标题: Why are English to Chinese translation prices different to Chinese to English... [打印本页] 作者: 华译网翻译 时间: 2016-7-8 13:36 标题: Why are English to Chinese translation prices different to Chinese to English... Why are English to Chinese translation prices different to Chinese to English prices
Hi there, I’ve been checking Chinese to English translation prices and comparing them with English to Chinese translation prices and it seems that they are almost always different. Why are they not the same price please?
Answer
Thanks for your question. We get asked about price differences in Chinese translation prices almost daily so I’ve prepared an answer for you below.
Incidentally, it’s not just Chinese translation prices which differ depending on whether you are translating from the language or into the language. The same is true of almost all languages and here’s why.
Chinese Translation Prices
To understand the difference in prices it’s first important to understand how companies such as ourselves produce your translations.
Contrary to popular belief, most translation companies do not have a full staff of in-house translators.
Instead we work with carefully selected industry experts who we employ on a project by project basis.
Given that we cover over 20 languages and a wide selection of disciplines, it would simply not be economically viable to have offices packed with full-time staff when they are only required from time to time.
We also use mother tongue translators – by that we mean people translating into their native language.
English to Chinese Translation prices
Therefore, if you needed your document translated from English into Chinese then we would place this with a native Chinese speaker.
As we are based in China it’s easier, and therefore cheaper to find excellent quality native Chinese speaking English translators close to home as there are more to choose from.
Chinese to English Translation prices
Conversely, if you wanted a document translated from Chinese into English we would place the work with a native English speaker who is also an expert Chinese translator.
There are clearly far fewer native English speakers in China than there are native Chinese speakers so our choices are more limited which tends to put costs up – simple supply and demand.
Employing people overseas is often more complicated and expensive than one may realise hence Chinese to English Translation prices tend to be slightly more expensive than the other way around.