Subtitle translation: rates per minute 论题张贴者: Sjir Worms
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Sjir Worms 
荷兰
Local time: 07:37
English英语译成Dutch荷兰语
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Dear all,
Do any of you have experience with translating subtitles at a rate per minute of runtime?
I'm in touch with a US based company for translating (movie, series, dvd) subtitles. I've never translated subtitles before. They provide me with the English texts, and I only have to translate them into Dutch. There are no issues of timing, transcription, etc., since the company does this in-house. I only have to take into account a maximum nr. of characters (which is no... See more Dear all,
Do any of you have experience with translating subtitles at a rate per minute of runtime?
I'm in touch with a US based company for translating (movie, series, dvd) subtitles. I've never translated subtitles before. They provide me with the English texts, and I only have to translate them into Dutch. There are no issues of timing, transcription, etc., since the company does this in-house. I only have to take into account a maximum nr. of characters (which is not that hard, since the source and target languages are rather similar). Only problem is: they won't accept a per word or per hour quote. Do any of you know how to (roughly) calculate the nr. of words per minute of video runtime? Is there an average of words/minute? I'm just asking so I can calculate if they offer me a fair rate, and if they aren't, what counter-offer I could make them...
Many thanks in advance! ▲ Collapse
| | | | Parrot
西班牙
Local time: 07:37
Spanish西班牙语译成English英语
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| It's minute-based | Jan 28, 2016 |
Imagine an image-heavy clip you had to watch 20 minutes of before you got a clear line. Just because you're watching passively doesn't mean you're not spending time you could be using on another job.
A professional subtitler once told me 30 minutes of footage a day is reasonable in the trade. I've found this helpful. On that basis, your day rate could be divided by 30.
| | | | Sylvano
Local time: 07:37
English英语译成French法语
| Browse the forum! | Jan 28, 2016 |
Hi Sjir Worms,
Check the other threads in this forum, the question has been asked a thousand times.
Be careful : translation for subtitles is a very specific task, although every 'outsider' seems to think it's easy, quick and fun. And sorry to state the obvious : don't do it if they don't give you the video to see what you're translating...
| | | | | Carve that in stone!!! | Jan 28, 2016 |
Sylvano wrote:
Translation for subtitles is a very specific task, although every 'outsider' seems to think it's easy, quick and fun.
Perhaps have it on a billboard with blinking neon letters somewhere.
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