How I operate
— I accept payment by bank/wire transfer only.
— The minimum amount of an order is 25€.
— Orders of less than 100€ are to be paid when the order is placed.
— For orders over 100€, a 50% deposit must be paid when the order is placed, and the remaining 50% when the order is completed and delivered.
— For urgent orders or for short deadlines, a markup of +25% will be charged.
— For books, manuscripts and long texts, I use the standard page (feuillet) as a measurement unit to calculate my rates. Find out more here.
Localization
English to French
Website Localization
- 0.13€ / word
Video Game Localization
- 0.15€ / word
French to English
Website Localization
- 0.12€ / word
Video Game Localization
- 0.14€ / word
Texts under 50 pages
English to French
Standard translation
Simple, non-literary texts
- 0.13€ / word
Advanced translation
Literary texts, academic research
- 0.15€ / word
French to English
Standard translation
Simple, non-literary texts
- 0.12€ / word
Advanced translation
Literary texts, academic research
- 0.14€ / word
Books, manuscripts, and long texts
English to French
Standard translation
Simple texts, such as DIY books
- 21€ per standard page
- 7€ per 500 characters, spaces included
Advanced translation
Literary texts (fiction and non-fiction), academic research
- 24€ per standard page
- 8€ per 500 characters, spaces included
French to English
Standard translation
Simple texts, such as DIY books
- 20€ per standard page
- 6.66€ per 500 characters, spaces included
Advanced translation
Literary texts (fiction and non-fiction), academic research
- 23€ per standard page
- 8€ per 500 characters, spaces included
Pricing units: all about the standard page
To calculate my rates for translating manuscripts, books and long texts, I use the French standard page (feuillet) and segments of 500 characters including spaces.
This allows for more standardized pricing than an unstandardized per-page rate (which depends entirely on document layout) and more accurate than a per-word rate (which does not take into account total volume and length of the text or how technical the language used is.)
What is a standard page?
The standard page (feuillet) is a unit of measurement used by French and European publishing industries such as publishing houses and news outlets. The idea is to count as a unit a standardized page, “filled” with words, without line breaks in a justified layout.
A sheet contains 1500 characters including spaces (25 lines with 60 characters each), which is the equivalent of an average of 240 words per A4 page.
How to calculate a standard page
To know how many standard pages your text is, find the amount of space signs/characters, including spaces mentioned in the statistics of your word processing software, then divide it by 1500.
TL;DR
- 500 characters, including spaces: 1/3 of a standard page
- Standard page: 1500 characters, including spaces
- Calculate a standard page = total number of characters, including spaces / 1500