Comparison of tools for converting traditional to simplified Chinese There are many free online tools that can convert Traditional Chinese characters to Simplified Chinese characters. However, most of them don't look at context to provide an accurate translation; they just use a table to convert each character one at a time.

It's my assumption that established, for-profit companies have invested more and can translate more accurately between Traditional and Simplified Chinese. I have access to the following tools and want to know if any is more accurate than the other:


OS X 10.10 (https://support.apple.com/kb/PH11036?locale=en_US)
Google Translate (https://translate.google.com)
Microsoft Word (still trying to figure out if it works on Mac, but I do have Office on Windows available if needed)


Is my assumption correct, or do these services just convert each character individually without accounting for differences? Are there other tools that are better?
Tools followed the following rules to convert different language with their database.


idiom. e.g.心想事成
famous people and things. e.g.乾隆
there are the same pronunciation of adjective. e.g.乾燥
one by one characters.


Traditional and simplified Chinese are special, they have the same pronunciation of characters.

But some words and expressions are different, and tools won't translate for that. e.g. Traditional:計程車 = Simplified:出租车or的士,but you won't get the result.

So followed the following rules.


famous people and things. e.g.乾隆 &lt;-> 乾隆,周杰倫 &lt;-> 周杰伦
there are the same pronunciation of adjective. e.g.乾燥 &lt;-> 干燥
one by one characters.


The above are my experience, i am a programer and i am taiwanese.