Chinese Conversion

How to Proofread a Simplified/Traditional Chinese Conversion

Treat conversion as a first draft of the character layer, not as a signed-off publication.

A short checklist

  1. Confirm the OpenCC type matches the audience (Taiwan vs Hong Kong).
  2. Search for known one-to-many characters in names.
  3. Read headings and the first paragraph of each section.
  4. Check UI strings, buttons and legal footnotes if those exist.
  5. Open the file on a machine with a proper CJK font.

People vs machines

A native reader of the target standard will catch vocabulary the dictionary missed. For a blog post, a 10-minute skim may be enough. For a contract, budget more than that.

Tools on this site

Convert with the text or document tool, download within 30 seconds, then review offline. Temporary files are not an archive. See document privacy.