standard rates for written translation

[Robert Chandler]

I was speaking about words.

R.


> Could be, I've not had experience in editing or closely analyzing literary
> translations. 
> 
> However, there is inconsistency in the terminology being used in this
> conversation. Some folks are speaking about characters, others about words.
> These are two very different things.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
> [mailto:SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Robert Chandler
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 9:30 AM
> To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] standard rates for written translation
> 
> Dear Josh (and all)
> 
> What you say here is very interesting:
>>  However, nearly every
>> English translation (working mostly with business news articles) I've seen
>> has been shorter than the Russian original in both terms of bulk and
>> characters.
> 
> There is obviously a greater difference than I had realized between
> different styles of writing.  I have NEVER seen a literary translation into
> English that has not been 10 to 25 % longer than the original, at least in
> terms of word count.
> 
> R.
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