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Translation Cost per Word

When it comes to preparing an estimate, freelance translators as well as translation agencies wish to offer a rate that would win the bid for the project and, whenever possible,

April 7, 2010

Discounts in Translations

As happens in many other fields of the “services” sector, translation agencies often offer certain promotions or discounts that result from a series of variables. Let’s take a look at

March 25, 2010

Trusted Translations on Facebook

With almost 5,000 fans on our two official Facebook pages (one in Spanish and another in English), Trusted Translations has 10 times more fans than the pages of other major

March 16, 2010

Translation memories are made up of the source text(s) in one language aligned with the respective translation(s) in another, the target language (translated text). In addition, these texts are aligned

March 11, 2010

Price, Quality, and Time

I do not know of any company that looks to hire services and does not look for the provider to live up to these three factors; however, the important question

March 8, 2010

Prices Per Source Word Count

We are all well aware of how strongly budgets affect the decisions of all companies, even the largest, and for all suppliers, including suppliers of translations. This is why the

February 25, 2010

Translation or Transcreation in Art

Art today is one more example of the global panorama that defines our period. The undeniable internationalization of the majority of works of art led me to do some research

February 17, 2010

Calculating the Cost of Translations

Calculating how much it will cost to translate the files in a project is a complicated task. Translation cost cannot be a quick estimated calculation. Quite the contrary, it requires

February 9, 2010

Literary Translation

Literary translators, in addition to dealing with the difficulties inherent to translations of all fields, must consider the aesthetic aspects of the text, its beauty and style, as well as

February 3, 2010

How Translators and Interpreters Can Help Haiti

The horrific and devastating tragedy that befell Haiti calls for all of us to contribute in any way and as much as possible to help the country move forward. As

January 27, 2010

Client Glossaries

As we have brought up in other posts, large translation projects need more care and attention in order to maintain consistency in the translation throughout the document(s). This coherence in

January 15, 2010

World Affairs Article: Let Languages Die

Esteemed linguist John McWhorter has published an article on the coming century in language evolution. Working on the idea that 90% of the world’s 6,000 languages will not survive to

January 8, 2010

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