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No, no, no! If you take Swedish into English for example:
€0.04/word for "light editing of a machine generated translation by a professional mother-tongue translator";
€0.083/word for "translation by a professional mother-tongue translator, Quality evaluation by a second professional mother-tongue translator";
€0.136/word for "translation by a professional mother-tongue translator. Full revision by a second professional mother-tongue translator. Final quality control by a dedicated project manager".
These are the prices that translations are being sold to clients. Given that the agency takes its margin, imagine the prices that freelancers are being paid…. not what I would call fair pay.
See also http://www.linkedin.com/grp/post/3415770-5818366764257419268
Yikes! I didn't look into it in any depth, so thank you very much for that (depressing) information.
Best wishes,
BJ
Nope. Working for them = working for peanuts. Just checked their calculator. Professional English-Russian translation in medical/pharmacy field for 0.04 USD per source word. And they claim they have a translator and proofreader working for that price. Are you kidding me?
Mea maxima culpa!
Apologies, everyone!
Best wishes,
BJ
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