<p>Traditional characters are standard in Taiwan.</p>

<p>Taiwan might be the biggest market for traditional characters, although they are certainly known in many other areas, such as Hong Kong.</p>

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They are not just 'known' in Hong Kong.
deutschZuid
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<p>Simplified Chinese is used throughout mainland China, though pretty much everyone can read the Traditional also. Traditional Chinese tends to still be used in places like Malaysia, Singapore, etc.</p>

<p>If you're marketing to mainland China then you probably want Simplified.</p>

<p>Alternatively, do both.</p>

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oh we have to use both.
ChenSmile
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`Traditional Chinese tends to still be used in places like Malaysia, Singapore` This is not exactly correct. See [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters#Distribution_and_use). Officially Singapore uses simplified Chinese, and Malaysia doesn't have specific preference. Anyway, supporting both is a good idea, and it's simple, @Immi you just need to do an automatic conversion in some software like MS word :)
Stan
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@Stan Google translator is good for translating english to chinese..or u suggest me from where can i get correct translated chinese words...
ChenSmile
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@Stan I say tend to still be used because I believe that's true, according to my experience. In movie theatres subtitles are in Traditional, not Simplified, in Malaysia and Singapore. Also, restaurant signs and menus have Traditional and English, but not Simplified.
Ming
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@Immi if you are translating from English to Chinese, you really can't rely on Google Translate. It's not accurate, especially for translating sentences (singular words it is better at.)
Ming
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@Immi Oh the conversion I meant was "Traditional Chinese <=> Simplified Chinese". Machine translation is often of poor quality ... If using Google translator to translate English to Chinese, it's better to do some refinement work on the result.
Stan
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@Ming@Stan suggest me where can i get accurate translation for English in Chinese
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@Immi Ummm, you pretty much have to hire a native-level Chinese speaking person to help you with this. There's nothing automated that will convert English to Chinese or vice versa reliably.
Ming
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@Ming do u know chinese can u help me please
ChenSmile
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@Immi for this issue, I suggest first using google translator and then posting the result to some forum (but not this site, it's off-topic here) for Chinese beginners, so that there would be native speakers helping you. If you're developing an app that has massive words, it's better to follow Ming's suggestion, or you can find a Chinese friend.
Stan
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@Stan could u give ur mail id plz
ChenSmile
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@Immi sorry but no, privately I don't have much time to answer detailed questions :) You might understand.
Stan
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@Stan SORRY TO ASK..ITS K
ChenSmile
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@Immi I think what Stan says is good advice, do it bit by bit and people will be happy to help. I am not able to help you convert your app into Chinese (for starters, apps tend to have a lot of .. IT-specific words,) sorry. I also don't have enough free time outside of work to take on a project like that -_-
Ming
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'Pretty much everyone can read the Traditional also' I am not sure about that. Many of my classmates are unable to read Traditional Chinese fluently. For them, the text is understood through contextual deduction, it's definitely not on the same proficiency level as reading Simplified Chinese.
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<p>I have an iOS app. I want to do <code>localization</code> of the app in <code>Chinese language</code>. But, in language settings, there are two options <code>Simplified</code> and <code>Tradition</code>. I' m not able to figure out which is the best one.</p>

<p>Please any one could tell me, which <code>language</code>, shall i use for <code>Localization of my App</code> ?</p>

<p>Thanks in Advance. </p>

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Both are the same language, just different scripts.
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Chinese (Simplified) or Chinese (Tradition), which language is used as Most popular language in China?
# Chinese (Simplified) or Chinese (Tradition), which language is used as Most popular language in China?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-12-05)

I have an iOS app. I want to do `localization` of the app in `Chinese language`. But, in language settings, there are two options `Simplified` and `Tradition`. I' m not able to figure out which is the best one.

Please any one could tell me, which `language`, shall i use for `Localization of my App` ?

Thanks in Advance.

**Tags:** simplified-characters, traditional-characters, traditional-vs-simplified

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Both are the same language, just different scripts.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2013-12-05. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Simplified Chinese is used throughout mainland China, though pretty much everyone can read the Traditional also. Traditional Chinese tends to still be used in places like Malaysia, Singapore, etc.

If you're marketing to mainland China then you probably want Simplified.

Alternatively, do both.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: oh we have to use both.  
> **username_4**: `Traditional Chinese tends to still be used in places like Malaysia, Singapore` This is not exactly correct. See [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters#Distribution_and_use). Officially Singapore uses simplified Chinese, and Malaysia doesn't have specific preference. Anyway, supporting both is a good idea, and it's simple, @Immi you just need to do an automatic conversion in some software like MS word :)  
> **username_0**: @username_4 Google translator is good for translating english to chinese..or u suggest me from where can i get correct translated chinese words...  
> **username_3**: @username_4 I say tend to still be used because I believe that's true, according to my experience. In movie theatres subtitles are in Traditional, not Simplified, in Malaysia and Singapore. Also, restaurant signs and menus have Traditional and English, but not Simplified.  
> **username_3**: @Immi if you are translating from English to Chinese, you really can't rely on Google Translate. It's not accurate, especially for translating sentences (singular words it is better at.)  
> **username_4**: @Immi Oh the conversion I meant was "Traditional Chinese <=> Simplified Chinese". Machine translation is often of poor quality ... If using Google translator to translate English to Chinese, it's better to do some refinement work on the result.  
> **username_0**: @username_3@username_4 suggest me where can i get accurate translation for English in Chinese  
> **username_3**: @Immi Ummm, you pretty much have to hire a native-level Chinese speaking person to help you with this. There's nothing automated that will convert English to Chinese or vice versa reliably.  
> **username_0**: @username_3 do u know chinese can u help me please  
> **username_4**: @Immi for this issue, I suggest first using google translator and then posting the result to some forum (but not this site, it's off-topic here) for Chinese beginners, so that there would be native speakers helping you. If you're developing an app that has massive words, it's better to follow username_3's suggestion, or you can find a Chinese friend.  
> **username_0**: @username_4 could u give ur mail id plz  
> **username_4**: @Immi sorry but no, privately I don't have much time to answer detailed questions :) You might understand.  
> **username_0**: @username_4 SORRY TO ASK..ITS K  
> **username_3**: @Immi I think what username_4 says is good advice, do it bit by bit and people will be happy to help. I am not able to help you convert your app into Chinese (for starters, apps tend to have a lot of .. IT-specific words,) sorry. I also don't have enough free time outside of work to take on a project like that -_-  
> **username_5**: 'Pretty much everyone can read the Traditional also' I am not sure about that. Many of my classmates are unable to read Traditional Chinese fluently. For them, the text is understood through contextual deduction, it's definitely not on the same proficiency level as reading Simplified Chinese.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2013-12-05. Score: 1

Traditional characters are standard in Taiwan.

Taiwan might be the biggest market for traditional characters, although they are certainly known in many other areas, such as Hong Kong.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: They are not just 'known' in Hong Kong.  

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