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| I would have liked the option "a combination of the above", | May 10, 2010 |
everything else has been said.
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In my case:
my biggest client: no extra charge whatsoever
other clients: THEY apply an extra-charge for rush jobs (They apply 30% more)
new clients: I apply extra-charge for rush jobs (night, weekend).
My rates include the "price" for PDF files, as I mostly get them.
| | | | | Clarification | May 11, 2010 |
Well, maybe my comment sounds a bit strange, therefore, I'll add some clarification. I meant, I don't just arithmetically add up charges based on urgrency, format, etc. End price is a product of flexible negotiations. For example, I may take urgent work at a regular rate because I expect more work from this client or because he pays quickly and in a convenient way or because I like the subject or because I simply have no other job offers at the moment.
| | | | | Rush work, pesky formatting, research | May 11, 2010 |
15% for rush (above 2,500 words a day for more than two days)
15% for difficult formatting--e.g., text inside objects, flow charts--anything where there are a lot of cells and getting into each cell is a pain.
Up to 15% for research--not terminology research, but research that the text itself requires. For example, I've been doing a series of translations on National Accounts, and each line in the text has to match a string of text in one of the published manuals on the subject, eith... See more 15% for rush (above 2,500 words a day for more than two days)
15% for difficult formatting--e.g., text inside objects, flow charts--anything where there are a lot of cells and getting into each cell is a pain.
Up to 15% for research--not terminology research, but research that the text itself requires. For example, I've been doing a series of translations on National Accounts, and each line in the text has to match a string of text in one of the published manuals on the subject, either the United Nations or OECD version.
Regarding PDFs, I don't charge "extra," I just quote a really high rate, and if the client is willing to pay it, I will do the job. ▲ Collapse
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I do not quote separately for each job. Prices are set for a certain period of time and 99% of my customers are "regulars". They know there is a price for editable formats and another for non editable formats.
Most clients (agencies and direct) send me the pdf AND a converted file if they are not going through a rush themselves at that time, but are willing to pay the "non editable price" anyway: the pdf file is the one I must work by and they have no time to check conversion errors.
... See more I do not quote separately for each job. Prices are set for a certain period of time and 99% of my customers are "regulars". They know there is a price for editable formats and another for non editable formats.
Most clients (agencies and direct) send me the pdf AND a converted file if they are not going through a rush themselves at that time, but are willing to pay the "non editable price" anyway: the pdf file is the one I must work by and they have no time to check conversion errors.
I've had only one customer who refused the surcharge and who sent me a clumsy converted file. Even though I hated to do this, the layout of the translated file was as clumsy as the one I had received I also considered "conversion errors" were "illegible" and let the client fill those in. ▲ Collapse
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