RE: techwr-l digest: June 02, 2004

["Marguerite Krupp" <mkrupp -at- cisco -dot- com>]

Geoff Hart wrote:

Translation costs typically run (U.S. dollars) $0.03 to $0.20 per word 
based on my experience in the Canadian market, depending on how readily 
available translators are (for obscure or less-common subjects, the 
cost increases), how much of your work is suitable for machine 
translation (translation memories make it easier to re-use text and 
thus decrease costs and work well for computer manuals; they don't work 
for marketing or poetry), and how much competition there is for 
business in your area.

...................

Based on what I learned from the translation companies at the 2004 STC
Conference, I'd say that these figures are WAY low for localizing computer
manuals. I was getting quotes of (U.S.) $.23 to $.50 per word, depending on
the complexity of the material and the target language.

As always, YMMV!

Marguerite


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