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3 years ago I started medical translation. I sent my resume to an established medical translation agency and then I started my work. At first, they didn't send me many projects, but gradually I became their main translator. Seemingly, they are very satisfied with my service.
My translation rate is 0.08 USD/w for them. Now I'm thinking of contacting with other medical translation agencies and get more projects. "Assuming that I provide a high-quality translation service", what do you... See more
3 years ago I started medical translation. I sent my resume to an established medical translation agency and then I started my work. At first, they didn't send me many projects, but gradually I became their main translator. Seemingly, they are very satisfied with my service.
My translation rate is 0.08 USD/w for them. Now I'm thinking of contacting with other medical translation agencies and get more projects. "Assuming that I provide a high-quality translation service", what do you think about my rate? Should I increase it or is this a competitive rate?
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Cilian O'Tuama 德国 Local time: 16:51 German德语译成English英语 + ...
Hi Farshad,
Mar 14
If you approach a company for work, don't you think the recipient might google your name? They might well find this very discussion, and that might not be in your interest.
Just a friendly word of advice.
Liviu-Lee Roth
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I don't mind at all. I want to come up with a reasonable price and stick with it. If the agency accepts it, I'll work for them; otherwise not. Fortunately, my life doesn't depend on getting new projects.
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Actually I'm both, but here I meant 'translation rate'! Thank for correcting me.
Ok, so I should consider raising my rate, thank you!
Liviu-Lee Roth
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Thomas Johansson 秘鲁 Local time: 09:51 English英语译成Swedish瑞典语 + ...
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Mar 21
Looking at a the CVs and profiles pages of a few English>Persian medical translators here at proz.com, I get the impression most have their rates btw. 0.06 and 0.10 USD per word.
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