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Quote for movie translation?!?
Thread poster: Kai Döring
Marina Steinbach
Marina Steinbach
United States
Local time: 04:03
Member (2011)
English to German
Audio Transcription Aug 2, 2011

Kai Döring wrote:

I received a request for a movie translation from German to English. It is for a whole length movie (estimated 1h30min). He mentioned to me that they normally pay 50U$ per movie hour.
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Kai, I can really understand your situation. Today I received the following offer:

“Depending on your transcription speed, it takes about 5 hours to transcribe one hour of audio. We are offering $40 USD/ audio hour.”

Who can live as a Freelance Translator on an hourly pay of only 8$?
 
Nicole Schnell
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United States
Local time: 01:03
English to German
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In memoriam
Amazing. Aug 2, 2011

A few months ago I translated a 1 hour video from English into German.

- The job came from a US translation agency
- Lip-sync dubbing
- I received a perfectly prepared script
- I delivered the translated script as a Word file
- I viewed the 60 minute video after production to check for mistakes

It paid about US $ 1,600, viewing and quality check included.
 
Heidee (X)
Heidee (X)
Local time: 10:03
English to Italian
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My answer Aug 2, 2011

Marina Steinbach wrote:
Kai, I can really understand your situation. Today I received the following offer:

“Depending on your transcription speed, it takes about 5 hours to transcribe one hour of audio. We are offering $40 USD/ audio hour.”

Who can live as a Freelance Translator on an hourly pay of only 8$?


Hi Marina,
I received the same offer and here's what I answered:
"Dear XXX, Thanks for contacting me. Unfortunately I cannot accept your offer of 40 USD per audio hour because it is much below my standard rates. Best regards".


 
Marina Steinbach
Marina Steinbach
United States
Local time: 04:03
Member (2011)
English to German
Maddening. Aug 2, 2011

Nicole Schnell wrote:

A few months ago I translated a 1 hour video from English into German.


Good for you! Well, the job I was referring to did not include translation services.

Nicole Schnell wrote:

The job came from a US translation agency.

Mine too.

Nicole Schnell wrote:

It paid about US $ 1,600, viewing and quality check included.


I offered them US $ 150 per audio hour (I normally take US $ 30 for editing). Looking at your pay, I think I should have asked for more?!

BTW (not that I’m nosey!): How many people from the UK have in the meantime accepted your offer to visit your guest room in the US?
 
Marina Steinbach
Marina Steinbach
United States
Local time: 04:03
Member (2011)
English to German
Standard Rates Aug 2, 2011

Francesca Di Concetto wrote:

I received the same offer (…)


Strange that you’ve received the same offer, because in my case the company was looking for German transcriptionists . You’re from Italy, right?

Francesca Di Concetto wrote:

(…) and here's what I answered: "Dear XXX, Thanks for contacting me. Unfortunately I cannot accept your offer of 40 USD per audio hour because it is much below my standard rates. Best regards".


My answer was about the same. Well, I did also wish them lots of luck for their project…
 
Claudia VT
Claudia VT
Local time: 05:03
English to Spanish
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Translating videos Mar 21, 2018

Hi everybody!
I was asked for a quotation for the translation of videos (transcript will be sent to me) but I also have to quote segmentation and timing...
How do you quote this? (translation + segmentation + timing).
 
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