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Literary Translation (ENG to FR) offered rates : too low ?
Thread poster: Elodie Marias
Bernhard Sulzer United States Local time: 17:12 English to German + ...
Real pleasant!
Feb 6, 2021
Veronica Montserrat wrote:
it's very low.
Now it's up to you to decide if you want to take this job or not. I read on your profile that you were interested in translating novels. If you enjoy this type of work, it could be a pleasant one-time experience, if the deadline allows you to work on other projects at the same time. Because this type of rate will probably not pay your bills.
For the scamming "literary agency."
[Edited at 2021-02-06 04:16 GMT]
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Bernhard Sulzer United States Local time: 17:12 English to German + ...
BS
Feb 6, 2021
Elodie Marias wrote:
Hi everyone,
I had been contacted a few weeks ago by an American agency (literary translation).
They gave me an assessment, I dit it and they were happy with it.
They want me to translate a romance novel (75K words) but they offer $0.015 per source word.
Is that me or are their rates really low ?
Thank you forward for your help
Regards, Elodie.
That's all it is. BS
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