Freelance Translation & Localisation Business: Word Counts, Match Discounts, Throughput, Rush Fees & Project Quotes
Quote translation jobs with confidence: weighted word counts, fictional match-discount grids, throughput, rush fees and multi-language project prices, with every cell checked as you go.
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About this course
In this course you run the numbers of a fictional freelance translation business in a spreadsheet. You count characters with LEN, convert texts into standard lines and estimate target length with expansion factors. You weight a match analysis with a discount grid using SUMPRODUCT, work back from an income target to a rate per word and round it up with CEILING. You plan delivery dates with WORKDAY, count the days a client allows and price rush surcharges with IFS. You apply minimum charges, compare post-editing and proofreading per hour, track payment terms and agency margins, quote a six-language localisation project and finish with a client dashboard and chart.
Lessons
- Units of Work: Words, Characters, Standard Lines & Text Expansion Pro
- Weighted Word Counts: Repetitions, Fuzzy Matches & a Discount Grid Pro
- Setting Your Rate: Income Target, Billable Hours & the Rate per Word Pro
- Throughput & Delivery: Words per Day, WORKDAY Delivery Dates & Rush Fees Pro
- Minimum Fees, Post-Editing & Proofreading: What Each Service Earns per Hour Pro
- Agency vs Direct Clients: Payment Terms, Days Late & the Agency Margin Pro
- The Localisation Quote: Languages × Weighted Words, Layout Pages & a Project Fee Pro
- Capstone: Revenue by Client & Language Pair, Effective Hourly Rate & a Client Chart Pro