Trade-fair interpreter
Canton Fair and the Shanghai and Shenzhen expos. We read your catalogue before the doors open and build the glossary first, so the first hour isn't spent on vocabulary.
BUSINESS SUPPORT
Walk into the meeting with someone who reads the room.
Trade-fair interpreters, negotiation support, company registration and contract review — for the deals that are too important to run through a translation app.
1–3 daysnotice we need to prepare
By industrymatched to your field
4–8 weeksWFOE registration
Same daywritten debrief that evening
WHAT WE COVER
Six situations, one way of preparing
Our work starts before we meet you: reading your material and fixing your terminology.
Negotiation support
Not just language: who moves first, who uses silence, who defers to whom. We tell you what was said between the lines.
WFOE setup
Name check, business scope, registered address, licence, bank account. Four to eight weeks — and we tell you up front which step needs you in person.
Contract review
Chinese supplier contracts and distribution agreements. We flag the clauses that are unenforceable here, the ones that are one-sided, and explain both in English.
Factory visit escort
Half a day on site with an engineer-level interpreter, plus a written debrief of what the factory actually said.
Market research
Who the competitors are, what retail pricing looks like, and which certifications a product needs to sell here.
HOW WE PREPARE
Four steps, before the meeting and the same evening
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01
Read the material
Catalogues, drawings, and the price list you will definitely be asked about. Read before we meet you.
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02
Build the glossary
Industry terms agreed in both languages, so two interpreters can't produce two meanings for one word.
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03
On the day
Interpreting, note-taking, and a signal system only the two of us understand — for "that number is wrong".
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04
Debrief that evening
Sent the same day: what was agreed, what was implied, and who to follow up with.
PRICING
Per day or per document, fixed in writing
We match by industry rather than sending a generalist — which is why this isn't priced by the hour.
| Service | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Trade fair / escort interpreter | ¥2,000–3,500 / day | 8 hours, glossary prepared in advance |
| Technical meeting | ¥3,000–4,500 / day | Pre-reading and same-day debrief |
| Factory visit escort | ¥2,500 / day | Half day on site plus written debrief |
| WFOE registration | from ¥15,000 | Government fees and registered address excluded |
| Contract review | ¥1,500–3,000 / contract | English mark-up and one call to walk through it |
| Market research | Per project | Competitors, price band, certification needs |
Travel and evening overtime (beyond 8 hours or after 20:00) are extra. We do not provide nominee shareholding or fake registered addresses — both are clear legal risks in China, and we only build compliant structures.
SPECIMEN · NOT A CLIENT PROJECT
The four sections of the same-day debrief
Sent the evening of the fair or the negotiation. The contents are examples — what matters is the structure.
1. What was agreed
Only what is on paper or explicitly promised: unit price, MOQ, deposit, lead time. Example: “¥42/unit, MOQ 500, 30% deposit, 45-day lead time.”
2. What was implied
Not said, but visible in behaviour. Example: “Twice they said the price was impossible; the third time they came back with a new number — there is 5–8% left.”
3. Who owes you an answer
Open clauses and promised dates. Example: “Drawings by Friday; whether the tooling cost is inside the unit price is still unconfirmed.”
4. Who to follow up with
Who actually decides. Example: “The contact is the export manager, but the price was set by the owner — ask for the owner next time.”
These four sections are the report structure only, with no real client or supplier information. Ask for a sample on your own file →
FAQ
The things usually left vague
Do your interpreters understand the technology?
We match by industry, not by language pair. If nobody on our side knows your field, we say so instead of sending a generalist to hold the line.
Do I have to be in China to register a company?
Not for the paperwork — that can be signed remotely. The bank account is the step that usually needs you here in person, or a notarised power of attorney.
Will you hold shares for me?
No. Nominee shareholding is a legal risk for both sides, and when it goes wrong the agreement is rarely as useful as people expect. We only build compliant structures, and we explain the why.
What does a contract review actually catch?
Three things: clauses that are unenforceable in China, clauses that are plainly one-sided, and payment terms that leave you with no leverage later. The third is the most common and the most expensive.
Will you sign an NDA?
Yes, before we meet any supplier. Before a trade fair we also ask you to confirm what may not be repeated.
FREE QUOTE
Tell us the date, the city and the industry
Fairs need people booked early. Send the date, city, industry and rough agenda — a fixed price comes back within 4 business hours.
- Matched by industry, not a generalist
- Glossary prepared before the day
- Written debrief the same evening
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