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TTN translates from German, French, English and Italian into Chinese simpl. – and vice versa. Specialised translators who are native speakers, quality assurance according to ISO 17100, a quote in three clicks.

About Chinese simpl.

Native name
中文(简体)
ISO code
ISO 639-1: zh · ISO 639-3: cmn
Language family
Sino-Tibetan › Sinitic (Chinese)
Script
Chinese (simplified)
Native speakers
940 million
Second-language speakers
200 million
Official language in
China, Singapore
Also spoken in
Malaysia
Official language Also spoken

Standard Chinese (Mandarin, Putonghua) is the most spoken first language in the world. It is a tonal language with four tones. Simplified characters were introduced in mainland China in the 1950s and are also used in Singapore; Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau use traditional characters.

Source: Wikipedia / Ethnologue, 2025