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lysukmex · Joined: 07 Jan 2005 Posts: 1

Hi,
I'm hoping that someone will be able to give me a rough idea of how much to charge for Spanish to English translations. Thanks in advance for any info.

stu123 · Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 6

Hi!!

well, back in August i had to get my degree certs and transcripts translated. They charged per word...i ended up with about 5 pages worth of translation and it cost me 700 pesos!! A pain in the arse, but nontheless necessary!!

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

I assume you mean what rates you should charge....

An official translator I know here charges 85 pesos per standard page on volume work, and 100 per on smaller jobs.

rafomania · Joined: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 95 Location: Guadalajara

hello, just reopening this again because I have a company that wants a Spanish to English translation and im not sure what to charge. Is it roughly 85 pesos for a A4 sheet of text? What if its written in small text!!!

How much per word? Im in Guadalajara. Any suggestions?

Thanks,,,, rich

Phil_K · Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 2041 Location: A World of my Own

It depends on the degree of difficulty of the text. For example, I'm doing some protocols for an oncologist, which is about as hard as it gets, and they are about 40 pages. I'm charging around $100 (pesos) a page, which is cheap. Qualified translators (which I'm not) charge from $150-$250 or more. Most don't charge per word.

If it's in small text, simply put it in an MS Word doc, resize the text to "normal" size and quote for the number of "real" pages.

BTW, there is a big market for correction of style, which is easier. For this, I quote whatever I think is suitable...as a lump sum. But obviously the fee should be much smaller for this.