Book translation rate?

michelelemieux wrote:

Hi Hassan,

I just looked in the Writer's Market 2016 edition - and I doubt it has changed much in the last year - for a nonfiction book translation, the low end is .05 c per target word and on the high end .30 per target word. The average is .12. Personally, I would charge around .17, but it depends on language combination and experience as well.

Hopefully that helps!

Michèle

MK2010 wrote:

...than my usual rate, given the volume, I would insist on a flexible deadline that allows me to keep your regular client while working on this one project, and I would insist on payments every few chapters. For example, maybe you turn in two chapters per week and get paid either every week or every other wee (every 4 chapters).

But first, you obviously need to look at the text and determine whether it's something you feel comfortable translating. And do you know what the word count is?

Hassan EL BAHI wrote:

It is a paper copy; I don't think they have an e-copy. I only know the No. of pages (around 180 p.)

Elif Baykara wrote:



If you cannot perform a word count, it might be a good idea to select about 10-15 random pages throughout the book, count the words and calculate an average word count per page. Then you can estimate the total number of words using this average value.

Elif

Sheila Wilson wrote:

It's a delicate subject, but does your potential client know you're not a native English speaker? Maybe you're anticipating having the translation proofread before delivery (and incorporating that in your rate), or your client is expecting to pay extra for that step? That would be fine, but skipping that step would not be fine at all, that much is clear already.