uses dedicated Cantonese translators for all Cantonese work.

Cantonese is written in Traditional Chinese characters, not Simplified Chinese. Traditional Chinese is the standard for Hong Kong, Macau, and overseas Cantonese communities. Simplified Chinese is used in Mainland China and Singapore for Mandarin-based content. Using the wrong character set for a Cantonese audience immediately signals that the content was not written for that market.

Yes. We provide Cantonese translation for commercial contracts, court filings, financial prospectuses, regulatory submissions, company constitutions, and official filings for Hong Kong and Macau authorities. Our Cantonese translators are experienced in the legal and financial terminology specific to the Hong Kong common law system and the Macau regulatory environment.