A 20-person group, no sub-team left waiting.
The clothing and hair markets had to be covered at once. Several interpreters who know those markets ran each split.
- 20-person group
- Markets covered
- No waiting
Sandra Bonds, USA · 2019
Selina Chen 陈丽明 EN ⇄ 中文 · Guangzhou · Trade & sourcing Book a Guangzhou interpreter for Canton Fair.for Pazhou halls.for factory visits.for Foshan zones.for supplier deals.
An English-Chinese interpreter and translator in Guangzhou for the Canton Fair and the factory belt behind it: the Pazhou halls, the Zhongda textile market and the Foshan zones.
★★★★★ 4.8/5 · 95 client reviews · clients from every continent
Baiyun leather goodsbags & luggage wholesaleZhongda & Shahetextile & fabric marketsLiwan Plazajewellery & accessoriesShundeappliance factoriesCantonesespoken on site
Guangzhou rates, published, all-in USD
Published rates, answered first.
Every rate includes city travel and a written summary of each day. No hourly creep. No surprise “translation fees.”
Half day
One supplier meeting or a short factory visit · ≤ 4 hrs
$80–$140/half-day
- City travel included
- Pre-meeting product brief
- Written summary same evening
Most bookedCheck dates
Full day
Trade shows, factory visits, negotiations
$99–$250/day
- Hotel-lobby pickup, on time
- Suppliers pre-screened before you land
- Daily written record of agreements
Multi-day
Several days end-to-end, best value
$800–$1,250/ week
- Discounted day rate
- Post-trip supplier follow-up
- Priority booking next season
Starting ranges, every job quoted to your itinerary. 30% deposit confirms a booking; balance after the work.
What's included
Every day rate, all-in.
Here's exactly what's in the day rate before you ask.
- City travel between meetings and exhibition halls included
- Suppliers and exhibitors pre-screened before you land
- A written summary of every booth and factory meeting, same evening
- Prices, terms and photos you can act on from abroad
On the ground in Guangzhou
An English-Chinese interpreter and translator in Guangzhou.
Guangzhou is the front door of the Pearl River Delta. The Canton Fair (Pazhou / Canton Fair Complex) runs two sessions a year, spring and autumn, across phases that each cover different product categories, and picking the wrong session wastes the trip.
Off the fair calendar, the real sourcing is in the wholesale clusters: Baiyun leather goods, the Shahe and Zhongda textile markets, Liwan accessories, and the factory floors out in Foshan and Shunde. Cantonese is still the working language in many of the older trading houses, and English drops off fast once you leave the showroom for the back office where the prices actually move.
Recent work
What the work actually looks like.
Real deals in and around Guangzhou, deal type, where, and what the client walked away with.
Two cities, one schedule that held.
A visiting executive got a full Guangzhou and Shenzhen run, interpreter and driver included. No local fixer on the payroll.
- Two cities
- Driver included
- Schedule held
Jesse Ridonal · 2018
The right halls walked, not the whole complex.
Product categories get mapped to the right phase before you fly. Real factories get told apart from traders in a nicer shirt.
- Right phase
- Factory vs trader
- Daily summary
Fabric by morning, the order placed by dusk.
The market and Foshan floors cluster into one day, not two delta crossings. MOQ, tooling and incoterms move in the back room.
- One-day route
- Back-room terms
- Cantonese ready
How booking works
From first message to factory floor.
Lead time: Two weeks is comfortable; book 4-6 weeks ahead for trade-fair weeks.
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Send your dates
WhatsApp, WeChat or the form. Tell me cities, dates, and what you're buying.
T+0 02
Fixed quote
A written quote in USD within 12 hours. 30% deposit locks your dates.
T+12 HRS 03
I prepare
Product list studied, venue mapped, suppliers pre-screened before your flight lands.
BEFORE ARRIVAL 04
On the ground
Hotel-lobby pickup every morning. Written summary of everything agreed, every evening.
YOUR TRIPFAQ
Guangzhou interpreter, your questions.
Can you work the Canton Fair with me across both phases?
Yes. Tell me your product categories and I'll map them to the right phase and halls so we're not walking the wrong week. Fair-week dates fill across the whole city, so book early.
Do you cover the Foshan and Shunde factories near Guangzhou?
Routinely. Send me the supplier addresses and I'll plan a route that clusters factory visits into a single day instead of crossing the delta twice.
Is Cantonese actually useful here, or is Mandarin enough?
Mandarin covers the fair and the formal meetings. But in Guangzhou's older wholesale markets and family-run trading houses, Cantonese opens doors Mandarin doesn't, and I work in both.
Do you offer Guangzhou translation services, not just interpreting?
Yes. Alongside on-site interpreting at the fair and on factory visits, I handle written translation: contracts, spec sheets, product listings and supplier emails, so the deal holds up in writing after you fly home.
What will a day at the Canton Fair cost me?
Rates are published above: $80–$140 half-day, $99–$250 a full day on the Pazhou floor, $800–$1,250 for the full fair week. City travel between the halls and the Foshan factories is included, and so is the written summary each evening.
Do you take commission from the suppliers you introduce?
Never. I'm paid by you and only you, so when a Pazhou exhibitor is a trading company dressed up as a factory, I say so. An interpreter on a supplier's payroll has every reason not to. If you want the sourcing handled end to end, see product sourcing.
Can you handle a large buying group, or is it just you?
Both. Most clients get me alone. But as the case above shows, I have put several vetted interpreters alongside a 20-person buying group so no sub-team waited on one guide. Tell me the group size and I'll scope it honestly.
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Where to next.
Next step
Your dates in Guangzhou. My quote in 12 hours.
Send your Guangzhou supplier list and dates. You'll get a fixed written quote, no obligation, no deposit to ask.
superinterpreter · selina@mychinainterpreter.com · Xiamen, China · UTC+8