These Terms and Conditions constitute a legal agreement between you and China-Link
International Translation & Interpreting Centre. Please read it carefully. By using our
services offered in this website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions,
unless otherwise specified.

1. Definitions
1.1“Company” “We”, “Us” or “Our” means China-Link International Translation & 
       Interpreting Centre or its short form “China-Link International” or        
       Simply  “China-Link”(company number S52807312E) whose registered 
       office is 140 Upper Bukit Timah Road, #03-15 Beauty World Plaza,
       Singapore 588176.
1.2“Client”, “You” or “Your” means any individual, business or body corporate that 
        has entered into a Contract with us;
1.3 “Parties” means the Company and the Client;
1.4“Text” means any file or document provided to the Company by the Client,
        including hardcopy and softcopy;
1.5“Job” means any translation, interpreting, editing, proofreading, typesetting,
        copywriting assignment, or any other service that is carried out or 
        provided by the Company.

2. General Principles
2.1 These Terms and Conditions shall apply to all services provided to you by us
        unless otherwise agreed upon between the Parties in writing.
2.2 Unless otherwise specified, all prices quoted by the
       Company are in Singapore
       Dollars (SGD) and are exclusive of Goods and Service Tax (GST) and any
       other tax or duty.
2.3 Any Contract entered into by and between the Parties shall be subject to these
       Terms and Conditions. However, in the event of any conflict between the
       stipulations of these Terms and Conditions and those of the Contract, 
       the stipulations of the Contract shall prevail.
2.4 Information provided in our website, or otherwise in the advertisement is a
       general description of our services only and does not form part of the 
       Contract until andunless it is confirmed by the Company in writing.

3. Quotation and Acceptance
3.1 To issue a binding quotation, the Company shall not quote a Job
       unless and until atext is provided by the Client. No quotation will
       be given on the phone without the text is furnished. The quotation
       shall remain valid for 60 days unless otherwise
       stated by the Company in the quotation.
3.2 The Company will not start to work on a Job until acceptance has been
       confirmed by  the Client via fax or email.
3.3 The quotation and the acceptance thereof shall form a Contract that
       is binding upon  the Parties.
3.4 The fee is quoted only for an order received from the Client, which
       shall be treated as a separate Contract. Any new or additional 
        text shall be charged again accordingly.

4. Deposit
4.1 A deposit is required for providing interpreting service in order
       to book our interpreter’s time. Her/she will not accept a Job
       offered by another agency after your deposit is paid.
4.2 The deposit must be received by the Company within 3 working
       days following the conclusion of a Contract, failing which, the
       Company will not be liable for the unavailability of an interpreter.

5. Amendments
5.1 Where the Client requests amendments to a text already 
       translated, an additional fee shall be charged by the Company 
       on the added words for translation or on the editing of the entire
       amended file if no new words are added.
5.2 After a translation is done, it will be open for free amendments to
       the target language three times only, even after the payment has
       been made. $50 will be charged for each additional amendment
       thereafter. Minor changes here and there (accumulated to a few
       lines after being combined) to the source language will be
       translated on a complimentary basis but if new text comes to
       half a page or over 180 words, then a minimum $50 shall be
       charged.

6. Delivery
6.1 The Company will endeavour to deliver a Job on time or earlier,
       and shall deduct the fee by a certain percentage agreed upon
        by the Parties should there be a substantial delay in delivery.
6.2 Should completion of a Job be required sooner than the agreed
       date, it will beentirely at the discretion of the Company to accept
       the new delivery date. While every effort will be made by the
       Company to cooperate with the Client, the Client must make 
       reasonable allowance for any defects in the Job where such
       a request for a reduced lead-time has been made. 
       Alternatively, the Company may take it asan urgent assignment
       and charge the Client an additional fee meant for urgent delivery.
6.3 Unless otherwise agreed upon by the Parties, all completed
       Jobs shall be delivered to the Client by email wherever 
       practicable.
6.4 The Company will not accept any liability for the consequence of any delay in
       completion of a Job caused by the Client, in which event, any agreed
       deadline or schedule will automatically cease to be valid and new date
       of delivery must be negotiated by the Parties.

7. Cancellation or Suspension
7.1 If, for any reason, the Client cancels a translation Job after confirmation, 
       payment shall be made for whatever has been translated at the unit
       rate given in the quotation or derived by dividing the total price by
       number of words/pages if such unit price is not available, plus a
       cancellation fee amounting to 30% of the total Contract price as
       compensation for the time we spent on the Job.
7.2 If, for any reason, the Client cancels an interpreting Job, 50% of the
       Contract price shall be paid if the Company is informed in writing of the
       cancellation no later than
14 days (not inclusive) prior to the date of the assignment, and the full price 
      shall be paid if the Company is informed 14 days or less before the
      commencement of the Job.
7.3 If the Client suspends or postpones a Job that has been commissioned
       for a period of 3 working days or more, fee shall be payable for all the work
       completed up to the date of suspension or postponement.

