Language Translation Estimates

[Lin Surasky]

Thanks, Art. I'm looking into that now. I see several sites have cost
estimates, but no one has a time estimate (i.e., x many hours per page
or per word). Unfortunately, I'm not so sure we're going to outsource
this; it may be done in-house, but I have no idea how long I should tell
them it will take! 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 2:49 PM
> To: Lin Surasky
> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: Language Translation Estimates
> 
> 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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> Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com
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