Simplified and Traditional Chinese Coverage
Specialist translators for mainland China (PRC law), Hong Kong (common law), and Taiwan (ROC law) legal systems.
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Chinese Legal Translation at BeTranslated
Chinese legal translation encompasses both Simplified Chinese (mainland China) and Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau) legal systems, each with distinct terminology and procedural conventions.
More about Chinese Legal Translation
Our Chinese legal translators have a background in Chinese law, covering PRC commercial law, Hong Kong common law, and Taiwanese legal standards. For HKIAC arbitration hearings and witness interviews, our Hong Kong interpreting services provide legal interpreters for Chinese and English.
For contract negotiations and signing meetings in mainland China or Hong Kong, the written work can be paired with interpreting services. Judgments, company resolutions and notarial deeds filed with a state court or a European notary may need our certified translation services, and the receiving office, not the translator, decides on acceptance.
What Sets Our Chinese Legal Translation Apart
PRC Commercial Law Expertise
Familiar with Chinese contract law, company law, and arbitration under CIETAC and other Chinese institutions.
Confidential and Secure
All legal documents handled under NDA with encrypted file transfer and no third-party storage.
Clear Timelines
Timelines depend on length and format, and we confirm the delivery date in the quote.
Common Chinese Legal Translation Projects
- Sino-foreign joint venture agreements
- PRC court documents and arbitration records
- Hong Kong court filings and legal correspondence
- Chinese corporate documents for international transactions
- Immigration filings for Chinese nationals
- Intellectual property registrations and patent documents
What Our Clients Say
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Chinese Legal Translation: Frequently Asked Questions
Do you cover both Simplified and Traditional Chinese for legal work?
Yes. We assign translators based on the jurisdiction. Mainland China work uses Simplified Chinese with PRC legal conventions; Hong Kong work uses Traditional Chinese with common law terminology.
Can you translate Chinese legal documents for use in US courts?
Yes. We produce certified translations of Chinese legal documents for use in US courts, USCIS, and federal agencies.
How do you handle PRC-specific legal concepts with no English equivalent?
We use established translation conventions for PRC legal concepts and add explanatory notes where necessary to ensure the legal meaning is correctly conveyed to English-speaking readers.
Do you cover the legal terminology differences between Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan?
Yes. Mainland China operates PRC civil law in Simplified Chinese with distinct contract law (Hetong Fa) and company law (Gongsifa) vocabulary. Hong Kong follows English common law with bilingual Traditional Chinese and English official status.
Taiwan applies ROC civil and commercial codes in Traditional Chinese. A Mainland joint venture contract reads very differently from a Hong Kong-law governed shareholders agreement. We assign translators by jurisdiction and apply the correct statutory vocabulary and procedural conventions throughout.
How is your Chinese legal translation priced?
Standard projects are quoted per source word with a fixed total before work begins. Chinese characters are counted at an agreed character-to-word ratio (typically 3 to 3.5 Chinese characters per English word) with the methodology confirmed at quote stage.
Certified translation and apostille coordination are itemized separately. For ongoing legal programs we offer translation memory discounts on repeat clauses such as boilerplate NDA language and standard corporate governance provisions.
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Do you translate legal documents from English to Chinese as well as Chinese to English?
Yes. Chinese to English is typical for evidence, judgments, and corporate records filed abroad, while English to Chinese is typical for contracts, powers of attorney, and filings submitted in mainland China, Hong Kong, or Taiwan.
For a bilingual contract, tell us which language version prevails so the translator can mirror the governing-language clause.
Can you provide certified translations for Hong Kong court proceedings?
Yes. Pleadings, affidavits, exhibits, and judgments can be translated between Traditional Chinese and English with a signed certificate of accuracy for proceedings before the Hong Kong courts or at the HKIAC.
Each court or tribunal sets its own rules on who may certify a translation, so share the filing instructions and we prepare the translation to match. The receiving court decides on acceptance.
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