a little advice with translation

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vamola

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Hello! So, I'm gonna be hired to translate a 197 pages document, but I really have NO IDEA of how much I should charge my employer.
Just so you know, he sent a 8 pages document to test me, and when I charged him $10 he said it was very cheap.

So maybe 350~400 dollars is a good amount?

 

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vamola

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bump!

 

Lalalaenhund

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Just google and find what the standard rates are for your language. It depends a lot on the languages.

 

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peterdoak

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Pete Thong

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It also depends if you are a native speaker and if you do the proofreading. one of the biggest websites for fast and reliable translations is

http://www.onehourtranslation.com/

there rate starts at 0.055 per word and the translators are native speakers. of course you have a huge order and this must be discounted in the price maybe that gives you an idea about the market and prices.

and for translations the best is always to charge per word!

 

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ostom

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Translation rates are generally per word basis and language, subject basis. For example indian language translation provider indianscripts charges 0.10$/word for translation into Technical Hindi and urdu translation.

 

weBay

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On Fiverr they generally do about 300 - 500 words (for $5).