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Téma indítója: Halimur Khan
Halimur Khan
Halimur Khan  Identity Verified
Egyesült Államok
Local time: 11:38
orosz - angol
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Apr 3, 2013

Folks,

What's the standard rate for Russian to English and English to Russian translation? For both general and technical texts? (I think my previous post did not show up! Apologies, if the previous post shows up).

Thanks for any information.

Respectfully,
 
Stanislav Pokorny
Stanislav Pokorny  Identity Verified
Csehország
Local time: 18:38
angol - cseh
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Rates Apr 3, 2013

You can find the ProZ community rates here.
 
Artem Vakhitov
Artem Vakhitov  Identity Verified
Kirgizisztán
angol - orosz
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Community rates Apr 4, 2013

Do check the community rates as Stanislav suggests, but please take them with a grain of salt. The reported rates are most likely different from what people are getting in reality. And many people prefer not to publish their rates because it may put them at a disadvantage.
 
Bárbara Hammerle López-Francos
Bárbara Hammerle López-Francos  Identity Verified
Spanyolország
Local time: 18:38
német - spanyol
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How can I tell my translation agencies that I would like to raise my rate Apr 16, 2013

Hi,

I am a freelance translator, working for several european translation agencies. My current rate is 0.025 - 0.03 EURO/ word, and as I can see in that forum, this rate is clearly too low. My idea now is to raise my rate up to 0.04 EURO / word. I think this is still a rather competitive rate for the agencies.
My question is now, how can I tell the agencies that I would like to raise my rates. Has somebody experience on that?

Many thanks in advance!
 
Jane Proctor (X)
Jane Proctor (X)  Identity Verified
Franciaország
Local time: 18:38
francia - angol
RAISING your rates to 0.04 euros p/w? Apr 16, 2013

I assume you're talking about translating and not proofreading. Now I've heard it all!
 
Bárbara Hammerle López-Francos
Bárbara Hammerle López-Francos  Identity Verified
Spanyolország
Local time: 18:38
német - spanyol
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RAISING my rates to 0.04 euros p/w? Apr 16, 2013

Hi Jane,

you are right, I am talking about translating.
 
Emma Goldsmith
Emma Goldsmith  Identity Verified
Spanyolország
Local time: 18:38
Tag (2004 óta)
spanyol - angol
New agencies Apr 16, 2013

Bárbara Hammerle López-Francos wrote:

My question is now, how can I tell the agencies that I would like to raise my rates. Has somebody experience on that?

Many thanks in advance!


The way to raise your rates is to charge about four times your current rate for all new agencies. The ones you work with at the moment will probably not be willing to increase your present rate to anything that nears a respectable figure. Drop them as soon as you can.
 
Katalin Horváth McClure
Katalin Horváth McClure  Identity Verified
Egyesült Államok
Local time: 12:38
Tag (2002 óta)
angol - magyar
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Duplicate topic - she started another standalone thread Apr 17, 2013

Barbara,
Why did you post the same question in two different threads?

http://www.proz.com/forum/money_matters/247204-how_can_i_raise_my_rate.html

There is already quite a bit of discussion going on there.
 


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