It's Not Unusual...

H. Sattler Plastics project is a prime example of the daily challenges faced at QuestCard.

First a little background on the Chinese language; China has two major language groups, Cantonese and Mandarin with the latter declared China's national language several years ago. Cantonese is the more colloquial and colorful of the two but it is the major language spoken in the Southern part of China. However, both use the same writing and characters providing the challenge for all interpreters especially when it's going to
be in print.
Sattler translated into Mandarin means "haircut" and in Contonese it means "getting your head cut off." If we translated Sattler the company name would be the "Haircut Plastic's Co" or the "Plastic Cut Your Head Off Co." Our interpreters, who work in pairs, came up with an excellecnt solution giving H. Sattler Plastics a similar sounding Chinese expression while maintaining the essense of a family name. Sattler now sounds and reads well in both languages without our client
losing their heads!