How Much Do Human Translation Really Cost?

As an important language service, human translation is playing an increasingly important role in modern society. Whether it is business documents, academic papers or product manuals, they all need to be translated to achieve cross-linguistic communication. I believe that many people are no strangers to translation, but they know little about the price of human translation. So, how do you charge for human translation?

Human translation is divided into translation, interpretation and localization, etc. Its price is affected by a number of factors, mainly in the following aspects:

1. Length of translated content

Usually, human translation is based on the number of words in the text provided by the client to determine the translation cost. Translation is billed according to the number of words. Interpretation is calculated on a minute-by-minute basis. If the translation content is long, the charge for human translation will be relatively high. If the translation also needs typesetting service, it will be charged separately.

2. Translation languages

Translation languages include common languages and small languages. For example, English, Japanese, Korean and other common languages, the translation charges for these languages are at the normal level. And like Portuguese, Polish and Dutch and other small languages, compared with English, the translation price of these languages will be more expensive.

3. Translation standard

The standard of human translation is basically divided into three categories: standard level, professional level and publication level. According to the different standards, the translation price is naturally different. The higher the translation standard, the more expensive the price. If you need a high standard translation, then you need a high level and experienced translator to translate, so the translation price will naturally increase.

4. Urgency of translation

If the client has urgent translation needs, then the price of human translation will also increase. Because urgent translation requires translators to work overtime to complete, or even send additional translators to complete the translation task. This is a test of the translator's time and energy, so the expedited fee is reasonable.

All in all, the charges for human translation are based on specific needs, and clients should consider the above factors as well as the quality of services provided by human translators, professionalism and customer evaluation when choosing the service.