Translation Rates? Help!

[talktalk]

Hey guys, I've been asked to translate a presentation (a company pitch) from Spanish into English to be ready on Sunday night and I'm wondering what rate I can charge per word. Does anyone have any current information based on experience?

Thanks!

 

[davonz]

A friend who was doing translations for companies etc was getting between 30 and 40 centavo's per word depending on length of translation.

Probably more now.

 

[talktalk]

Excellent. Thanks for the response davonz.

 

[KatharineAnn]

That REALLY depends on how big the company is and what their budget is, and also how much experience/credentials you have. I have one year of experience and typically charge about 20 Argentine cents per word. That said, I also typically work for small clients who often couldn't afford to pay more (but I am trying to build up a client base). If you think the company has a big enough budget I think you could definitely ask for at least 30. 40 or more seems like a lot for someone who isn't a professional translator though.

 

[davonz]

I forgot to add he did have a qualification though, and he could do spanish to english and english to spanish, where most translators here can only do the english (or some other language) to spanish - or at least thats what they should be doing.

 

[French jurist]

Translation rates usually start at 0.05 US$ for the translator.
It's possible to charge 0.12/0.15 US$ for specialized translations (Legal/financial/technical... Assuming you're good).

For those interested, there are quite many online translation agencies. There's a lot of work (depends on the language pairs you work with: German <-> English is great, English -> French works well also, Spanish <-> English is also very good).

Wondering if anyone knows very well how to use SDL Trados on the site? I'm looking for lessons.

 

[davonz]

Wondering if anyone knows very well how to use SDL Trados on the site? I'm looking for lessons.

I have used it, but not to do work myself, only supporting users.. I do have a training manual and demo files.. Trados Manual for Dummies A Beginners’ Guide for trados 6.5 from early 2000's from memory. It hasnt changed much since then.. So PM with your email address if you want it..

 

[French jurist]

Thanks Davonz, I appreciate it. I found a torrent for it.

 

[davonz]

You might be able to find a torrent for SDL Training 2009. I have that too, but its 230mb in size..