Hong Kong is a biliterate, trilingual city — one document may need to be understood by local colleagues, mainland clients and overseas partners alike, and machine translation is a gamble. We provide native-level human translation, unified glossaries and layout, delivered ready to publish.
From a one-page leaflet to a 100-page annual report, from website UI copy to video subtitles — all handled by native translators and proofread by a second linguist.
Hong Kong usage, not mainland phrasing. Websites, marketing materials, emails and social posts all covered.
Not word-for-word translation, but rewriting for how English readers actually read — native-level copywriting.
Matched with native translators in Hong Kong or in-country — ideal for travel, retail, F&B and Japanese/Korean brand agencies.
Contracts, annual reports, tenders, manuals and financial statements — precise terminology aligned to original clause numbers.
Localisation is more than swapping words — UI lengths, date formats, currencies and SEO keywords all need adapting.
Corporate videos, product demos, training footage and interview clips — with timecodes and subtitle files.
These are the problems we fix most often in real projects. Left uncorrected, customers spot an outsider instantly.
Terms like "軟件", "打印機", "顯示器", "數碼" and "網絡" are frequently rendered in mainland simplified usage by MT engines. Hong Kong readers read it as a mainland company — professionalism discounted instantly. Only Hong Kong conventions are publishable.
One-to-many character mappings are the classic trap: the 髮 in 頭髮 converted to a homophone, 麵粉 becoming a completely different grain, 裏 and 里 mixed up. No automated checker catches these — every sentence must be read by a human.
It's 一間公司, never 一家公司; square feet or square metres, pounds or kilograms, Celsius or Fahrenheit — all standardised to Hong Kong reader expectations.
合約 vs 合同, 按揭 vs 抵押, plus terms like 業主立案法團 and 大廈公契 belong specifically to Hong Kong's legal system — literal translation shifts legal meaning. Documents with legal consequences should also be reviewed by a lawyer, which we recommend plainly.
Brand names, company names, people's names, street and building names stay in the original — at most with the original in brackets. Force-translating a brand name breaks company registry searches, search engines and customs paperwork later.
Hong Kong Chinese addresses run small to large: flat → floor → building → street → district; English addresses lead with the street number. Each language version follows its own local convention — they are not interchangeable.
Many clients come to us for translation and end up sorting scans, spreadsheets and slide decks at the same time. These services can be ordered standalone or bundled with translation.
De-duplication, format standardisation, formulas and pivot tables — returned as files you can use immediately.
OCR text recognition restores text and tables, keeping original paragraphs, heading levels and layout.
Automatic contents, page numbers, headers and footers, unified heading styles — ideal for tenders, reports and manuals.
Photos, screenshots, business cards and receipts converted to searchable text in bulk, exported to Excel or CSV.
Excel lists merged into Word letters, envelopes or labels — for mass notifications and invitations.
Pages restructured around content logic, type scale and colour unified, charts built — no more walls of text pasted onto slides.
Charged by actual word or page count. Word-count methodology is stated in the quotation before you commit — no hidden charges.
English converted from source word count
Chinese ↔ Japanese/Korean, native translators
Rewritten for English readers
Layout fee added to translation
Word / PPT layout restored
With translator's statement, general use
Clean-up, formulas, pivot tables
Output to Word / Excel
Content restructuring and charts included
SRT / VTT subtitle files
Reference unit rates for common pairs below. For other combinations (German, French, Thai and more), just ask us directly.
| Language Pair | Typical Use Cases | Unit Rate (HK$) | Standard Turnaround |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese ↔ English | Websites, company profiles, contracts, annual reports, business email, landing pages | 0.6 / Chinese char | 2,000 chars / 2 working days |
| Traditional ↔ Simplified Chinese | Mainland-facing materials, WeChat official accounts, marketplace product pages | 0.5 / Chinese char | 3,000 chars / 2 working days |
| Traditional Chinese ↔ Japanese | Menus, travel information, product descriptions, Japan brand agency documents | 1.0 / Chinese char | 2,000 chars / 3 working days |
| Traditional Chinese ↔ Korean | Cosmetics and retail descriptions, Korean brand agencies, event promotions | 1.0 / Chinese char | 2,000 chars / 3 working days |
| English ↔ Japanese | Technical documents, meeting minutes, internal notices of multinational companies | 1.2 / Chinese-char equivalent | 2,000 chars / 3 working days |
Every document passes five steps before it reaches you: translation → self-check → second-linguist proofreading → glossary alignment → layout.
Chinese characters counted with Word's word count (no spaces); English converted from word count. We run the count before quoting, attach the screenshot to the quotation, and start only after your confirmation.
Within 7 days of delivery, omissions and mistranslations are corrected free of charge. Rewrites that change your original meaning are quoted by the extent of changes.
Medical prescriptions, court hearing records and notarised immigration documents requiring statutory certified translation — we'll tell you honestly and refer you to qualified providers rather than pretend.
The process is fixed and progress is transparent. We notify you proactively at every stage — no chasing required.
Files via WhatsApp or email, noting the language pair, purpose and deadline.
Word count, unit rate, total and delivery time replied within 2 hours, in writing.
Native translators matched by industry background; a glossary built first where needed.
After the translator finishes, a second linguist proofreads sentence by sentence for omissions and usage.
Original layout restored, or output to Word, PDF, PPT, SRT and other formats as required.
Omissions and mistranslations corrected free for 7 days; the glossary returned for your future use.
Note the language pair, purpose and deadline — we'll count the words on the spot and reply with a price. Rush jobs welcome; we'll tell you honestly if the timing can't be met.