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How Long Does Translation Take?

January 26, 2016

After questions about translation costs, the second most frequently asked question by translation clients has to do with project schedules. “How long will it take?” clients ask. How Quickly Do Translators Work? On an average basis we find that professional translators will competently process in the range of 2000-3000 words per day. Then if proofreading by […]

Translation Costs Per Page or Word?

January 25, 2016

We often hear the question “how do you charge for translation … by the word or by the page?” Our translation fees are based on the number of words in the source text and here’s why. Translation services that price their services based on a per page formula are often dealing with limited types of documents, […]

How Long Does Translation Take?

January 26, 2016

Translation Costs Per Page or Word?

January 25, 2016

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How Long Does Translation Take?

January 26, 2016

After questions about translation costs, the second most frequently asked question by translation clients has to do with project schedules. “How long will it take?” clients ask.

How Quickly Do Translators Work?

On an average basis we find that professional translators will competently process in the range of 2000-3000 words per day. Then if proofreading by a second translator is included (and it is standard at our company) additional time must be built into the schedule for that attention as well.

The term “rush services” is sometimes used. The phrase implies that translators will do their work faster than normal. However, this is not necessarily so, and if it was a faster rate of translation can only be sustained temporarily.

What’s Meant by ‘Rush Services’?

Usually rush services imply assigning more translators to a project to work in parallel. Sometimes larger projects can be divided up so that the final translation deliverable is arrived at sooner. Since more than a single translator is working on the project, measures must be taken to “smooth out” possible style differences or inconsistencies in the translation to maintain overall continuity.

“A poor translation more quickly” is hardly ever a scenario that’s attractive to a translation client. Planning ahead to allow to adequate time for professional translators to do their work is always ideal when possible. On those occasions when schedules must be compressed there are ways to achieve an acceptable, professional translation result in shorter than typical time periods.

Translation Costs Per Page or Word?

January 25, 2016

We often hear the question “how do you charge for translation … by the word or by the page?” Our translation fees are based on the number of words in the source text and here’s why.

Translation services that price their services based on a per page formula are often dealing with limited types of documents, for example things such as birth certificates or other types of personal documents for immigration purposes. Often these types of documents have some degree of standardization so the scope of effort required for translating them might be generalized to arrive at a per page fee.

Full Service Translation Pricing By The Word

Full service translation services such as Affinity Translation work with many different types of text files including manuals, technical publications, marketing materials, and more. Each of our translators have specializations in various subject domains and are tasked with assignments as projects in their areas of specialization are received. Per page pricing generally does not work for more complex translation projects. Pages might have 50 words, or they might have 500 words, and the work load requirement for these two scenarios is obviously quite different. A standard fee is therefore not an appropriate pricing metric.

For this reason translation clients are asked to send us electronic files with text for translation in order to allow our project managers to review the text and determine the appropriate costs. In all cases our standard service fees include both translation and post-translation proofreading by a second translator. Translators are native speaking in the specified target language (the language we’re going into).

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How Long Does Translation Take?

Translation Costs Per Page or Word?

How Long Does Translation Take?

Translation Costs Per Page or Word?

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How Long Does Translation Take?

How Quickly Do Translators Work?

What’s Meant by ‘Rush Services’?

Translation Costs Per Page or Word?

Full Service Translation Pricing By The Word

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