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Chinese is often mistakenly thought to be a single language. In fact, Chinese comprises a number of languages, which are just as different from each other as French, Spanish, Italian and Romanian. Often mutually incomprehensible, their shared status as “Chinese” comes from their association with a single nation and a shared writing system.
For spoken Chinese, there are seven main regional groups including Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese and Hakka. Mandarin is the official spoken language of the People’s Republic of China whereas Cantonese is a dialect used in Hong Kong, Taiwan and parts of Southern China.
The Chinese written language uses a system based on logograms where each character represents a morpheme, or a “meaningful unit of language”. Today, there are two types of characters in use. The People’s Republic of China uses a simplified style of characters while Chinese speaking countries and territories outside of the mainland, including Taiwan and Hong Kong, have retained the traditional form.
At Blue South, we help you determine which variant of Chinese you need to translate into depending on the market you wish to reach. Depending on your needs, we will recommend either simplified or traditional Chinese characters, and ensure we translate for even the subtlest differences between regions.
Did you know? About one-fifth of the world’s population, or over one billion people, speaks some variety of Chinese as their native language.
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