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| Chinese to English | English to Chinese | |
| Generic | US $0.08 | US $0.06 |
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(Highly) Professional |
US $0.10 - US $0.12 | US $0.8 - US $0.12 |
From Other Major Languages to Chinese (rates in US $ per source word except for translation from English to Chinese)
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French/German/Spanish/Portuguese/Italian/Russian |
Japanese/Korean to Chinese |
Other
Language to Chinese (depends) |
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| Generic | US $0.08 | US $0.06 | US $0.07 - 0.10 |
| (Highly) Professional | US $0.10 - 0.15 | US $0.08 - 0.12 | US $0.10 - 0.20 |
From Chinese to Other Major Languages (rates in US $ per source (Chinese) word except for translation from Chinese to English)
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Chinese
to |
Chinese
to Other Language (depends) |
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| Generic | US $0.08 | US $0.07 - 0.10 |
| (Highly) Professional | US $0.10 - 0.15 | US $0.10 - 0.20 |
From Other Major Languages to English (rates in US $ per English word)
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French/German/Italian/Spanish/Portuguese/Japanese/Korean/Russian |
Other
Language to English (depends) |
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| Generic | US $0.08 | US $0.09 - 0.18 |
| (Highly) Professional | US $0.10 - 0.20 | US $0.11 -0.30 |
From English to Other Major Languages (rates in US $ per English word)
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English to French/German/Italian/Spanish/Portuguese/Japanese/Korean/Russian |
English
to Other Language (depends) |
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| Generic | US $0.08 | US $0.09 - 0.18 |
| (Highly) Professional | US $0.10 - 0.20 | US $0.11 -0.30 |
To be discussed. Typical rates are US $ 0.10 - 0.15 per source word for generic topics and US $ 0.15 - 0.25 per source word for professional topics.
30%-100% of that for translation, depending on quality of the text. Typical price is 30%-50%, if the text is carefully translated/written.
- The Chinese above means Simplified Chinese OR Traditional Chinese. The rate is the same for Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese. If you need translation into both Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese, additional 2-4 cents per source word are required.
- Documents under the type "Generic" will be translated by an experienced translator mastering this language pair. Documents under "Professional" will be translated by an experienced translator with expertise in its field, and proofread either by himself/herself, if he/she is experienced enough, or by another translation expert in this language pair with experience in this field. Documents under "Highly Professional" will translated by one translation expert highly professional in this field, and proofread by one or two other senior translators; at least two of these translators should be experts in this language pair in this field.
- Since most of our jobs are undertaken by language experts very carefully, and most are proofread by another expert after translation, you are suggested to give us enough time for best quality. Usually the delivery time for a new professional translation job of volume below 2,000 words are suggested to be around 3 days, and another 1 day is added for each additional 1000 words. 40%-100% express fee is required for fast delivery. If we have cooperated on a topic before, future translations on the topic may be faster.
- There may be a discount of about 10% if the job is over 10,000 words.
- For most translation job to and from Chinese, we charge in Chinese characters. Please keep in mind for the same contents, 100 English words are corresponding to about 150-170 Chinese characters, so US $0.10 per Chinese character is about US $0.15 - US $0.17 per English word.
- The above prices are for source documents in MS Word or text files. Additional processing fee may be required for sources in other formats. Typical additional rates are US $0.005 - 0.03 per source word.
- 50% prepayment is required for first-time non-member clients. You can also choose to prepay 100% if you trust us.
- Member will
receive 5%-20% discount for all translation projects.
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