About one-fifth of the world’s population speaks some form of Chinese as their native language. The more important, China is among both the largest economic entities and the fastest growing markets.

Standard Mandarin (Putonghua) is the official language of China, as well as one of four official languages of Singapore. Chinese is one of the six official languages of the UN.

Foreigners are often confused with the fact that Chinese has two main systems in written form, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. Simplified Chinese is primarily used in China Mainland, while Traditional Chinese in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Most of the characters and many words are different between Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

On Translia, you may choose to translate into Chinese (Mainland China), Chinese (Tainwan), and Chinese (Hong Kong) depending on where you plan to use the translation.