Forum: Subtitling
Topic: [Subtitling Rates] per minute rates
Poster: Runjie Jing
Post title: cheap labor
[quote]Xiangqun (Shawn) Ye wrote:
[quote]Sylvano wrote:
[quote]theangel wrote:
For 3 USD....everyone (at least all Europeans) should refuse to even turn on the computer...
:) [/quote]
theangel is right, guys !
I'm subtitling full time in France, mainly for cable TV and dvd, and I do work for rates around... 15 euros/min (19 USD, if I'm right). Many French subtitlers would even consider that a cheap rate, I'm afraid.
French rates for cinema would give you (and me) a heart attack...
Seriously, asking you to translate a 90 min feature for 270 USD is a joke.
[Edited at 2006-08-26 12:47]
[Edited at 2006-08-26 12:48] [/quote]
I heard from a Chinese translation community that the rate for English Chinese subtitling and translation is 2 RMB ( amount to 0.3 USD ) per minute. I was surprised to know about this. [/quote]
Yes, I once asked for 13 USD/min for a CHI > ENG transcription+translation+time coding job from a Chinese agency. They replied to me that the rate is far too high for their budget. Their budget for transcription+translation is 3 USD/min, and didn't even have budget for time coding. The budget of some Chinese agency is just insanely low.
Topic: [Subtitling Rates] per minute rates
Poster: Runjie Jing
Post title: cheap labor
[quote]Xiangqun (Shawn) Ye wrote:
[quote]Sylvano wrote:
[quote]theangel wrote:
For 3 USD....everyone (at least all Europeans) should refuse to even turn on the computer...
:) [/quote]
theangel is right, guys !
I'm subtitling full time in France, mainly for cable TV and dvd, and I do work for rates around... 15 euros/min (19 USD, if I'm right). Many French subtitlers would even consider that a cheap rate, I'm afraid.
French rates for cinema would give you (and me) a heart attack...
Seriously, asking you to translate a 90 min feature for 270 USD is a joke.
[Edited at 2006-08-26 12:47]
[Edited at 2006-08-26 12:48] [/quote]
I heard from a Chinese translation community that the rate for English Chinese subtitling and translation is 2 RMB ( amount to 0.3 USD ) per minute. I was surprised to know about this. [/quote]
Yes, I once asked for 13 USD/min for a CHI > ENG transcription+translation+time coding job from a Chinese agency. They replied to me that the rate is far too high for their budget. Their budget for transcription+translation is 3 USD/min, and didn't even have budget for time coding. The budget of some Chinese agency is just insanely low.