How to Calculate a Translation Fee?
There are fundamental factors that determine the fee of a translation. If you need a free quotation, send us the document to altalingua@altalingua.co.uk and we will advise you for a professional translation service that is suited to your needs.
Factors that Determine Translation Fee:
- Type of translation: Sworn Translation or Simple translation.
- Linguistic combination.
- Type of content: thematic and necessary specialisation.
- Length of the content.
- Format
- Urgency
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Fees for Simple Translation
In general translation fees are determined by word, with a minimum fee per document. The fees can change a lot according to the linguistic combination.
Simple translation fees are too usually determined by word, with minimum fees per project considerably cheaper. Simple translations can be carried out by professional translators, native in the target language and with extensive knowledge of the topic to be worked on, in order to guarantee the correct translation of the content.
How does the type of content influence the translation fee?
According to the speciality and the of the content, the work will be assigned to a professional translator with experience in that subject. The technical contents require extensive knowledge of the vocabulary in the original and target language.
Translation Fee according to the length of the content.
The length of the content is a fundamental factor to determine the translation fee. Both for simple translations as well as sworn translations, the translation fee is applied per word and the real length of the content will determine the final price of the translation.
For brief documents a minimum management fee is usually applied.
The word count is carried out with professional editing and layout tools, and in editable documents, word processors can be used.
The effect of format on the Translation fee.
The translation of closed documents (not editable), with tables or image, the translation process can be delayed. Therefore, many translators apply surcharges per format. This variable will be studied individually for each project.
How do Delivery Times affect the translation fee?
A lot of the time, we have urgent translation requests, urgencies force us to rethink the work schedule or work with various translators at once on the same project, which leads to slower proofreading processes. In order to avoid urgency surcharges to the translation fee, it is advisable to confirm translations with enough time as such to translate it.
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