Bidding on Webpages विषय पोस्ट करनेवाला व्यक्ति: Will Volny
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Will Volny 
संयुक्त राज्य अमरीका
Local time: 16:54
सदस्य (2018)
चेक से अंग्रेजी
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I'm getting used to bidding on straight up Source>Target translations and revisions/proofreading projects. But how does one bid on a webpage revision project? It is estimated to be over 500 pages - does one charge hourly, or by the page? If by page, I don't think a webpage has 300w/pg.
Any advice/experience will be helpful! I will look up average words per webpage and keep working up a quote, but the longer I do this, I realize how much I don't know....
kind regards,
Will
| | | | Thayenga
जर्मनी
Local time: 23:54
सदस्य (2009)
अंग्रेजी से जर्मन
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| Proofreading/Editing jobs | Feb 24, 2019 |
The only fair way - for both sides - to quote on any revision jobs, translations or websites, is by the hour. You can offer to timestamp your work so that your customer knows when and for how long you've worked on the project.
| | | | Sheila Wilson
स्पेन
Local time: 22:54
सदस्य (2007)
अंग्रेजी
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| Editing can't be by word, line or page | Feb 24, 2019 |
With editing, everything depends on the quality of the text you get. If you come up with a rate per word then you could take three times as long on one 1,000-word text as another. Effectively, the worse they write, the less you get paid for correcting it. How does that do anyone any favours?
The only ways that make any sense are:
1. Per hour of your time (not how long an agency tells you it will take!);
2. A total for the job - but of course that's only possible if you'v... See more With editing, everything depends on the quality of the text you get. If you come up with a rate per word then you could take three times as long on one 1,000-word text as another. Effectively, the worse they write, the less you get paid for correcting it. How does that do anyone any favours?
The only ways that make any sense are:
1. Per hour of your time (not how long an agency tells you it will take!);
2. A total for the job - but of course that's only possible if you've had the chance to scan the entire text carefully. Don't just look at the first page, as that's often the best.
Personally, I always quote per hour. I also give the client an absolute maximum spend, when requested. That's a good third more than I think I should need. It works well as when I charge less they subjectively feel that they're getting a discount  . I don't provide proof of time spent, but if there's ever a challenge then I can defend myself with my records. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | PHP, HTLM, Piton, Java, what? | Feb 24, 2019 |
Use an editor where you can put aside the text from code, counting text is now easy, base your work in words if you charge by hour you also have to edit so, in order to quote, take your time compare and calculate the number of words... If php use thi... See more Use an editor where you can put aside the text from code, counting text is now easy, base your work in words if you charge by hour you also have to edit so, in order to quote, take your time compare and calculate the number of words... If php use this - https://www.rapidphpeditor.com/ if you have html - https://html-online.com/editor/ - and so on... depending the PL used... either way you will need it to review or to translate... Good look...
[Edited at 2019-02-24 17:08 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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