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2000 words an hour = industry standard?
Thread poster: Wolfgang Jörissen
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Boredom was one of my worries. May 25, 2009

Thanks for your answer Wolfgang. Non-stop proof-reading was one of my worries. I wasn't sure I would manage to stay concentrated so that I actually spotted the mistakes.

If I take your more optimistic estimate of 7000 words/day, that works out at 29 days. Since I would have exactly 30 days to do the job it looks rather unfeasible. I can't see myself reading a scientific textbook everyday for a month.

Serena
 
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argument (?) ; translation standards May 26, 2009

Sergio Lozano wrote:
Extensive editing takes into consideration style, meaning and agreement.


Hello Sergio

Thank you for the post. I wonder, should this be 'argument' perhaps ...

Re: EU translation standards, here are two links to discussions on this site:
http://www.proz.com/forum/business_issues/98822-is_certification_necessary.html#801896
http://www.proz.com/forum/business_issues/28654-translator_liability_clauses_european_translation_standard.html

Lesley

[Edited at 2009-05-26 06:15 GMT]
 
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Find out exactly what the job requirements are Jun 4, 2009

Some agencies have vague ideas of the words proofreading, reviewing, and editing. Find out whether you are expected to compare source and target languages, review for accuracy, style, research terms and names, etc. If you have to do extensive editing as I just mentioned, it would take 700-1000 (English) words per hour, like J. Rowland said. Make sure you know what they expect of you first. Proofreading (looking at English text only) would go faster, but I'm not sure how fast.
 
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