Common Sense Advisory, Inc., an independent market research firm specializing in the language service industry, has released three new translation pricing reports. “Trends in Translation Pricing” analyzes the aggregated pricing data from the firm’s 2012 survey. It presents the changes in rates since 2008 and 2010 for the top 30 online languages, and deconstructs translation rates into the component parts. It also provides pricing data for various translation-related activities. “Translation Pricing by Language Pair” presents the rates for the 222 language pairs with prices listed for freelancer and small, medium and large language services providers (LSPs), along with the average and standard deviation. “What Translation Suppliers Need to Know about Pricing” answers the questions related to pricing that LSPs and freelancers most frequently raise during the firm’s briefings, at conferences and in surveys.

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