What are you paying for, when requesting a translation?

1. Translation
rates
What’s in the price?
Francesca Airaghi – financial translator - www.francescaairaghi.it

2. About
me
• 20+ years experience as financial translator
• 20 mln words translated
• 100,000 pages edited and proofread
• From 1992 to 2004
In-house translator and Translation Manager at
2 translation companies specialising in finance
and law
• 2004 – present
Free-lance financial & legal translator

3. What are you
paying for
when requesting
a translation?

4. translation
…in itself - e.g. from English into Italian –
is only part of the price!

5. PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
organizes and manages resources
that are necessary to complete a (translation) project

6. Editing
proofreading

7. EXPERTISE
Specialisation
Courses and feedback
Continuous learning

8. Bookkeeping
Invoicing
Payment process
As well as insurance, taxes, marketing…

9. How is price
calculated?

10. per word
per line (e.g. German)
per standard page (cartella in Italy)
by the hour
per project

11. there may be a
minimum charge
surcharge:
urgent, special format

12. relationship with the client
negotiation

13. Francesca Airaghi
Translator and language consultant
Tel. +39-347.82.82.901
E-mail: info@francescaairaghi.it
Web: www.francescaairaghi.it
it.linkedin.com/in/francescaairaghi/
Twitter: @FranAiraghi