Rates for glossary editing
Thread poster: Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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Oct 7, 2020

Dear colleagues,

I have been asked to give a quote for editing a glossary of 1000 words. Although I'm familiar with the subject, some terms will need research.

I need to quote a fixed price, which is fine, but I would welcome your ideas on quoting for this type of job.

TIA


 
Hedia Mannai
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Rates for glossary editing Oct 7, 2020

hi, if I were you I would do this glossary per word with an acceptable rate, that is to say, they may be in charge of 0.06/0.10 USD per word.

 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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@Beatriz Oct 7, 2020

As a rule of thumb, I charge about 1/3 of my translation rate to do a revision, assuming the quality is good. If the translation is poor quality, I’d ask between half my translation rate to my full rate or even an hourly rate. For a glossary, I’d ask an hourly rate to cover the research work needed.

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IrinaN
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This type of work always puzzles me Oct 8, 2020

It's an honest question.

I would assume that no one can "edit a glossary" without reading and/or editing the entire text first. Right here we have the first time interval to be compensated for. And the basis for price calculation by the hour, me think. Am I wrong?

Surely this can not be regarded as a regular 1000-words job in a 2-column table, not to mention for 6 cents. How is it possible to edit just the glossary for a specific project? 1000 terms in the glossary imp
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It's an honest question.

I would assume that no one can "edit a glossary" without reading and/or editing the entire text first. Right here we have the first time interval to be compensated for. And the basis for price calculation by the hour, me think. Am I wrong?

Surely this can not be regarded as a regular 1000-words job in a 2-column table, not to mention for 6 cents. How is it possible to edit just the glossary for a specific project? 1000 terms in the glossary implies a substantial text volume.

In my world project glossaries are built as the translation/editing go along, by the same people who did the first two steps.
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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Spot on Oct 8, 2020

IrinaN wrote:

I would assume that no one can "edit a glossary" without reading and/or editing the entire text first. Right here we have the first time interval to be compensated for. And the basis for price calculation by the hour, me think. Am I wrong?

Surely this can not be regarded as a regular 1000-words job in a 2-column table, not to mention for 6 cents. How is it possible to edit just the glossary for a specific project? 1000 terms in the glossary implies a substantial text volume.

In my world project glossaries are built as the translation/editing go along, by the same people who did the first two steps.



Many thanks, Irina, you've helped me get the clear picture. I was trying to avoid the hourly rate, but it seems the only way to go.

And thank you to ELISSAA and Teresa,


 


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