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Proofreading - how to do it effectively for clients and selves?
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Raisa Gertsberg (X)
Raisa Gertsberg (X)
Vereinigte Staaten
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Russisch > Englisch
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Add a short note to your editing rate Jul 12, 2002

After having dealt with a few cases of poor translation I always include this note when I give my rate for editing:



Editing: $NN.00 per hour, or $00.NN per word, provided the translation quality is satisfactory.



That means I will charge translation rates if it is not. By satisfactory I mean the translation doesn\'t have to be rewritten, it renders meaning and intent of the source accurately, it should only be improved on style and readability and, perha... See more
After having dealt with a few cases of poor translation I always include this note when I give my rate for editing:



Editing: $NN.00 per hour, or $00.NN per word, provided the translation quality is satisfactory.



That means I will charge translation rates if it is not. By satisfactory I mean the translation doesn\'t have to be rewritten, it renders meaning and intent of the source accurately, it should only be improved on style and readability and, perhaps, fixed in case there are some minor omissions or/and minor inaccuracies.

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