Recently updated on February 21st, 2024 at 07:51 pm
What makes a good Chinese presentation? Here are some tips, tools, and secrets to ensure a successful Chinese presentation.
Tips for a Successful Chinese Presentation
Tip 1: Keep It Short and Impactful
Your clients will get bored very quickly if your Chinese presentation goes on for a very long time. The best way to avoid this is to try to keep your presentation short and to the very point.
Tip 2: Use Presentable Slides and Visuals
While making a business presentation, your job is to present the information, in such a way that your clients take an interest in listening to what you have to say. If your client can understand and enjoy your presentation, then, your work is done.
Research suggests that visuals can improve learning by up to 400 percent because humans can process visuals 60,000 times faster than text. Slides should contain only essential information. Use graphic design elements to highlight key points and colours to stand out from the background. Fonts should be large enough to be seen in the back of the room.
Tip 3: Translate the Presentation
Finding Chinese presentation translators is not very difficult, getting the right one is what matters in the end. I would suggest searching for a professional online translation agency that offers presentation translation services. There are many reputed translation agencies on the Internet and with a little research, you would be easily able to find the right one for yourself.
Ensure that any units of measures, money, times, dates, and addresses are converted to the forms familiar to your audience. Another thing to take into consideration is the use of images, signs, and symbols. Since you are presenting to a foreign audience, you have to be sure that your choice of images, symbols, etc. does not connote any form of offensive meaning to your audience.
In addition, engage PowerPoint Presentation Specialist for PowerPoint Slides Design services to create visually interesting images by doing what a movie director would do – storyboarding, sketching, drawing.
Text Expansion
Translated content can expand considerably in relation to the source language and may not fit into the text boxes designed for the source language.
Speaker’s Notes
If the presentation has speaker’s notes, be sure to include them in the translation scope. However, sometimes they’re excluded from the content to be translated depending on preferences.
Graphics
Make sure graphics containing a lot of texts are formatted properly after translating and localizing them into Chinese.
Screen Captures
If your presentation includes screen captures from your product, and if you have a translated version of it and can send us the foreign language captures, we will take care of replacing the source captures with the target language captures and make sure it all looks good.
Tip 4: Hire Simultaneous Interpreters
Good simultaneous interpreters are so hard to find that companies often get burned because the interpreters either are not qualified or cancel at the last minute. Even if a person is a professional translator, he/she may not have the skills and mastery of both languages and cultures to offer suitable interpretation services. Further, simultaneous interpretation requires sophisticated headsets and broadcasting equipment that many companies aren’t familiar with. For these reasons, you should work with a professional Chinese translation company.
Tip 5: Practise
Even the most experienced translators need to practise their presentations four to five times. The more you practise, the more credible you will be, and the less anxiety you will experience. As you practise, anticipate questions that your listeners may ask and think about additional material that you know about the content. Having additional knowledge about the topic will also help reduce anxiety.
Before your Chinese presentation, make sure to check out the place, where the presentation is going to be taken place. Also, have a look at the entire setup and make sure you have checked all your equipment. Before anyone arrives, go to the stage and practise what you are about to say, in your presentation.
Frequently Asked Questions
How to Say Presentation in Chinese?
There are several ways of saying presentation in Chinese: 演示、报告、PPT.
What’s a Good Opening for a Chinese Presentation?
When opening your presentation in Chinese, it’s suggested to start by expressing thanks to the guests, the host of the event, etc.
For example, a good way to start is:
Distinguished [surname and title], ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon.
尊敬的……，女士们，先生们，下午好!
zūnjìng de……, nǚshì men, xiānshēng men, xiàwǔ hǎo）
How Do You End a Chinese Presentation?
A good way to end a Chinese presentation is to smile, slightly bow towards the audience, and say “谢谢 (Thank you)/谢谢大家 (Thank you everyone)” confidently.
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