Mandarin Chinese voice over, natively reviewed.
Mandarin is spoken with different accents and written in two character sets. The audience decides both, and a mismatch is noticed at once.
Accents and variants of Mandarin Chinese.
- Mainland Mandarin (Putonghua)
- The standard of mainland China, written in Simplified characters.
- Taiwan Mandarin (Guoyu)
- The standard of Taiwan, written in Traditional characters, with a softer accent and local vocabulary.
- Singapore Mandarin
- The Mandarin of Singapore and Malaysia, with local terms.
What a native Mandarin Chinese reviewer checks.
- Simplified or Traditional
- The character set follows the audience: mainland and Singapore use Simplified, Taiwan and Hong Kong use Traditional.
- Local vocabulary
- Mainland and Taiwan use different words for common things. The script is checked against the market.
- Tones
- Tones change meaning, so names and terms are checked by a native listener.
Writing for Mandarin Chinese.
- Do not convert characters automatically
- Turning Simplified into Traditional without rewriting leaves mainland wording in a Taiwan script.
- Foreign names
- Brand names need an agreed Chinese rendering or an agreed English reading.
- Numbers and units
- Agree how figures, dates and currencies are read.
Mandarin Chinese voice over: questions.
Which Mandarin should we pick for a Chinese audience?
Mainland Putonghua for mainland China. Taiwan Mandarin for Taiwan. Singapore audiences accept either but prefer local terms.
Is Cantonese the same?
No. Cantonese is a separate language with its own speech, and we cast it separately.
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