To translate documents from Chinese to Vietnamese accurately and effectively, especially if they are official, business, or legal documents, you’ll need a careful strategy. Here’s how you can do it step-by-step:
✅ Step-by-Step Guide: Translating Chinese to Vietnamese
1. Identify the Document Type
Chinese documents can include:
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Business contracts
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Invoices
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Certificates
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Customs forms
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Personal documents (ID, birth cert., etc.)
📌 Knowing the type helps you choose the right tone, terms, and whether to use simplified or traditional Chinese.
2. Choose the Right Translation Method
🔹 For Official Use (e.g., legal, notarized):
Hire a certified human translator or agency that offers:
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Chinese ↔ Vietnamese translation
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Công chứng bản dịch (Notarized translations, if needed in Vietnam)
Search terms in Vietnamese:
“dịch tiếng Trung sang tiếng Việt công chứng”
“dịch thuật hồ sơ tiếng Trung chuyên nghiệp”
🔹 For Drafts, Internal Use, or Practice:
You can use machine translation + manual correction:
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Step 1: Use tools like Google Translate, DeepL to translate from Chinese to Vietnamese.
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Step 2: Review for accuracy — especially idioms, technical terms, and sentence structure.
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Step 3: Polish the grammar and tone for proper Vietnamese.
3. Use Translation Tools (Carefully)
| Tool | Use |
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| Google Translate | Quick first draft, but needs heavy checking |
| DeepL (beta for Chinese) | More natural tone, especially in formal documents |
| Papago (Naver) | Good for East Asian languages |
4. Watch for Common Pitfalls
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Chinese sentence structure is different from Vietnamese (often topic-prominent, lacks clear tenses).
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Words can be context-dependent
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Chinese often omits subjects, which you’ll need to add in Vietnamese (e.g., “bên A”, “chúng tôi”).
📌 Bonus Tip:
If you’re translating scanned PDFs or handwritten Chinese documents:
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Use OCR tools like Google Lens, iLovePDF OCR, or Convertio to extract Chinese text first.
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Then follow the translation process above.
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