Cantonese translation services
Traditional Chinese for Hong Kong, Macau, and Cantonese communities.
Cantonese at a glance
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.
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.
Cantonese has around 85 million speakers worldwide. We cover the varieties listed here and can match a linguist to a specific region or community on request.
- Native name
- 廣東話 / 粵語
- Script
- Traditional Chinese characters
- Greeting
- 你好 (nei5 hou2 — “hello”)
- Speakers
- 85M+
- Language family
- Sino-Tibetan, Sinitic, Yue
- Spoken in
- Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong, Diaspora communities
- Dialects and varieties
- Hong Kong Cantonese, Guangzhou, Toishanese / Taishanese
Cantonese translation, for every kind of text
Every project is matched to a linguist who knows the subject, then checked against the source before delivery.
Document translation
Contracts, records, manuals and forms translated between Cantonese and English by a linguist who knows the subject.
Certified translation
A complete Cantonese translation with a signed statement of accuracy, for immigration, court and academic submissions.
Website & app localization
Websites, apps and campaigns adapted for Cantonese-speaking audiences, with terminology kept consistent from one release to the next.
Where Cantonese translation is needed most
We match each project on language pair and subject, so terminology, names and numbers come through exactly as they should.
- Healthcare & clinical
- Immigration & asylum
- Legal & courts
- Community services
Often requested alongside Cantonese
Need something translated to or from Cantonese?
Send us the files, the language pair and your deadline. We'll reply with a price and turnaround.