We suggest that you be careful in deciding during the initial stage when you’re looking for a Chinese translation company to have long-term relations with. We have provided the following steps for your reference:
I. Ask the Chinese translation company to do a sample translation of a difficult or technical text/passage (you are advised to find several of such companies that provide trial translation services.)
II. You can select competent translation companies based on the quality of the trial translation.
III. You should classify those competent translation companies (referring to the corporate budget).
IV. Send price inquiries to the companies above for price comparison.
V. You are suggested to conduct a visit to the company if possible to have a general understanding of the scale of the companies you are choosing from if it’s difficult to make a choice.
VI. We advise you to have a comprehensive evaluation of the quality, prices and scales of those companies.
All the above-mentioned strategies in the selection of Chinese translation company are fussy but effective. Since you are inexperienced in selecting Chinese translation company at the beginning, the bad results by these translation companies recommended by friends may lead to your continuous change of companies, which will probably drive you crazy.