U.S. rates for French to English translation Thread poster: apancake
| apancake United States Local time: 22:19 French to English + ...
I am a freelancer who\'s been out of the business while I went to grad school (3 years), and am at a loss about \"moderate rates\" in my language pair. Things seem to have taken quite a dip in the interim. Can anyone clue me in on what is average in today\'s market?
Thanks | | | Price range for French to English | Nov 21, 2002 |
Welcome to ProZ, Amy. At least, I suppose you are new to the site if you haven\'t been translating during grad school. I can only tell you what the average rate comes out to here on ProZ, from some 680 people who have responded. I don\'t know if they live in the US, however, and I doubt it. The lowest per word is $.08 and the highest is $.20 for the French to English pair. Average per source word is $.11, based on the most frequent answer. Now, you will probably need some US resid... See more Welcome to ProZ, Amy. At least, I suppose you are new to the site if you haven\'t been translating during grad school. I can only tell you what the average rate comes out to here on ProZ, from some 680 people who have responded. I don\'t know if they live in the US, however, and I doubt it. The lowest per word is $.08 and the highest is $.20 for the French to English pair. Average per source word is $.11, based on the most frequent answer. Now, you will probably need some US residents answering, I haven\'t lived ther in years, but I do work for some US companies that pay me $.10 per source word. Maybe I\'m being taken advantage of, I really don\'t know! Happy translating. Gayle ▲ Collapse | | | Isn't it to high | Nov 21, 2002 |
Hi, We are an Translation agency and specialize in French to English only and not English to French. Our rates range from 4 to 7 cents and find the rates mentioned above very high. Is it that we are under charging??
Best Regards Sharad Mittal | | | apancake United States Local time: 22:19 French to English + ... TOPIC STARTER
Gayle,
Thank you so much for your response - my rates are well within those averages, but I had a disturbing response earlier this week from an agency in California who told me they pay .03/word for this pair - I was alarmed! | |
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Hernan Navas United States Local time: 19:19 English to Spanish What I charge in the U.S. | Nov 21, 2002 |
My minimum fee is $.12 all the way up to $.25 per word. | | | it is not so | Nov 22, 2002 |
We provide the translation after being proofread by atleast two other translators. So there are 3 translators involved in one job. And the cost is the one i mentioned above. We can offer these rates only because India has cheap skilled labour.
Sharad
Quote: On 2002-11-21 19:01, 1964 wrote: 0.11 to 0.20 USD per word. I think they are really what a real professional deserves. ... See more
We provide the translation after being proofread by atleast two other translators. So there are 3 translators involved in one job. And the cost is the one i mentioned above. We can offer these rates only because India has cheap skilled labour.
Sharad
Quote: On 2002-11-21 19:01, 1964 wrote: 0.11 to 0.20 USD per word. I think they are really what a real professional deserves. Those done for 0.03 or similar rates may need proofreading hours and corrections even costing more than translation itself.
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\"cheap skilled labor\" aside, you get the quality you pay for. Don\'t undersell yourself. | | | It is not about underselling urself...it is about capturing the market | Nov 23, 2002 |
hi The strategy we use is to sell at resonable margins and keep it cheap so that we make permanant and long term clients by delivering continuously at those rates...
Sharad | |
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OlafK United Kingdom Local time: 03:19 English to German + ... Well, now you know... | Nov 23, 2002 |
why prices have gone down so much. | | | Dyran Altenburg (X) United States Local time: 22:19 English to Spanish + ... With a grain of salt... | Nov 23, 2002 |
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