Although it is increasingly common to find both US and Chinese business executives and government officials that speak the other's language, many formal business meetings are conducted through interpreters. You may choose to take your own interpreter to China or hire one in China. Many executives prefer to take their own interpreters when complicated negotiations require a mastery of sophisticated legal and technical terms, or when they want the interpreters to report back on what is discussed in Chinese. It is recommended, however, that you avoid using a translator who is also a colleague and who is expected to be a substantive contributor to the discussion. Translating can be a taxing responsibility. Regardless of your decision, having a good interpreter is important. Good translators will catch mistakes and correct them in the translation. A good translator will also, if necessary, be sensitive to wording that might be counterproductive or offensive if translated literally. Finally, it is important to debrief translators and find out how specific statements were worded, in order to avoid ambiguity and understand the Chinese party's full meaning.
The following are a list of interpreting and translating service providers in the Shanghai and Beijing areas:
English/Chinese List of Translators
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Organizations
Abacus Consulting Services
Samuel Chong, President
Chinese Interpreter and Translator
401 North Garfield Avenue #1
Alhambra, CA 91801
Tel: 626-487-8909
Fax: 626-282-9252
E-mail: Chineselanguagetutor@yahoo.com
http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/
Chinese_translator.html
All Language Alliance, Inc.
Legal Translators and Court Interpreters
9249 South Broadway
#200-135
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
Tel. 303-470-9555
E-mail: translate@languagealliance.com
www.languagealliance.com
Aloha Bridge Service
Xin Liu PhD, President
Mandarin I Interpreter and Translator
1305B Kahala Towers
4300 Waialae Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96816
Tel: 808-737-2600
Mobile: 808-222-4230
E-mail: liu@pixi.com
www.pixi.com/~liu
AsianA Communications
2 Flagstone
Irvine, CA 92606
Tel: 949-679-8600
Fax: 949-679-8900
Mobile: 949-533-9188
Email: admin@asiana.com
www.asiana.com
ATA (American Translators Service)
225 Reinekers Lane, Suite 590
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel: 703-683-6100
Fax: 703-683-6122
E-mail: ata@atanet.org
www.atanet.org
Berlitz Language Center
One Thomas Circle Suite 105
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-775-5863
www.berlitz.us
China Institute
125 East 65th Street
New York, NY 10021-7088
Tel: 212-744-8181
Fax: 212-628-4159
E-mail: info@chinainstitute.org
www.chinainstitute.org
China Specialists
226 SE Madison St.
Portland, OR 97214
Tel: 503-222-7766
E-mail: csow@cspecialists.com
www.cspecialists.com
Culture to Culture International
Ms. Sheri Yi, President
4157 Chain Bridge Road
Fairfax, VA 22030
Tel: 703-352-6815
Mobile: 240-888-0462
Fax: 703-359-0638
E-mail: culturetoculture@comcast.net
Insty-Prints
Mr. Eric Lam
6931-H Arlington Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
Tel: 301-951-8881
Fax: 301-907-4577
Email: ipbethesda@elinkisp.com
McNeil Multilingual
6564 Loisdale Court Suite 800
Springfield, VA 22150
Tel: 703.797.7400
Fax: 703.797.0417
Email: contact@mcneilml.com
www.mcneilml.com
Merrill Translations/Merrill Corporation
Ms Emily Piekarski
1776 I (Eye) Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: 202-973-2332
Mobile: 202-276-3662
E-mail: emily.piekarski@merrillcorp.com
www.merrillcorp.com/translate
Princeton Technical Translations Center
333 Bolton Road
East Windsor, NJ 08520
Tel: 800-839-6770
Fax: 609-443-6778
E-mail: princetran@princetontranslations.com
Schreiber Translations, Inc
51 Monroe Street, Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: 301-424-7737
E-mail: translation@schreibernet.com
www.schreibernet.com
TransPerfect Translations
601 Thirteenth Street, NW
Suite 320 North
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-347-2300
Fax: 202-347-6861
Email: washingtondc@transperfect.com
www.transperfect.com
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Individuals
Mr. Andrew Ferrier
China Translation
4552 Georgia Street #4
San Diego, CA 92116
Tel: 619-692-3642
E-mail: ChinaTranslator@aol.com
Ms. Jennifer Greene
PO Box 40245
Houston, TX 77240-0245
Mobile: 281-384-2059
E-mail: jgreene@pegasusconsultants.com
www.pegasusconsultants.com
Mr. Gu Weiqun, PhD
67-49 Juno Street
Forest Hills, NY 11375
Tel/Fax: 718-263-6526
Fax: 202-965-5811
E-mail: wgu58@aol.com
Ms. Lam Chung-Pollpeter
Apt. 12, 6705 Tower Drive
Alexandria, VA 22306
Tel: 571-338-9042
Fax: 703-660-6673
E-Mail: lamchung@cox.net
Ms. Lily Li
Contract UN Translator
Contract State Dept. Seminar Interpreter
Federal Court Interpreter
83-60 118th St., 8H
Kew Gardens, NY 11415
Tel/Fax: 718-441-9360
Mobile: 718-314-1088
E-mail: lilyli@worldnet.att.net
Ms. Marilyn Luong
MA Translation and Interpretation
268 Bush Street #2182
San Francisco, CA 94104
Tel: 415-990-1962
E-mail: mmluong@juno.com
Ms. Victoria Segal
4812 Bradley Boulevard
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Tel: 301-718-0254
Mobile: 301-437-3848
Fax: 301-718-0254
Email: vickysegal2@yahoo.com
Ms. Alice Tian
The Watergate
700 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Tel: 202-337-5270
E-mail: walicet@yahoo.com
Mr. Hongzheng Xie
(John Xie)
3932 Kernstown Court
Fairfax, VA 22033
Home: 703-802-9790
Work: 202-619-3736
Mobile: 571-277-9790
E-mail: infochina@aol.com
Mrs. Lily Zhao Pitt
Chinese Interpreter/Translator
K-12 Chinese Mandarin tutor
11115 Bismarck Place
Cooper City , FL 33026
Tel: 954 392 6868
Cell: 954 849 1931
E-mails: lilypitt@bellsouth.net; lpitt@fau.edu
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