HOW TO SET YOUR RATES (Freelance Translator)

Hi Adrian. I am a Tok Pisin translator, and I was interviewed for a translation and review gig and I charged the client 0.25 cents but they still said it's high, therefore I ended up lower it down to 0.10 cents. My question is, is that the right thing to do?

Very useful, thanks, Adrian.

Also thumbs up for @Alex Napoles Tafuri's translation into Spanish !!

I received an offer for translation and I've been breaking my head trying to calculate my rates!
First time I see you and I love your content, I can tell you are a very smart guy and I would love to have conversations with you!
Anyways, thank you for the piece of advice and good luck on your channel :)

Hi Adrian! Thank you for amazing videos! I have a question about payment. One of the agencie pays by "weighted word settlement" ( free translation from polish) This means that: repeated words are not considered for payment. Is this OK? Have you ever seen criteria like this?

"Why would I give a better price just to work more?" LOL, totally agree! Very realistic calculations and advice love it! Thank you

Adrian, thank you so much for your authenticity and expertise. This is a wealth of information.

Thanks so much for all of your content, it's soooo helpful!

This video doesn't address how turnaround times affect rates, which I was looking for. I've read they can be double or triple your base rate.

"these are my 11 cents on the topic" 😂😂 on point. Great vid, amazing work as usual

Hi Adi, I like what you do, simply: ügyes!

Hello! Thank you so much for all your videos, I find them so so useful. Unfortunately, agencies sometimes don't even bother to reply so the negotiation doesn't happen. If you want a hamster ask for a horse, but it left me wondering if I haven't asked for an elephant by accident :)

Hi Adrian! You can't imagine how much you are helping me. I am following your tips step by step. Don't know how to thank you. May God rewards you for your kindness and generosity. Thank you so much..

I have one question if they give you a video to subtitle and it does not have the transcript in the original language, do you charge differently as when you have the transcripts?
Can you make a video about how you charge for subtitling?
Thanks

Thank you for your video!
Now I know how I can calculate my rates and where to start 😊

Thank you Adrian for quality content, could pls, what advice would you give a beginner, who can't afford a cat tool. Thanks

Hi Adrian, again! :)
Thanks for sharing information with us!

I have a question regarding DTP multilingual services, are you familiar with this kind of service on translation? Rates?

Thanks!!

I'm a beginner EN>ES

For now, part time only.

They told me that most agencies in ProZ pay $0.03/wrd for EN>ES but I'll give it a shot anyways

Do you think that $1000/month is an achievable goal (working part-time)??

The rate also depends highly on your efficiency – I have clients who are totally fine with me using machine translation (paid and secure systems). It easily allows me to translate up to 1200 words per hour (!highly! depending on the text). This is also one big factor which actually can enhance your capacity but you have to master MT as well. Even without MT, I translate up to 800 words per hour. I never understood where those 300-400 words came from. But that's maybe some kind of total average (I can imagine that some language simply have a more complex writing system)

Hello, Adrian, and thank you for the effort and time you put into creating such a valuable content. Could you, please, comment on the inconsistency of the freelance translation jobs/projects...how to deal with that, how to prevent it or eliminate it? It's the biggest difficulty I'm facing as a freelance translator and it's very stressful at times. Thank you!

1. You can use timestamps, so your audience has the option of knowing when to fast-forward, when to stay.
2. One graphic or, few graphics, is worth a thousand words.
3. Some info you share is useful, but please make it succinct.

Thanks for watching part one of the Money Weeks here on the channel. I hope you enjoy this type of content. 🤩

I am a beginner which website would you recommend?