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Off topic: How many years of experience does YOUR mothertongue have? :-)
Thread poster: Steffen Pollex (X)
Steffen Pollex (X) Local time: 19:56 English to German + ...
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!"
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Nicole Schnell United States Local time: 10:56 English to German + ...
In memoriam
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!))
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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
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Roberta Anderson Italy Local time: 19:56 Member (2001) English to Italian + ...
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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