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Chinese to English academic translation, beside the original.
Upload a paper written in Chinese. Read the English beside it, block by block, and export the Word file when the English says what you meant.
For Chinese papers
English already in the paper stays as it is
Chinese papers often carry an English abstract, English terms, or a reference list in English. In a paper uploaded as Chinese, a paragraph written mostly in English is left as written rather than translated again. Paragraphs in Chinese are translated as usual.
Read closely
Where Chinese to English needs a careful read.
These are the places a fluent translation can still miss the meaning. Tolayda puts each Chinese paragraph beside its English, so they are checked where they happen, and a click on the English corrects it.
Articles and plurals
Chinese marks neither. English has to choose between a, the, or nothing, and between one and many. Each choice is small, and a reader in your field will notice the wrong one.
Tense
Chinese verbs do not change for tense; time comes from context or from words such as 了 and 将. English has to commit: methods in the past, established findings in the present.
Long modifiers
A long phrase before 的 usually becomes a clause after the noun in English. The order of ideas changes, so check that the emphasis did not.
Dropped subjects
Chinese often leaves the subject out when it is clear. English needs one, which in a methods section usually means a passive.
Questions.
Can I translate a Chinese thesis or dissertation into English?
Yes, as a Word file (.docx), a PDF, or a LaTeX file (.tex). It works with a free student account (.ac.uk email) or your university's Tolayda licence. A licensed institution sets a limit on the size of a paper.
What happens to the English abstract in my Chinese paper?
A paragraph written mostly in English, such as an English abstract or a reference list, is left as written. It appears unchanged on both sides.
Can my supervisor read the English?
Yes. Share a read-only link with a lecturer. While that link is open the paper is locked, so what they read is what you left in place.
Does Tolayda certify the translation?
No. Tolayda assists the work. Scholarly review, copy-editing, and any official certification stay with the people responsible for them.
Try it with a Chinese paper from your university.
Free for students with a .ac.uk email, or through your university's licence. See also Spanish to English, Arabic to English, Portuguese to English, Turkish to English, Japanese to English, Korean to English, German to English, French to English, all languages, or how Tolayda compares with DeepL.