Cantonese· 廣東話 / 粵語
Traditional Chinese for Hong Kong, Macau, and Cantonese communities.
Most written material for Cantonese-speaking audiences uses standard written Chinese in Traditional characters — the Hong Kong and Macau convention. Our Cantonese linguists translate, localize, and certify documents with the variant and register your readers expect.
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How Cantonese shows up in the work.
Cantonese is distinct from Mandarin and not mutually intelligible. We staff Hong Kong-trained interpreters for healthcare, legal aid, and immigration work across Cantonese-speaking diaspora communities in the US, UK, and Canada.
Language context first
Cantonese work shaped for the people who will use it.
Audience, variant, subject matter, and final format are confirmed before translation begins.
Where it's spoken
- Hong Kong
- Macau
- Guangdong
- Diaspora communities
Major dialects we cover
- Hong Kong Cantonese
- Guangzhou
- Toishanese / Taishanese
Script & family
- Writing system
- Traditional Chinese characters
- Direction
- Left to right
- Language family
- Sino-Tibetan, Sinitic, Yue
What Cantonese translation demands.
Most written material for Cantonese-speaking audiences uses standard written Chinese in Traditional characters — the Hong Kong and Macau convention. Colloquial written Cantonese, with characters Mandarin readers won't recognise, also exists and is the right register for informal, community-facing material.
How we handle Cantonese
- Variant and register confirmed before work begins
- Native-speaker linguists with domain expertise
- Typography and layout checked in final files
- Certificate of accuracy available on request
Three ways we deliver Cantonese translation.
Cantonese ↔ English documents by domain specialists — medical records, contracts, school files, technical manuals.
A second linguist reads every delivery before it leaves.
Websites, apps, and product copy adapted for Cantonese-speaking readers — variant, register, and layout together.
Not a word-swap. The page has to work in the language, not just contain it.
USCIS-accepted, court-ready Cantonese translations, delivered with a signed certificate of accuracy.
We confirm the variant before we start so the certificate matches the reader.
Where Cantonese translation is in demand.
- Healthcare & clinical
- Immigration & asylum
- Legal & courts
- Community services
Often requested alongside Cantonese.
Have Cantonese documents on a deadline?
Send the files, the target audience, and your deadline. We'll confirm variant, turnaround, and pricing same-day.