Choose a guide by the language or work product that needs review. These pages explain preparation and quality checks; they do not claim the former translation business currently accepts projects.
Language and service guides
- English to Chinese translation
- Chinese to English translation
- Document translation and quality review
- Business and financial translation
- Website translation and localization
- Legal translation: defined terms and scope
- Video translation and subtitling
- Japanese translation and text review
- Technical translation and terminology control
- Marketing translation and local context
- Korean translation and register review
- English to Spanish translation
- English to German translation
- Italian translation and document review
- English to French translation
- Vietnamese translation and text review
- Russian translation and review
- Arabic translation and right-to-left layout
- Interpretation: briefing and meeting format
Before you send material for review
Identify the audience, purpose, source version, fixed terminology and delivery format. Keep figures and identifiers traceable, and flag uncertainty rather than making an unsupported choice. The homepage covers the transfer-language example; About this reference explains its scope.
Choose by document and task
For contracts and filings, begin with the legal and document guides. For customer-facing products, use website localization and agree on the audience before adapting tone. Manuals need checks for units, warnings and revisions. A live meeting requires an interpreter brief, not a written subtitle workflow; video localization has its own timing and caption requirements.
Choose by language decision
The pair-specific pages address decisions a generic checklist cannot settle: target script and region for Chinese, names and interface context for Japanese, register for Korean, regional usage for Spanish and French, compound terms for German, diacritics for Vietnamese, grammatical conditions for Russian, and mixed-direction layout for Arabic. Select the guide that matches the reader and channel.
These guides are educational and do not assert that the former Waterstone business is accepting work. Verify any current provider directly.
Choose a route by what the reader must do
Start with the decision at stake. A contract needs defined terms and traceable exceptions; a product screen needs context, character limits and a working task flow; a video needs timing and synchronized captions; a live meeting needs speaker roles, agenda and terminology preparation. Selecting by task helps the reviewer see the whole user journey instead of treating language as a string of disconnected sentences.
Then select the language guide that matches the audience and script. Regional usage, formality, character display and directionality can change what needs to be tested. For mixed-language financial instructions, keep identifiers exact and check that labels remain attached to the correct amount, network or action. The individual pair pages explain the relevant review questions; they do not replace a qualified native-language or subject-matter reviewer.
Prepare a useful handoff
Include the complete source passage, its revision date, target locale, channel, glossary, reference screens and final file format. Mark locked terminology and facts that require approval. When an exception or instruction is unclear, ask the source owner before publication and retain the answer with the handoff.
Choose a guide by task and audience
The index is most useful when the document type and target locale are both known.
- Identify the reader and what they need to do with the translated material.
- Choose the matching language pair or work-product guide from the index.
- Confirm regional, layout or specialist-review questions before handoff.
Choosing a language-pair guide
What should I specify for Chinese translation?
Name the intended region and writing system, such as Simplified or Traditional Chinese, then confirm vocabulary and audience conventions with the reviewer.
Can one language-pair workflow fit every document?
No. A contract, software interface and live meeting have different formatting and review risks. Choose the guide that matches both the language direction and the material.