You run your English-to-Chinese translation through an AI tool. Then you run a quality assurance (QA) check. The score comes back clean. You ship it. But here’s what that score didn’t catch.
As a Chinese translator, I encounter the same confusion daily. Clients ask for “Chinese translation,” then wonder why I need to ask follow-up questions. Others request “Taiwanese” services but get confused when I mention writing systems. Some assume Traditional and Simplified Chinese are just different fonts that can be converted with a click.
Recently, a long-term client in the fashion industry asked me to review the copy for their upcoming Dragon Boat Festival campaign. One of the proposed taglines suggested celebrating the festival with a sense of style.