The document provides advice for translation customers in 6 points: 1) Prepare documents for translation by determining what needs translation and providing final versions. 2) Plan ahead as translations take time. 3) Send documents with quotation requests. 4) Specify what parts of documents need translation. 5) Provide linguistic preferences. 6) Budget for translations as prices vary depending on quantity. It includes a detachable price guide.

1. advice and tips
for translation customers
The 2010 Guide to Translations
with detachable price guide
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2. advice and tips
for translation customers
1) Prepare your document for translation
Does the entire document need to be translated?
Do parts of it already exist in translation somewhere in
your company?
The bigger your document…
the more it will cost to have it translated,
the longer it will take to translate.
Is this definitely the final version of the document?
If it is: you save time and money.
If not: the translation will take longer and cost more.
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3. advice and tips
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2) Plan ahead for your translations
It takes time to translate.
Our translators translate 10 to 20 pages per day,
depending on the complexity of the document.
3) Send the document with your request for quotation
This will allow us to tell you:
an exact price,
a delivery date.
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4. advice and tips
for translation customers
4) Specify which parts need to be translated
Should we translate the diagrams?
Should we translate the image captions?
If so, please send us the source files for the diagrams
and images.
If possible, please send the document in Word format
rather than PDF.
We will be able to draw up your quotation more
quickly.
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5. advice and tips
for translation customers
5) Tell us your linguistic preferences
Your in-house terminology, used in previous translations
and to be used again,
Special abbreviations to be used,
Earlier translated versions of the document,
Existing glossaries,
Be specific about the desired language (Portuguese: for
Brazil or Portugal? English: for the UK or an international
readership? etc.)
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6. advice and tips
for translation customers
6) Budget for your document
Every translation comes at a price.
The price of a translation can vary from tens of euros to
thousands of euros, according to the quantity to be
translated.
Use our price guide (attached) to estimate the price of your
translation.
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