Rates for glossary editing Téma indítója: Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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Dear colleagues,
I have been asked to give a quote for editing a glossary of 1000 words. Although I'm familiar with the subject, some terms will need research.
I need to quote a fixed price, which is fine, but I would welcome your ideas on quoting for this type of job.
TIA
| | | | | Rates for glossary editing | Oct 7, 2020 |
hi, if I were you I would do this glossary per word with an acceptable rate, that is to say, they may be in charge of 0.06/0.10 USD per word.
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As a rule of thumb, I charge about 1/3 of my translation rate to do a revision, assuming the quality is good. If the translation is poor quality, I’d ask between half my translation rate to my full rate or even an hourly rate. For a glossary, I’d ask an hourly rate to cover the research work needed.
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| This type of work always puzzles me | Oct 8, 2020 |
It's an honest question.
I would assume that no one can "edit a glossary" without reading and/or editing the entire text first. Right here we have the first time interval to be compensated for. And the basis for price calculation by the hour, me think. Am I wrong?
Surely this can not be regarded as a regular 1000-words job in a 2-column table, not to mention for 6 cents. How is it possible to edit just the glossary for a specific project? 1000 terms in the glossary imp... See more It's an honest question.
I would assume that no one can "edit a glossary" without reading and/or editing the entire text first. Right here we have the first time interval to be compensated for. And the basis for price calculation by the hour, me think. Am I wrong?
Surely this can not be regarded as a regular 1000-words job in a 2-column table, not to mention for 6 cents. How is it possible to edit just the glossary for a specific project? 1000 terms in the glossary implies a substantial text volume.
In my world project glossaries are built as the translation/editing go along, by the same people who did the first two steps. ▲ Collapse
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IrinaN wrote:
I would assume that no one can "edit a glossary" without reading and/or editing the entire text first. Right here we have the first time interval to be compensated for. And the basis for price calculation by the hour, me think. Am I wrong?
Surely this can not be regarded as a regular 1000-words job in a 2-column table, not to mention for 6 cents. How is it possible to edit just the glossary for a specific project? 1000 terms in the glossary implies a substantial text volume.
In my world project glossaries are built as the translation/editing go along, by the same people who did the first two steps.
Many thanks, Irina, you've helped me get the clear picture. I was trying to avoid the hourly rate, but it seems the only way to go.
And thank you to ELISSAA and Teresa,
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