Selina Chen 陈丽明 EN ⇄ 中文 · China interpreter · Trade & sourcing Book a China interpreterfor trade shows.for factory visits.for product sourcing.for quality inspections.for business negotiations.for private tours.
I'm Selina Chen, a Chinese interpreter and sourcing agent in Xiamen who has walked the factory floor, not just studied the phrasebook. English to Mandarin for trade shows, factory visits and supplier meetings. Published rates, a written quote in 12 hours.
★★★★★ 4.8/5 · 95 client reviews · clients from every continent
One person, the whole job.
From the trade-show floor to the factory gate, interpreting, sourcing and quality control, all in your language. Hover to explore.
The first question everyone asks, answered first.
Every rate includes city travel and a written summary of each day. No hourly creep. No surprise "translation fees."
- City travel included
- Written summary same evening
- Pre-meeting product brief
- Hotel-lobby pickup, on time
- Suppliers pre-screened before you land
- Daily written record of agreements
- About $130–210 a day across the fair week, a multi-day discount
- Post-fair supplier follow-up calls
- Priority booking next season
- City
- Number of days
- Half or full day
- Technical complexity
- Out-of-city travel
These are starting ranges. Every job is quoted to your itinerary, since city, number of days and technical complexity set the exact figure. Written quote within 12 hours. A 30% deposit confirms a booking; the balance is due after the work.
Seven ways I earn my day rate.
I've assisted foreign clients from all over the globe, interpreting supplier meetings, working conferences, sourcing products and inspecting factories. See all my interpreter and sourcing services.
Interpretingon the ground, in the room
Trade-show interpreting
Canton Fair, Stone Fair, Yiwu market. I qualify booths before you waste time at them and catch what the supplier says to his colleague, not just to you.
Factory visits & meetings
Production-line walkthroughs and supplier negotiations, from steel structure works to shoe material factories, documented in my work log below.
Conference & simultaneous
Committee sessions, panels and multi-day conferences, consecutive at your side or simultaneous from the booth. The interpreting you can't improvise on the day.
Sourcing & procurementeyes and hands in China when you can't be
Supplier sourcing
I locate and vet suppliers before you commit, a factory, not a middleman; the real price, not the foreigner price. A shortlist worth your time, not a directory dump.
Quality inspection
Already have a supplier? I walk the floor and check facilities, line and finished goods against your spec, photos and notes you can act on from abroad.
Sample procurement & proxy buying
Taobao, 1688, Pinduoduo have no English checkout and won't ship overseas. I buy, consolidate and forward, so chasing a sample order isn't a dead end.
After the dealthe part that isn't work
Private tours & guiding
Once the deal is signed, I'll show you the country myself, Gulangyu and the Fujian Tulou, or further afield. The same hands that ran your week, not a coach-tour rep.
"I majored in English, and years of working with clients from every continent means I'm familiar with different English accents, wherever you're from, we'll communicate effectively. When you hire me, you get me. Not a rotating roster. Not a student looking for pocket money."
From first message to factory floor.
Send your dates
WhatsApp, WeChat or the form. Tell me cities, dates, and what you're buying.
T+0Fixed quote
A written quote in USD within 12 hours. 30% deposit locks your dates.
T+12 HRSI prepare
Product list studied, venue mapped, suppliers pre-screened before your flight lands.
BEFORE ARRIVALOn the ground
Hotel-lobby pickup every morning. Written summary of everything agreed, every evening.
YOUR TRIPNo stock photos. My actual jobs.
Every photo below is from my own working record, the venue and date are exactly as they happened.
Interpreter
Stone Fair Interpreter
Interpretation
Exhibition Interpreter
Conference Interpreter
Factory Translator
"When you hire me, you get me, not whoever was free that week."
My name is Selina Chen (陈丽明). I'm a freelance English-China interpreter, sourcing agent and business assistant, and I majored in English.
Years of working with clients from every continent means I'm familiar with different English accents, wherever you're from, we'll communicate effectively. If I'm unavailable for your dates I'll say so immediately and recommend someone I personally trust.
Not a stock photo in sight.
Every face here is a client I worked with, trade-show booths, factory floors and buyer delegations across China. Real rooms, real sourcing jobs.
Trade shows · factory visits · sourcing trips
What buyers say once the deal is done.
Sourcing and trade-show clients, importers, buyers and brand founders who paid for the work and came back to say so.
Selina walked Canton Fair with me for four days and qualified booths before I wasted an afternoon at them. I came home with two suppliers I'd have walked straight past on my own.
She caught what the factory owner said to his foreman, not the version he gave me. That one sentence saved me a 20% overpay on tooling.
I couldn't fly out, so Selina inspected the line for me, photographed the finished goods against my spec, and flagged a stitching defect before I released the balance.
Every evening I had a written summary of what was agreed. When a supplier "misremembered" the price three weeks later, I had it in writing.
Not a student with a phrasebook. Selina understood my product and negotiated MOQ and lead time like it was her own money on the table.
Replied within hours, quoted in writing, at the hotel lobby on time every morning. After the deal closed she guided us around Gulangyu. Faultless.
Based in Xiamen, booked everywhere.
An English-Chinese interpreter wherever your suppliers are, every city below has its own page. See the full list of Chinese interpreters by city.
Stayed for the deal? See the country.
Most clients fly in for the factory and straight back out. If you've a weekend to spare, I'll arrange the private guiding myself, the same hands that ran your meetings. For clients, not strangers.
The questions you'd ask anyway.
Are you an agency or one interpreter?
What does a day actually cost?
What happens after I send my dates?
What if you're already booked for my dates?
How far ahead should I book?
Do you only do business work?
How do payments work?
Will I understand you? Will you understand me?
Your dates. My quote.
Twelve hours.
Send your cities, dates and product list. You'll get a fixed written quote, no obligation, no deposit to ask.
superinterpreter · selina@mychinainterpreter.com · Xiamen, China · UTC+8
