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What am I earning? Thread poster: Felix CHARNLEY
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I'm being paid the following for a translation.
Budget: 12 USD.
Word count: 411.
Does this mean I make 4,932 USD? If not, what am I earning?
[Edited at 2018-05-31 03:19 GMT]
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Felix CHARNLEY wrote:
[edited by poster] is paying me the following for a translation.
Budget: 12 USD.
Word count: 411.
Does this mean I make 4,932 USD? If not, what am I earning?
You are "earning" 12 USD. The budget is normally stated for the complete project. It seems that this outsourcer pays amateur rates.
[Edited at 2018-05-31 15:11 GMT]
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| Don't think so... | May 30, 2018 |
Felix CHARNLEY wrote:
XXX is paying me the following for a translation.
Budget: 12 USD.
Word count: 411.
Does this mean I make 4,932 USD? If not, what am I earning?
If that were the case, I'd have already bought an island in the Caribbean. More probably, you're being paid $0.03 per source word... If I were you, I'd ditch the job (and who's paying similar rates)...
P.S. You may want to remove the name of the agency before this thread gets deleted...
[Edited at 2018-05-31 09:35 GMT]
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As stated above, you are being paid $12. Divide 12 by 411 to get your per-word rate: in this case 2.9 cents per word.
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Steffen Walter 
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| Red flag - stay away | May 31, 2018 |
Please do yourself a favour and steer well clear of these people. The company name, which has since been hidden from public view on the basis of applicable forum rules, immediately raised a red flag when I was reading your initial post because they are habitual non-payers. More information is available on the Blue Board at https://www.proz.com/blueboard - you should always check if there are any relevant r... See more Please do yourself a favour and steer well clear of these people. The company name, which has since been hidden from public view on the basis of applicable forum rules, immediately raised a red flag when I was reading your initial post because they are habitual non-payers. More information is available on the Blue Board at https://www.proz.com/blueboard - you should always check if there are any relevant records/entries prior to engaging in any binding business transactions.
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Samuel Murray
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| You earn USD 12.00 | May 31, 2018 |
Felix CHARNLEY wrote:
I'm being paid the following for a translation.
Budget: 12 USD.
Word count: 411.
I agree with what others have said. The "budget" can be expressed as a total or as a per-unit amount. In this case, the budget is a total amount, i.e. USD 12.00 for 411 words. They're offering 3c per word.
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Rosalind Haigh
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| Is this a wind-up? | May 31, 2018 |
You've got 6 years' translation experience and ask a question like that?
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Ivana UK
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Rosalind Haigh wrote:
You've got 6 years' translation experience and ask a question like that?
Looking for the Like button...!
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Lian Pang
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| I hope you are trolling | May 31, 2018 |
... and I am amused.
you are being paid 0.029 USD per source word.
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Ok I've got an annoying form asking these pedantic questions. Someone PLEASE hit me with some generic rates. I really don't have time for an explanation just chuck some numbers my way (any language, any level of experience, like I said "generic"). THANKS!
hourly rate translating
hourly rate proofreading
proofreading rate monolingual p word
proofreading rate bilingual p word
Minimum order value (min fee)
Fuzzy matches (85-99% on source, as percentage)... See more Ok I've got an annoying form asking these pedantic questions. Someone PLEASE hit me with some generic rates. I really don't have time for an explanation just chuck some numbers my way (any language, any level of experience, like I said "generic"). THANKS!
hourly rate translating
hourly rate proofreading
proofreading rate monolingual p word
proofreading rate bilingual p word
Minimum order value (min fee)
Fuzzy matches (85-99% on source, as percentage)
Exact matches (on source, as percentage)
Translation (on source) + currency
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Thomas Pfann
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42 is a good starting point.
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Steffen Walter
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| Far more than that, Thomas ... | Jul 4, 2018 |
Thomas Pfann wrote:
42 is a good starting point.
... it's the answer to all questions
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Thomas Pfann wrote:
42 is a good starting point.
I had to think twice to understand what you meant. I suppose you mean that for 412 words, the get-out-of-bed rate is 42 USD?
If that's what you mean, then, yes, I agree. I'd probably increase it to a nice, round 50 USD as a minimum fee. That means that by the time you take into account emails and invoicing, you are probably netting about 6-7 USD for the job. Waste of time.
If it's the agency I think it might be, then drop them. Is it the one that suggests grouping payments for several invoices into one bank transfer to keep charges down? Your money is working for them during this time and since when is the supplier to cover the client's bank charges? Anyway, if it is that agency, drop 'em fast. If you have done this 12 USD job from them, it'll probably cost you more to receive payment than the value of the payment itself.
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