Mandarin translation

[Alan Medic]

My Kings College born, EU passport holding son is in China and intends staying there. When his studies finish he has been offered a position by a Chinese company. They sent him a few documents one of which is translated into English. As he doesn't appear to be too bothered about the content of the documents which I can only put down to the idiocy of youth, I got a quote here to have them translated.

It was over ?300, which I thought was a bit much especially as it won't be me who is having only 5 days annual leave and who knows what other restrictions imposed on me. Anyway, should I take these to the local take-away and see if they'll read them to me or any other good less expensive suggestions?

[rendelharris]

Try putting the job on Upwork, you should easily find a competent translator for $15-20 per hour.

[Lordship 516]

The local takeaway won't be able to translate as their language is generally Cantonese.

Although the characters are more or less the same, there are some important differences

so you need a Mandarin translator.

I have had to get certified translations before - I will dig the source out and let yo

know their address in Central London - not very expensive. How many pages?

[Alan Medic]

Looking at the attachments again, there's not a great deal there. There is the letter sent to him with 4 attachments. One is the 3 paged offer which is translated into English (but is it translated correctly?). The others look like forms which require completion. So it doesn't appear to be a great deal.

However they did say with regard to the contract, that if there were any discrepancies in the translation, the Chinese version would apply.

Had a look at Upwork rh. Never heard of it before. Looks good. Thanks both.

[Lordship 516]

Should be done about ?100 or even less.

The Chinese version will always take precedence there [as English does here]

For Chinese employment law see http://uk.practicallaw.com/1-503-3245#a752832

My wife is out of the house until the afternoon.

I will ask her to check the contact details when she returns

[Lordship 516]

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