Rate per line (55 characters) in Germany विषय पोस्ट करनेवाला व्यक्ति: vicksy nurhayati
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Dear all,
An agency has contacted me, asked me for my rate per line. They say that they normally pay their translator for 0.40 Euro per line.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if a line consists, let's say, 20-25 words, that means they pay the translator with 0.02 Euro per word !
Is it easier to count per word than per line like that ?
Please advise me something
T... See more Dear all,
An agency has contacted me, asked me for my rate per line. They say that they normally pay their translator for 0.40 Euro per line.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if a line consists, let's say, 20-25 words, that means they pay the translator with 0.02 Euro per word !
Is it easier to count per word than per line like that ?
Please advise me something
Thanks.
Vicksy ▲ Collapse
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Hi Vicksy,
I don't obviously know how many Indonesian words there are to a line. In English there are about 11 words to a line.
It is normally the German lines (Ausgangszeilen) that are counted, and I work on the basis that it is 0,5 euro cents higher per word than the line price, e.g.
0.60 per line = 0.65 per word
0.70 per line = 0.75 per word
0.80 per line = 0.85 per word
0.90 per line = 0.95 per word
Hope this helps.
... See more Hi Vicksy,
I don't obviously know how many Indonesian words there are to a line. In English there are about 11 words to a line.
It is normally the German lines (Ausgangszeilen) that are counted, and I work on the basis that it is 0,5 euro cents higher per word than the line price, e.g.
0.60 per line = 0.65 per word
0.70 per line = 0.75 per word
0.80 per line = 0.85 per word
0.90 per line = 0.95 per word
Hope this helps.
Astrid ▲ Collapse
| | | | RWSTranslati (X)
जर्मनी
Local time: 15:22
जर्मन से अंग्रेजी
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| line price is often better | Apr 25, 2008 |
Hello,
there is the special situation, the in German there is the possibility to write very long words. So we often calculate translations on line base.
For a 55 char line you usually have 8.5 - 9.5 words in English and. 6 - 8 word in German.
Regards
Hans
| | | | RobinB 
संयुक्त राज्य अमरीका
Local time: 08:22
जर्मन से अंग्रेजी
| Damn maths again.... | Apr 25, 2008 |
Astrid Elke Johnson wrote: It is normally the German lines (Ausgangszeilen) that are counted, and I work on the basis that it is 0,5 euro cents higher per word than the line price, e.g.
0.60 per line = 0.65 per word
0.70 per line = 0.75 per word
0.80 per line = 0.85 per word
0.90 per line = 0.95 per word
Astrid
Do you maybe mean 0.065 etc. per word? Always difficult with this sort of conversion. In fact, we reckon with about 7 German words or 8 English words per line of 55 chars.
Vicksy: the standard German line is 55 or 50 characters, you or the client decide which length applies. Then it's simply a matter of dividing the final character count in the translation by the standard line length to arrive at the number of nominal (billable) lines.
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smarinella
इटली
Local time: 15:22
जर्मन से इतालवी
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| Hallo Vicksy | Apr 25, 2008 |
I can't believe that the German agency pays 0,40 € a line! In your language combination, which is a rare one, you shoud ask, after my opinion, 1,00-1,20 per line (55 characters, target language). In Switzerland, such a price would already be considered dumping form the swiss colleagues...
Good luck!
| | | | vicksy nurhayati
कनाडा
Local time: 21:22
अंग्रेजी से इंडोनीशियाई
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विषय आरंभकर्ता | Thanks all ! | Apr 25, 2008 |
What a response Thanks to all, very helpful suggestions.
- vicksy -
| | | | | Thanks for the correction | Apr 25, 2008 |
RobinB wrote:
Astrid Elke Johnson wrote: It is normally the German lines (Ausgangszeilen) that are counted, and I work on the basis that it is 0,5 euro cents higher per word than the line price, e.g.
0.60 per line = 0.65 per word
0.70 per line = 0.75 per word
0.80 per line = 0.85 per word
0.90 per line = 0.95 per word
Astrid
Do you maybe mean 0.065 etc. per word? Always difficult with this sort of conversion. In fact, we reckon with about 7 German words or 8 English words per line of 55 chars.
Hi Robin,
Yes, sure, I forgot that extra zero. Maybe it's just how much I would like to be paid. Conversely, I keep accidentally quoting agencies a line price with an extra zero in front after the decimal point!
Astrid
| | | | Samuel Murray
नीदरलैंड
Local time: 15:22
सदस्य (2006)
अंग्रेजी से अफ्रीकान
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| A line has a set number of characters | Apr 26, 2008 |
vicksy nurhayati wrote:
An agency has contacted me, asked me for my rate per line. They say that they normally pay their translator for 0.40 Euro per line. ... Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if a line consists, let's say, 20-25 words, that means they pay the translator with 0.02 Euro per word !
Tell me again, in what language can you fit 20-25 words into 55 characters?
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transhorsa
चीन
Local time: 22:22
चीनी से जापानी
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In German the client always pays like that for per line. It is fair that 0.4 for a line.
| | | | knallpulve
स्वीडन
Local time: 15:22
अंग्रेजी से स्वीडी
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| my experience | Apr 28, 2008 |
I don't think I get paid especially much, but from the two German clients I have, that pay per line, I get EUR 0.90 and 0.85 respectively (for both of my language pairs). I wouldn't personally consider working for EUR 0.40 per line.
| | | | | My experience with German agencies | Apr 28, 2008 |
Hello Vicksy,
From my experience I can tell you, that German agencies are willing to pay EUR 0.80-1.10 per line. Having such a rare language combination, you might be in a good position to propose a higher rate. Personally, I wouldn't even consider working for EUR 0.40.
HTH,
Aleksandra
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