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Sjir Worms
Sjir Worms  Identity Verified
Holanda
Local time: 17:33
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Jan 27, 2016

Dear all,

Do any of you have experience with translating subtitles at a rate per minute of runtime?

I'm in touch with a US based company for translating (movie, series, dvd) subtitles. I've never translated subtitles before. They provide me with the English texts, and I only have to translate them into Dutch. There are no issues of timing, transcription, etc., since the company does this in-house. I only have to take into account a maximum nr. of characters (which is no... See more
Dear all,

Do any of you have experience with translating subtitles at a rate per minute of runtime?

I'm in touch with a US based company for translating (movie, series, dvd) subtitles. I've never translated subtitles before. They provide me with the English texts, and I only have to translate them into Dutch. There are no issues of timing, transcription, etc., since the company does this in-house. I only have to take into account a maximum nr. of characters (which is not that hard, since the source and target languages are rather similar). Only problem is: they won't accept a per word or per hour quote. Do any of you know how to (roughly) calculate the nr. of words per minute of video runtime? Is there an average of words/minute? I'm just asking so I can calculate if they offer me a fair rate, and if they aren't, what counter-offer I could make them...

Many thanks in advance! ▲ Collapse
 
Parrot
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Espanha
Local time: 17:33
espanhol para inglês
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It's minute-based Jan 28, 2016

Imagine an image-heavy clip you had to watch 20 minutes of before you got a clear line. Just because you're watching passively doesn't mean you're not spending time you could be using on another job.

A professional subtitler once told me 30 minutes of footage a day is reasonable in the trade. I've found this helpful. On that basis, your day rate could be divided by 30.
 
Sylvano
Sylvano
Local time: 17:33
inglês para francês
Browse the forum! Jan 28, 2016

Hi Sjir Worms,

Check the other threads in this forum, the question has been asked a thousand times.
Be careful : translation for subtitles is a very specific task, although every 'outsider' seems to think it's easy, quick and fun. And sorry to state the obvious : don't do it if they don't give you the video to see what you're translating...
 
José Henrique Lamensdorf
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Brasil
Local time: 12:33
inglês para português
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Carve that in stone!!! Jan 28, 2016

Sylvano wrote:

Translation for subtitles is a very specific task, although every 'outsider' seems to think it's easy, quick and fun.


Perhaps have it on a billboard with blinking neon letters somewhere.

sja
 


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