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Beatriz Antunes
Beatriz Antunes
Portugal
Local time: 09:51
Engels naar Portugees
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Feb 8, 2022

Hello, everybody.

I'm new to the translation industry and an agency just messaged me showing interest in my freelance services. They asked me what my rates would be for translation and proofreading (individually) and I'm not sure what to say, since it's my first paid opportunity since I graduated.

I don't know which types of documents they get and give to freelancers, the only information they gave me so far is that they need DE-PT freelancers.

Any advice w... See more
Hello, everybody.

I'm new to the translation industry and an agency just messaged me showing interest in my freelance services. They asked me what my rates would be for translation and proofreading (individually) and I'm not sure what to say, since it's my first paid opportunity since I graduated.

I don't know which types of documents they get and give to freelancers, the only information they gave me so far is that they need DE-PT freelancers.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thank you,
Beatriz ▲ Collapse
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 09:51
Lid 2007
Engels naar Portugees
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@Beatriz Feb 8, 2022

First of all, please make sure this is not a scam. Scammers are always looking for newbies…

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Arianne Farah
Arianne Farah  Identity Verified
Canada
Local time: 04:51
Engels naar Frans
You have a rare language combination Feb 9, 2022

Your competition is German -> English -> Portuguese.

German to English is expensive (both 1st world languages + German has less words than English or latin languages to express the same meaning). English to Portuguese is much cheaper.

In your shoes I'd quote 0.15EUR/word for translation. Your goal is to be just a bit cheaper than piggybacking a translation over English and having two translators.

If you get hired as a reviewer, chances are you will be rev... See more
Your competition is German -> English -> Portuguese.

German to English is expensive (both 1st world languages + German has less words than English or latin languages to express the same meaning). English to Portuguese is much cheaper.

In your shoes I'd quote 0.15EUR/word for translation. Your goal is to be just a bit cheaper than piggybacking a translation over English and having two translators.

If you get hired as a reviewer, chances are you will be reviewing a translation that was first translated into English and then Portuguese. It's not necessarily bad but the translation will only be as good as the weakest link in that chain. ▲ Collapse
 
Samuel Murray
Samuel Murray  Identity Verified
Nederland
Local time: 10:51
Lid 2006
Engels naar Afrikaans
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I'd say Feb 9, 2022

Beatriz Antunes wrote:
They asked me what my rates would be for translation and proofreading (individually) and I'm not sure what to say, since it's my first paid opportunity since I graduated.

Brazil? Agency? I suggest USD 0.10 per word for translation and USD 0.04 for proofreading.
 


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