translation question

[Margarita Orlova]

a kak ty dumaesh' ?

spasibo1

On Thursday, November 29, 2007, at 10:45  AM, Paul Richardson wrote:

> On the subject of translation...
>
> Certainly there are lots of factors like difficulty of text, type of  
> text, quality of result, etc. But I wonder if those working with  
> translators (and translators themselves) have any general rules of  
> thumb for a daily translation volume sweet-spot? Koroche, what kind of  
> daily volume is reasonable to expect?
>
> I know what my own daily volume is, but would be interested to see  
> what others use for their benchmarks, based on types of text, etc.  
> Assume a publishable quality in resulting text.
>
> I ask because this would help in determining reasonable expectations  
> when we work with outside translators, which we are doing more now  
> that we are expanding into offering a fiction quarterly. (Thus, if one  
> can reasonably assume 2500 words output per day, an 8,000 word piece  
> in a week would not be a rush job. Of course other things being > equal.)
>
> I would also be interested in the differential between fiction and  
> non-fiction.
>
> On or offlist replies welcomed.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul Richardson
> Russian Life magazine
> www.russianlife.com
>
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