Translation Rates – Translation Cost

The cost of a translation depends on various factors, the largest ones being the length of the text to be translated, i.e. the number of words, and the linguistic combination. The rarer the language combination, the higher the translation rate: for example, a translation from English to Japanese will cost much more than a translation from English to Italian, because there are less translators available for this language combination and the cost of living in Japan is much higher than in Italy.

In addition to these two variables, the price of a translation can vary substantially according to the subject. The more specific and technical the terminology in a translation, the higher the translation rates. For example, the translation of an article on the operation of nuclear reactors will cost more than the translation of a brochure on the best restaurants in New York.

Lastly, prices for a translation change if it requires particular formatting work, an urgent delivery date, or if it is a specific type of translation (sworn translation, proofreading previously translated material, certified translation, and more).

Translated offers an average price of US $0.10 per word. The translation of a standard page costs on average US $25, considering an average of 250 words per page, or 1,500 characters including spaces.

Three levels of service

Translated offers three levels of service (premium, professional, and economy) to best meet the specific requirements of each translation project.

• Economy: Perfect translation for understanding a text or for personal use. Not suitable for publication purposes. Light edit of a machine generated translation by a native-speaking professional translator to remove only the most serious errors. Not available for scanned PDFs and images.
• Professional: Standard professional translation. Translation carried out by a native-speaking professional translator. Qualitative assessment by a second native-speaking professional translator. Final quality control by a dedicated project manager. Translation memory included upon request.
• Premium: high-quality translation for publication purposes. Translation carried out by a native-speaking professional translator. Full review by a second native-speaking professional translator. Final quality control by a dedicated project manager. Translation memory and glossary included upon request.

The table below shows indicative translation prices for different types of documents depending on the quality level requested.

The prices shown are based on the translation of a general subject from Italian to English and a standard delivery date, which is about 2,500 words per day from the project’s second business day.

1 We always invoice a minimum of 100 words to cover our production costs.
2 If you need a sworn translation, please go to this page.

Translated has offered multilingual translation services for over 20 years through a network of 542,272 native-speaking professional translators from all over the world. Thanks to this experience, we can respond to all your translation needs in terms of languages, formats, specializations, and delivery times.

The quality of the final translation is ensured by our native speaking translators living in the country where the translated documents will be published, guaranteeing that the translation is accurate, appealing, and coherent in the destination country.

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