standard rates for written translation

[Inna Caron]

Dear SEELANGers,

 

When you have been contracted to do a commercial translation, is the payment
subject to agreement between the parties, or is there a more or less
standard rate per page of written translation? If so, 

1)      Do you charge per page of the original or translated text?

2)      What is the format of the chargeable page (say, in Word) - is it
single- or double-spaced? 11 or 12 pt font size?

3)      If the pay is per original text page, and there is a photograph or a
table taking up some space, do you still charge as for a full page, or do
you extract the text portions and calculate the number of pages sans all the
illustrations?


Thank you very much in advance for any information.

 

Inna Caron,

Ohio State University

 

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