Language Translation Estimates

[Art Campbell]

I just received estimates from vendors for a 250 English word document
to be translated into 7 languages, including reformatting in Frame.
Range was $700-800 for that particular package. About $100 per
language for that word count.

All the vendors I chatted with were quite happy to provide an estimate
from the files I sent them... so I'd suggest taking the extra time to
talk to several vendors so you can get an accurate range.

Cheers,
Art

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Lin Surasky <Lin.Surasky at retalix.com> wrote:
> Hi all-
>
>  With the Chatauqua going on, I'm having trouble hunting people down, and
>  of course my boss needs an answer to this yesterday (even though he only
>  asked me today....)
>
>  We're considering translating our docs library from English into French.
>  Everything is in FrameMaker, the templates are simple and there are lots
>  of screen shots that will need to be replaced. How do you esimate a
>  project like this? How many minutes/hours per page for language
>  translation, cleanup/layout and graphics replacement? (Assume only 1
>  graphic per page....)
>
>  Anyone have any great sites (or insight) to share?
>
>  Thanks!
>  Lin
>
>  PS - Ann or Diane G -- I know you're out there somewhere! Help a girl
>  out, wouldya? ;-)
>  _______________________________________________
>



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