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instant translation/short turnover
Thread poster: marie-christine périé
marie-christine périé
marie-christine périé  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 14:15
English to French
+ ...
Jan 5, 2006

Hello,
I've just been asked by an agency to do some "almost real-time" translation (their words). English to French. It implies translating an on-line forum. I would basically have a day to translate the inputs.
Do you do this type of work? Do you think I should charge the same rate than usual or a higher one?
It's quite specialized (medical forum open to doctors, not the general public.)
I would like to accept the job but will welcome any guideline on the rates.
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Hello,
I've just been asked by an agency to do some "almost real-time" translation (their words). English to French. It implies translating an on-line forum. I would basically have a day to translate the inputs.
Do you do this type of work? Do you think I should charge the same rate than usual or a higher one?
It's quite specialized (medical forum open to doctors, not the general public.)
I would like to accept the job but will welcome any guideline on the rates.
Thanks!
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Sara Freitas
Sara Freitas
France
Local time: 14:15
French to English
Make sure you get paid for your time regardless of volume. Jan 5, 2006

I once did a job where I had to do real-time written summaries of audio files from a meeting. The purchase order was per minute of audio with a minimum per day.

The issue was that the customer had some technical problems, so that on one of the days I ended up waiting around a lot and not really doing much work. On another day, there were also technical problems that caused delays and I worked until midnight to get the summaries delivered.

The problem was that I ended up... See more
I once did a job where I had to do real-time written summaries of audio files from a meeting. The purchase order was per minute of audio with a minimum per day.

The issue was that the customer had some technical problems, so that on one of the days I ended up waiting around a lot and not really doing much work. On another day, there were also technical problems that caused delays and I worked until midnight to get the summaries delivered.

The problem was that I ended up doing about a third less work over the days concerned than originally planned and I ended up doing one 16-hour day that lasted until midnight. I was unable to work on other projects during that time because I had to be on call in case any files came in.

The customer and I ended up splitting the difference--still a bit less than I was expecting to be paid for the week's work.

So, I would arrange for a daily rate to ensure that you are paid even if the work does not come through as planned.

Good luck. Sounds like an interesting project.

Regards,

Sara ▲ Collapse
 
sarahl (X)
sarahl (X)
Local time: 05:15
English to French
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Those can be very tiring! Jan 5, 2006

Basically, they keep bombarding you with jobs they need asap. You should probably suggest they hire a team -not just you- for the sake of sanity.
 
marie-christine périé
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France
Local time: 14:15
English to French
+ ...
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merci Jan 6, 2006

Sara et Sarah, de vos réponses.

I asked for un minimum rate roughly equal to 3 days work, based on a schedule they sent me. Now waiting for their replies.

I'll have to see what I should do if it turns to slavery))
 


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