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Thread poster: Verónica
Verónica
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Mexico
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Feb 9, 2022

I am used to translate by our, and now I have my first proposal to translate for hours. Any idea how much the Spanish into English rate is per hour? I'm in mexico.
 
Samuel Murray
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Netherlands
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@Verónica Feb 9, 2022

Verónica wrote:
I have my first proposal to translate for hours. Any idea how much the Spanish into English rate is per hour? I'm in Mexico.

The average rate that Spanish-English translators at ProZ.com claim to charge, is between USD 25 and USD 35 per hour.
https://search.proz.com/employers/rates?source_lang=esl&target_lang=eng&disc_spec_id=¤cy=usd&view_old_rates=1&submit=Submit

[Edited at 2022-02-09 18:01 GMT]

philgoddard
 
Verónica
Verónica
Mexico
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English to Spanish
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Translation spanish into english by hours Feb 9, 2022

Thank you Sammuel.
 
Barbara Carrara
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Italy
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English to Italian
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Unclear Feb 9, 2022

Sorry, Verónica. but you may want to clarify this.

You first state,

Verónica wrote:

I am used to translate by our (sic)


meaning, I presume, that you already offer translation services based on a per-hour fee.

But then, you add,

Verónica wrote:

now I have my first proposal to translate for hours. Any idea how much the Spanish into English rate is per hour?


Why are you asking a question to something you already know the answer to? I am confused.

Also, you confirm that the language pair is Spanish into English and not the other way round, given that you are a Spanish native?
If the former is the case, would the rate also have to include the editing of your translation by an English-native colleague, or would your client take care of that?

Thank you for elaborating on the above.

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Michele Fauble
Joshua Parker
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philgoddard
 
Adieu
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Ukrainian to English
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Agreed, that question does not make sense Feb 9, 2022

Also, please don't mistake even vast experience translating FROM a language for any amount of proficiency in translating INTO that language.

It's not the same thing. I, for example, know full well that I am absolutely hopeless at translating into any of my source languages. I would be hard-pressed to write a perfect paragraph in Russian and might even fumble a single sentence in Ukrainian.

Unless you typed it on a mobile phone with a rarely-used and untrained autosugges... See more
Also, please don't mistake even vast experience translating FROM a language for any amount of proficiency in translating INTO that language.

It's not the same thing. I, for example, know full well that I am absolutely hopeless at translating into any of my source languages. I would be hard-pressed to write a perfect paragraph in Russian and might even fumble a single sentence in Ukrainian.

Unless you typed it on a mobile phone with a rarely-used and untrained autosuggest feature without glasses, your post does not suggest that you are able to charge 35 dollars per hour for translations into English, especially in such a competitive market with so many native and near-native bilinguals as Spanish into English.

Again, this in no way suggests that you are lacking in translation skill in the other direction.


PS did you perhaps mean *interpreting* and surcharges for difficult lengthy sessions? Or price per hour of audio/video?

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Barbara Carrara
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matt robinson
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Spain
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Spanish to English
Not sure... Feb 10, 2022

...what you mean, but if you mean what I think you meant to mean it's a simple calculation, provided you are not trying to raise your rates at the same time. How long does it take you to translate the type of text you are being offered? What is your normal rate per word? Do the math(s)! If you think it is a low per hour rate, then your rate per word is low, because the figure you arrive at is what you are charging at your current per word rate.

[Edited at 2022-02-10 08:24 GMT]

Christopher Schröder
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Barbara Carrara
 
matt robinson
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Spain
Local time: 16:58
Member (2010)
Spanish to English
Feb 10, 2022



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