From: "Chris Poole" <cptand..@..email.com.au>
Date: 2008-10-10 20:28:26
Message ID: <07c601c92aba$8cbb7970$3fe0fea9@Mao>
Parent: <73aba947-1ed3-4120-9242-05a50c16ac6a@z6g2000pre.googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: proof-reading/Checking translation
Date: 2008-10-10 20:28:26
Message ID: <07c601c92aba$8cbb7970$3fe0fea9@Mao>
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Subject: Re: proof-reading/Checking translation
Leanne,
Say to the client that it is impossible to say in advance how long the
checking, editing and proof-reading of a particular text will take without
actually doing it. You cannot scope the job, therefore you cannot know in
advance what resources will be required to complete it, therefore you cannot
give a fixed price, therefore it must be an hourly rate.
The only hourly rate you need to know is what is the best one you, Leanne,
can get for that/those particular hours. It needs to be enough to make you
happy but not so much that they go elsewhere. We have no way of knowing how
much that is because we're not you.
Let's say it is $40. Suggest to the client that they invest $160 in order
that you both get a better idea of what is entailed. Spend exactly four
hours working on. If at the end of that you are confident enough in your
ability to complete the job in few enough hours that you get your rate, on
the basis of your experience of however many pages you get through in four
hours, give them a fixed price, and take the risk.
If you're still not confident, tell them how many pages you got through in
that time and give them an estimate, but say that you will charge your
hourly rate no matter how long it takes, and leave the risk with them.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "LOgasawara" <leanneogasawa..@..ail.com>
To: "Honyaku E<>J translation list" <honya..@..oglegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: proof-reading/Checking translation
Peter, what do you think is a good hourly? If you don't know, I
understand. Leanne
On Oct 10, 5:27 pm, Peter Durfee <d...@gol.com> wrote:
> On 08/10/10 16:59, "LOgasawara" <leanneogasaw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I would prefer not having an hourly but rather just a straight charge,
> > but wondered if anyone could provide a ballpark? Actually, if hourly
> > rates are standard, I should probably base my figure on that.
>
> I don't know if they're standard, but hourly rates are much better at
> insulating you from taking an income hit when the text is horribly
> composed.
> If the writer is less talented, it takes you more time to massage the text
> into shape, and you should get more money for that. It's hard to factor
> that
> into a per-page rate sheet ahead of time.
>
> --
> Peter Durfee
> d...@gol.com
> Tokyo
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Say to the client that it is impossible to say in advance how long the
checking, editing and proof-reading of a particular text will take without
actually doing it. You cannot scope the job, therefore you cannot know in
advance what resources will be required to complete it, therefore you cannot
give a fixed price, therefore it must be an hourly rate.
The only hourly rate you need to know is what is the best one you, Leanne,
can get for that/those particular hours. It needs to be enough to make you
happy but not so much that they go elsewhere. We have no way of knowing how
much that is because we're not you.
Let's say it is $40. Suggest to the client that they invest $160 in order
that you both get a better idea of what is entailed. Spend exactly four
hours working on. If at the end of that you are confident enough in your
ability to complete the job in few enough hours that you get your rate, on
the basis of your experience of however many pages you get through in four
hours, give them a fixed price, and take the risk.
If you're still not confident, tell them how many pages you got through in
that time and give them an estimate, but say that you will charge your
hourly rate no matter how long it takes, and leave the risk with them.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "LOgasawara" <leanneogasawa..@..ail.com>
To: "Honyaku E<>J translation list" <honya..@..oglegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: proof-reading/Checking translation
Peter, what do you think is a good hourly? If you don't know, I
understand. Leanne
On Oct 10, 5:27 pm, Peter Durfee <d...@gol.com> wrote:
> On 08/10/10 16:59, "LOgasawara" <leanneogasaw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I would prefer not having an hourly but rather just a straight charge,
> > but wondered if anyone could provide a ballpark? Actually, if hourly
> > rates are standard, I should probably base my figure on that.
>
> I don't know if they're standard, but hourly rates are much better at
> insulating you from taking an income hit when the text is horribly
> composed.
> If the writer is less talented, it takes you more time to massage the text
> into shape, and you should get more money for that. It's hard to factor
> that
> into a per-page rate sheet ahead of time.
>
> --
> Peter Durfee
> d...@gol.com
> Tokyo
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