8. Confidentiality
8.1 All materials and confidential information provided to the Company by the 
      Client in any form whatsoever shall be used by the Company solely for the
      purpose of translating to a language or languages designated by the Client.
      Without prior written consent of the Client, the Company shall not use these
      materials and information for any other purposes and shall take all necessary 
      measures to ensure the security and non-disclosure of such materials and
      confidential information.
8.2 Our obligations on confidentiality contained under this clause shall survive the
       termination of a Contract howsoever caused.

9. Intellectual Property
9.1 All intellectual property rights (including, but not limited to copyright) in the text 
      shall vest in you (or your licensors) but, for the avoidance of doubt, you hereby
      grant to us (and our sub-Contractors) a license to store and use the text
      during  the term of the Contract and for the purpose of providing the 
      service to you.

10. Non-Disclosure and Non-Solicitation
10.1 Where a Job calls for the Client’s personal contact with any of our 
         translators or interpreters or researchers for clarification or discussion 
         on the Job, or such contact is made either by phone or by email in order
         to get the Job done, the Client may not disclose to him/her our contract
         price or ask about the fee being paid to him/her.
10.2 While in contact with any of our translators or interpreters or researchers, 
         the Client may not, for a period of one (1) year after termination of a 
         Contract with us, either directly or indirectly, on its account or for any other 
         person, firm or company, make any attempt to seduce or solicit or
         otherwise employ our translator or interpreter or researcher or ask him/her
         for his/her contact details for future communication. Without prior written
         consent of the Company, the Client may not contact with any of our 
         translators, interpreters or researchers, directly or indirectly, for any future 
         Jobs other than the present one, either by phone or by email.
10.3 In the event of breach of foregoing Section 10.2, the Client shall pay to the
         Company an amount equal to the aggregate remuneration paid by the
         Company to the translator or interpreter enticed away from us for the year
         immediately prior to thedate on which the Client employs or uses the
         service of such translator or interpreter. We reserve the right to complain 
         or sue you if we discover that you have violated the stipulations of this
         clause.

11. Interpreting Service
11.1 Confirmation on requesting interpreting service shall be given at least
         two (2) weeksbefore the service is provided.
11.2 Our normal service duration is 8 hours from 9 am to 5 pm. Fee shall be
         charged for a service of minimum 4 hours or half a day. If the event 
         exceeds the ending time stated above, additional fee will be charged
         at the hourly rate on an hourly basis even through the extended time
         does not reach one hour. Payment will be based on the total number 
         of hours confirmed by the client in writing (e.g. Work Sheet) on the spot
         after the service is provided each day. There shall be 50% markup on the
         hourly charge after 5 pm each day.
11.3 For interpreting service, a 50% down payment is required within 3 working
         days of a Contract being concluded by the Parties for the purpose of
         booking the time of our interpreter(s).
11.4 The Client shall provide the relevant reference materials (Powerpoint 
         slides, scripts, etc), if any, as early as practicable and in any event no later 
         than forty-eight (48) hours before an interpreting Job is started so that 
         interpreter(s) will be able to have enough time to familiarize themselves 
         with the terminologies specific to that Job. No complaint regarding the
         quality of interpreting will be entertained by the Company ifsuch materials 
         are not made available within the specified period of time.
11.5 A transportation allowance of minimum $30 per day shall be charged for
         a local assignment, and such allowance will be waived for an overseas 
         assignment whereboard and lodging expenses as well as traveling
         expense will be borne by the Client.
11.6 In the event that no assignment is given by the Client on the date of service
         specified in the Contract, the contract price must still be paid in full.

12. Fees & Payment
12.1 All payments shall be made within 35 days from the date of invoice issued
         by the Company, and shall be made without deduction or set-off of bank
         charges.
12.2 In the event payment has not been received within the specified period
         of time abovementioned, an administration charge of S$80.00 will be
         applied after sixty (60) days and S$160 after ninety (90) days from the date
         of invoice. For foreign currencies, exchange rate available from
         www.xe.com shall apply.
12.3 Any fee not paid to the Company after the date the payment is due shall
         accrue interest at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.50%) per month,
         compounded monthly or at the maximum lawful rate, whichever is less, 
         from the due date until payment is received by the Company.

