Mandarin Subtitles & Captions

Knockhundred offers a high-quality Mandarin subtitling service to a variety of clients across a wide range of business sectors. In fact, we offer professional subtitling services in over 190 languages, including Mandarin, for cinema, TV, online material, DVD, video, video games, computer games and corporate CD-ROMS.

We can provide captions and Mandarin captioning services (including closed captions) for those people who are deaf or hard of hearing. These captions will usually contain descriptions of non-dialogue audio (such as laughter or a door slamming).

We also of course provide English subtitling services to a huge range of clients across the globe. Please refer to our languages page to see which languages we can handle.

The art of Mandarin subtitling

Using subtitling software, we can provide subtitles in virtually any language including Mandarin, and produce the end result in most industry-standard formats such as plain text, Word, HTML, Final Cut Pro XML, Spruce STL or Subrip (srt).

If you don't see the format you need, just ask, as we may still be able to help. The Mandarin subtitlers will identify exact positions where each subtitle should appear and disappear. These markers are usually identified by precise time codes/frames dependent on the service you require.

The process of Mandarin captioning

The process of captioning is much the same as for producing Mandarin subtitles. The main difference is that the resulting Mandarin captions will often contain descriptions of sound as well as a direct transcription of the speech.

Mandarin transcription and translation for film and tv

We regularly translate film and documentary clips providing a finished transcription with time codes ready for Mandarin subtitles to be created. We are more than happy to produce finished srt subtitle files if you'd prefer.

One-step media translation from video for Mandarin subtitles

If your source video is in one language, for example English, and you require the subtitles to be in another, for example Mandarin, our Mandarin linguists will provide a direct translation into the relevant language and produce time-coded subtitles in a suitable format.

Mandarin video SEO

Do you have an existing video in Mandarin, or are you having one produced?  If you want consumers to find your video, please remember search engines can’t watch a video or listen to audio, but they do “understand” (and index) text.  This is why it is important to upload an aligned, accurate Mandarin transcript to support your video content or to provide Mandarin subtitles or captions.  This is how search engines will “hear” your video.

Rates

• Mandarin subtitling rates start from £9.99 + VAT per source video minute
• Mandarin same language transcription rates start from £3.99 per source audio/video minute
• Mandarin language direct translation from audio/video rates start from £7.99 per source audio/video minute
• Please note these rates are a broad indication only. Minimum charges apply, and rates will vary depending on audio quality, number of speakers, subject matter, volume, etc.

Please note: VAT is chargeable for our UK clients. We are able to provide quotations in GB pounds, US Dollars or Euros.

Please refer to our Client Feedback page to learn more about the unbeatable Mandarin transcription service we offer.

WHILE YOU’RE HERE... SOME QUITE INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE Mandarin LANGUAGE

Accounting for 70% of Chinese speakers, Mandarin is more widely spoken than any other form of Chinese - with some 955 million native speakers globally. That's 14% of the world's total population. In fact, there are more native Mandarin speakers in the world than speakers of any other language. Mandarin is just one of several Chinese dialect groups, which can be kind of confusing. In places like Taiwan and People's Republic of China it's the official language. Mandarin dialects are spoken throughout most of northern and southwestern China. Despite their similarities, some Mandarin dialects are actually not "mutually intelligible". Other varieties of Chinese include Wu, Xiang, Yue, Min, Hakka and Gan. It is written using traditional characters.

Mandarin SAMPLE TEXT

繁體中文

Mandarin example video

AND LASTLY, A Mandarin tongue twister

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