Translation
Chinese ↔ English as our core pair, plus other languages as required. Documents, reports, contracts, publications and websites.
Hong Kong · since 1994
Words that Connect
WORD POWER Language Services is a Hong Kong translation house for companies and public institutions that need Chinese and English to be exact, readable, and on time.
About us
Founded and run by linguists.
Since 1994 we have translated for listed companies, government departments, museums, publishers and brands that cannot afford a careless sentence. Quality and punctuality are not extras. They are the job.
Our linguists are members of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL). Their professional qualifications are recognised as meeting the translator competence and credential requirements of ISO 17100, the international standard for translation services.
What we handle every week
- Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and English
- Financial, legal, commercial and public-sector texts
- Websites and marketing copy that must sound local
- Other Asian, European and Middle Eastern languages through specialist linguists
Services
Language work, finished in-house.
Drafts are translated, edited and proofread to your brief. You receive a file ready to use — not a raw machine output.
Interpretation
Consecutive and meeting interpretation for business, legal and public events. Please brief us on setting, duration and subject.
Copywriting & editing
Original Chinese or English copy, plus rewriting so a translation sounds like the brand that commissioned it.
Website localisation
Hong Kong Traditional Chinese, Mainland Simplified Chinese, and English versions that respect search terms, tone and layout.
Transcription
Audio and video transcripts, with translation when you need a written record in a second language.
How we work
Send the file, deadline, audience and any glossary. We confirm scope and fee, then deliver a checked text. Client lists and samples are available on request.
Specialties
The fields we know by name.
Finance & banking
Financial reports, annual reports, listed-company circulars and notices, prospectuses, fund reports, market commentaries, banking and mortgage documents.
Legal
Court and litigation papers, certificates, deeds and agreements, deeds of mutual covenant, loan documents, articles and memoranda.
Greater China business
Catalogues, pitches, company profiles, Mainland legal and regulatory texts, and materials that must work in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Mainland.
Science & industry
Electronics, engineering, construction, automobiles, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, manuals and specifications.
Brand, fashion & media
Press releases, collection notes, beauty and wellness copy, newsletters, and launch campaigns.
Environment & heritage
Environmental reports and impact assessments, nature and heritage publications, museum labels and exhibition texts.
Selected work
Published work that still speaks for us.
Government environment reports
Environment Hong Kong and Environmental Performance Reports for the Environmental Protection Department, across multiple years.
Nature and countryside books
Chinese editions of Edward Stokes titles including Exploring Hong Kong’s Countryside and Hong Kong’s Wild Places (山水有情); work for AFCD, Kadoorie Farm and Friends of the Country Parks. Eye on Nature Series 2007 received the Hong Kong Book Prize.
Museums and exhibitions
English texts for the Hong Kong Museum of History and Hong Kong Museum of Art, including Qin-Han treasures, Yunnan Dian artefacts, the Chater Collection, Chinese ceramics, Canto-pop and fashion exhibitions.
Hong Kong Geopark
Chinese–English planning materials and UNESCO-related submissions, plus geosite, heritage and geological history texts.
Hedda Morrison’s Hong Kong
Chinese edition and website for the postwar photographic record produced with Harvard-Yenching Library.
Websites
Traditional and Simplified Chinese sites for international companies, and English sites for Greater China businesses.
These are credentials, not a claim that the calendar stopped in 2009. Full client lists and recent samples are available privately.
“Word Power has delivered excellent results, despite tight deadlines. The Chinese translation has rare quality, giving both the facts and the feeling of our English texts.”
Edward Stokes, Hongkong Conservation Photography Foundation
Contact
Send the file. We will reply with scope and timing.
For a quote, attach the source text (or a sample), word count if known, language pair, deadline and whether the work is for publication, filing or internal use.
WORD POWER Language Services Limited
Also known as 達意翻譯服務中心
16C Wing Cheong Commercial Building
19–25 Jervois Street, Hong Kong
香港蘇杭街19–25號永昌商業大廈16C室
Tel: (852) 2851 3931
Fax: (852) 2851 2909
Email: service@wordpowerhk.com
Monday–Friday 9:00–17:30 · Saturday 9:00–13:00