13. The Client’s Property
13.1 All texts provided to the Company by the Client will be held or dealt with
         by the Company at the Client's risk and the Company shall not be
         responsible for any loss or damage thereof at a result of computer
         shutdown due to virus attack or any other Force Majeure event.
13.2 The Company reserves the right to destroy or otherwise dispose 
         of any text or other property of the Client that has been in its
         possession for more than 6 months following completion of a Job to
         which it relates.

14. Force Majeure
14.1 The Company shall not be liable to the Client for failure to perform its 
         obligations or any part thereof due to Force Majeure, including acts of
         God, epidemics, storms, labour disputes, breakdowns of facilities,
         computer failures, accidents of a translator, governmental order or 
         regulation, or any cause beyond its reasonable control or any
         other situation that materially affects the Company’s ability to deliver
         t he service as agreed upon.
14.2 In case of a Force Majeure event, the Company shall give notice to the Client
         as soon as it happens. While the Company will assist the Client to the best
         of its ability in arranging for other translators to take over the work or placing
         the work elsewhere in order for the assignment to be completed, the date
         of delivery shall be postponed accordingly or otherwise determined by the
         Parties through consultation. If the Client wants to terminate the Contract,
         it shall pay the Company for the work already completed.

15. Complaints & Settlement of Disputes
15.1 A complaint by the Client in respect of any Job delivered by the Company
         must be notified to the Company in writing within 35 days of receipt of the 
         Job. If we do not hear from you within 35 days, the Job delivered shall be
         taken as accepted and no complaint brought up thereafter will be accepted. 
         Any amendments required by the Client or reworking of the Job thereafter 
         shall be carried out at the Client's expense.
15.2 Our liability for any complaint about a Job delivered will be no more than to
          improve it by rectifying the alleged inaccuracies until the job is accepted
          by the Client. At no time will such allegations delay payment.
15.3 Any dispute or claim arising out of and in connection with a Contract shall be
         resolved amicably by the Parties through consultation. In the event of there
         being nosolution in despite of consultation, the dispute shall be submitted
         to the International Arbitration Centre of Singapore for arbitration in
         accordance with its ArbitrationRules in effect for the time being. The arbitration
         award shall be final and bindingupon the Parties.

16. Indemnity
16.1 The Parties hereto shall indemnify, defend and hold each other, their
          respective officers, directors, employees and agents, harmless from and
          against any and all claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses
          (including reasonable attorneys fees and related costs) arising out of the
          breach of any term, obligations, representations, warranties contained
          herein.

17. Disclaimers
17.1 The Company provides its service on an “AS-IS” basis, without warranty of 
         any kind, either express or implied. Without limiting the foregoing, the
         Company explicitly disclaims any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a 
         particular purpose and non-infringement.
17.2 While every effort is made with due care to ensure the text is perfectly
         translated, the Company disclaims any liability for any damage or loss 
         that may be incurred bythe Client as a result of any error or omission or
         negligence, or for any dispute arising from infringement upon a third part’
         s intellectual property rights.
17.3 We do not warrant that our Job will meet your specific requirements in terms
         of its accuracy, correctness, reliability or otherwise and, unless otherwise 
         agreed upon,  we do not warrant that the operation of any Job sent to you 
         will be uninterrupted or error free.
17.4 We shall not be liable for any loss of profits, business, Contracts, revenue,
         damage to your reputation or goodwill, anticipated savings, and/or any
         other indirect or consequential loss or damages whatsoever.

18. Limitation of Liability
18.1 In no event will China-Link be liable to you or to any third party for any
        incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages arising out of or
        in connection with the the Job delivered by us, whether based on warranty, 
        contract, tort (including negligence) or any other legal theory.
18.2 In no event shall the Company’s aggregate liability to the Client or to
         any third party for any and all claims arising out of or in connection with
         the Job we have delivered exceed the total contract price payable to us
         by the Client under the Contract to which any claim relates. The limitation
         of damages set forth above is a fundamental element of the basis of the
         deal between the Client and the Company.

19. Governing Law
19.1 All Contracts shall be governed by and construed according to the laws of
         the Republic of Singapore.

20. Website Links
20.1 Our website may contain links to third-party websites. You acknowledge
         and agree that China-Link is not responsible or liable for: (i) the
         availability or accuracy of such websites; or (ii) the content, products,
         or services on or available from such websites. Links to such websites
         do not imply any endorsement by China-Link of such websites or the
         content, products, or services available from such websites. You
         acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from 
         your use of any of such websites.

These terms and conditions are subject to change without prior notice.