Language Translation Estimates

[Dennis Brunnenmeyer]

Lin...

I would think the costs would depend a lot on how difficult the 
document is to translate. Plain English text must be a lot easier 
than that with many difficult technical terms and convoluted 
explanations that a non-technical translator may find difficult to 
understand. The only valid way to sort this out is to get a qualified 
translator to tell you how long it would take. They can only do that 
if they see the files.

Frankly, the estimate Art received seems like a bargain to me. I'm a 
little curious about how the fonts and formatting would be handled in 
such a situation if the alphabets and characters are significantly different.

Dennis Brunnenmeyer
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At 01:51 PM 2/14/2008, Lin Surasky wrote:
>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? ;-)  _______________________________________________
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com
> >  "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent
> >  and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
> >  No disclaimers apply.
> >  DoD 358
> >
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Dennis Brunnenmeyer
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