A few months ago I posted Useful Chinese translations for buyers going to factories and I received great feedback.
Therefore, this week I will publish some more common words/expressions. I hope it helps the “do-it-yourself” purchasers who don’t even take a translator when they go on a production floor.
Left column is English, middle column is spoken mandarin, and right column is written Chinese.
Factory audit
| Factory audit | Yanchang | 验厂 |
| Social compliance | Shehui zeren | 社会责任 |
| Factory social audit | Gongchang shehui zeren shenhe | 工厂社会责任审核 |
| Worker safety | Gongren anquan | 工人安全 |
| To pay a salary | Zhifu gongzi | 支付工资 |
| Payroll records | Gongzi jilu | 工资记录 |
| HR department | Renli ziyuan bumen | 人力资源部门 |
| Input | Shuru | 输入 |
| Output | Shuchu | 输出 |
Quality control (general)
| Comparison | Bijiao | 比较 |
| To compare A and B | A he B bijiao | A和B比较 |
| Conform | Yizhi | 一致 |
| A is conform to B | A he B yizhi | A和B一致 |
| Conformity | Yizhi xing | 一致性 |
| Safety | Anquan xing | 安全性 |
| Danger | Weixian xing | 危险性 |
Process control
| Process | Guocheng | 过程 |
| Process control | Guocheng kongzhi | 过程控制 |
| QC during production | Shengchan zhong zhiliang kongzhi | 生产中质量控制 |
| In-line inspection | Zhongqi chahuo | 中期查货 |
| 1st sample | Di yi ge yangpin | 第一个样品 |
| Failure | Shibai | 失败 |
| Reason/cause | Yuanyin | 原因 |
Product inspection
| Full control | Quan jian (quanbu jiancha) | 全检（全部检查） |
| Samples (in general) | Yangping | 样品 |
| Samples (from bulk production) | Chanpin | 产品 |
| Random check | Suiji jiancha | 随机检查 |
| Simple sampling plan | Yi ci chou yang | 一次抽样 |
| Double sampling plan | Liang ci chou yang | 两次抽样 |
| Level II | Er ji | II 级 |
| AQL limit | AQL shuiping | AQL 水平 |
| To take (samples) | Chou | 抽 |
| To pick/choose (samples) | Chou xuan | 抽选 |
| Success | Chengong | 成功 |
| To fail | Bu chengong | 不成功 |
| Have a manager look at defects | Gei guanliren kan wenti | 给sb看sth |
| Signature | Qian ming | 签名 |
Inspection work & equipment
| To fill out (a form) | Tianxie (biaoge) | 填写（表格） |
| Report | Baogao | 报告 |
| Form / spreadsheet | Biaoge | 表格 |
| Drawing | Tuhua | 图画 |
| Adhesive tape | Jiao dai | 胶带 |
| Color | Yan se | 颜色 |
| Pantone book | Se ka | 色卡 |
| Camera | Zhaoxiang ji | 照相机 |
| Photo | Zhaopian | 照片 |
| To take photos | Pai zhao | 拍照 |
What is missing?
Extra reading >> If you’d like to learn even more about QC, read our detailed Quality Control basic concepts post here.
thanks again
Perhaps 啤酒… what most inspectors need after a factory visit!
Yes, after they have sent the report out! Not at lunch, as many factory managers/owners push for 😉
compared to 啤酒， maybe 白酒 is the real enemy of most inspector. XD
Hahaha yes…