Rates
Translation
| Base Price | € 0.13 per word |
| Rush Job | € 0.02 per word extra |
| Technical | € 0.03 per word extra |
| Discount | 10% over 10,000 words |
| 20% over 25,000 words |
Editing
| Mechanical or Structural | € 50.00 per hour |
Timing guideline for editing:
| Mechanical | roughly 800 - 1200 words per hour |
| Structural | roughly 500 - 900 words per hour |
Minimum Charge
| For all services | € 50.00 |
Comments
For matters of grammar and style, I follow the guidelines of the Chicago Manual of Style and, for journalistic work, the AP Stylebook. Spelling adheres to Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged.
All prices are excluding 19% VAT. Services for professional writers and journalists are exempt from VAT, as are services for clients living outside the European Union.
Word counts take place in the source language using the Word Count tool in OpenOffice.
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- mechanical editing
- Checking a text for spelling, grammar, and punctuation. No attention is paid to the style and structure of the text.
- structural editing
- Checking the overall structure of a text for logic, organization, and flow. Rephrasing and reorganizing to improve style and readability.
- translation
- Turning text in one language into correct text in another language so that the meaning and style are preserved. Includes mechanical editing of the translated text.
