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Thread poster: Steffen Pollex (X)
Steffen Pollex (X)
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Mar 2, 2007

And how much would it charge per word?

From an offer for translation services received today:

"Dear manager,

We are a large italian translation company. Our best rate is € 0,045 eur per word. A MOTHERTONGUE with over 6 years of experience will work on this!"
 
Nicole Schnell
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Good one. Let's do the math: Mar 3, 2007

If 6 years are worth 0,045, than any additional year should be plus 0,0075. Say, you are 36 years old, this equals Euro 0,27 / source word. Hey, that's not bad!))
 
María Teresa Taylor Oliver
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:-O !!! Mar 3, 2007

Nicole Schnell wrote:

If 6 years are worth 0,045, than any additional year should be plus 0,0075. Say, you are 36 years old, this equals Euro 0,27 / source word. Hey, that's not bad!))


Hey, that's my exact age, and that rate sounds very good to me right now
 
Roberta Anderson
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laugh or cry? Mar 3, 2007

Steffen Pollex wrote:

Our best rate is € 0,045 eur per word. A MOTHERTONGUE with over 6 years of experience will work on this!"


hard to decide whether to or ...

Roberta

[Edited at 2007-03-03 05:23]
 


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