Forum: Subtitling
Topic: [Subtitling Rates] per minute rates
Poster: bpetrov
Post title: I got the same offer
[quote]Huw Watkins wrote:
A (what appears to be a fairly reputable) agency has just contacted me asking for a price for captioning and translation of captions. They state the following:
"The average output in our experience is as follows:
Monolingual Captions: 40-60 minutes of video per day
Translation of captions/video content: 90-120 minutes of video a
day"
Is this realistic in your experience? If so, I will set an amount I feel comfortable earning for a day's work and work back from there for the rate. [/quote]
I am not interested in captioning, but I've got a friend who is (they said in the e-mail we should pass it on to a friend or colleague.
What would be a reasonable (on the lower end rather) rate per minute (we live in an Eastern European country) for such assignments (40-60 minutes per day).
I say "on the lower end" because the client is most certainly aware he can get a good deal because of the disparity in pay between my country and Western Europe.
Topic: [Subtitling Rates] per minute rates
Poster: bpetrov
Post title: I got the same offer
[quote]Huw Watkins wrote:
A (what appears to be a fairly reputable) agency has just contacted me asking for a price for captioning and translation of captions. They state the following:
"The average output in our experience is as follows:
Monolingual Captions: 40-60 minutes of video per day
Translation of captions/video content: 90-120 minutes of video a
day"
Is this realistic in your experience? If so, I will set an amount I feel comfortable earning for a day's work and work back from there for the rate. [/quote]
I am not interested in captioning, but I've got a friend who is (they said in the e-mail we should pass it on to a friend or colleague.
What would be a reasonable (on the lower end rather) rate per minute (we live in an Eastern European country) for such assignments (40-60 minutes per day).
I say "on the lower end" because the client is most certainly aware he can get a good deal because of the disparity in pay between my country and Western Europe.