DEMAND FOR TRANSLATION BETWEEN ENGLISH AND CHINESE IS ON THE RISE
More and more people worldwide are learning the Chinese languages (mainly Mandarin written in Simplified Chinese, and Cantonese written in Traditional Chinese). Trading between English-speaking and Mandarin-speaking communities are surging every day. Demand for English-to-Chinese translation and Chinese-to-English translation is definitely growing and growing. To help you find the best translators between English and Mandarin, we have evaluated and compared the best free online English<>Chinese translation tools available.
Machine learning and machine translation
Machine learning, AI, VR, AR, 5G… the future is now. There are a vast number of translation tools available. They are speedy, cheap or even cheap, convenient – they even work around the clock supporting multiple languages. The development of machine translation has made a lot of progress over the years. Google Translate, Baidu Fanyi, Youdao Fanyi, DeepL, Bing Translator, Tencent, and so on are all so much more sophisticated than before. So, is this the ultimate answer to who the best English-to-Chinese translators are?
Will machine translation replace human translators soon?
Translation tools might be an obvious choice at first glance – and they do have their edge. Nevertheless, the human brain remains the best translation solution. Human translators are still the only way to fully understand and handle nuances, figures of speech, symbolism, idioms, slangs, cultural references, humour, satire, puns, chengyu, etc. AI-powered translation machines may never be able to grasp all kinds of indirect language usage when translating between English and Chinese.
Common mistakes made by tools in Chinese-to-English translation
- Omission of subject, object, or previously-mentioned information in Chinese
- Extremely long Chinese sentence structures
- Some Chinese words and phrases can be translated into more than one meaning
- Shortened or simplified Chinese expressions that are not obvious to speakers of other languages
Translate.google.com
Google Translate is one of the most well-known free translation tools in the world. It can handle over 100 languages, and translate content across entire websites with just a URL or an unlimited number of words in text form. The tool is able to automatically detect the type of language you insert, making it one of the most interactive online translation machines available. Google Translate is able to translate from English to Chinese and translate from Chinese to English. It even provides five Chinese keyboard input methods, including Pinyin and handwriting input. Google Translate is best for translating from Chinese to foreign languages.
DeepL.com
DeepL adopts advanced AI technology to achieve high accurate Chinese<>English translation. Like Google Translate, DeepL can detect input language type automatically. While the number of languages it handle is much lower than that of Google Translate, DeepL provides a much more impressive translation quality.
Fanyi.baidu.com
Baidu is the number one website in mainland China. ‘Fanyi’ in fanyi.baidu.com means to translate (翻译). This excellent translator allows you to look up words or translate paragraphs with no word limits. It is one of the best online translators developed by a Chinese company. Baidu can translate between dozens of languages, including Chinese and English. It can also translate entire websites using a URL. There are additional features provided by Baidu, such as photo-to-text translation and audio-to-text translation, in their mobile app.
Bing.com/translator
Bing Translator is an online translation tool powered by Microsoft. Similar to Google Translate, Bing Translator can translate between Chinese, English and many other languages. It can translate text inserted manually into the input field, or translate websites using a URL. If you click the speaker button, the translation will be spoken to you.
Fanyi.youdao.com
Youdao Fanyi is another impressive online translation tool developed by a Chinese company. This tool can translate between Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, Russian and Spanish. You might prefer other online translators but this is a good place to help you double check machine translation.
Greg Lau
Latest posts by Greg Lau (see all)
- Ultimate Guide to Best English-to-Chinese Translators - September 6, 2022