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How to Determine Price
I price my work based on 3 variables:
- the number of words in the source document
- the level of difficulty of the text: technical or non-technical
- the deadline, or rather, the speed in number of words per day
English>Malay translation:
Currency/
Service |
Price rate (per word) |
| Non-technical |
Technical/Legal |
Glossary |
USD |
US$0.16 |
US$0.20 |
US$0.40 |
MYR |
RM0.40 |
RM0.50 |
RM1.00 |
Malay>English translation:
Currency/
Service |
Price rate (per word) |
| Non-technical |
Technical/Legal |
Glossary |
USD |
US$0.20 |
US$0.24 |
US$0.50 |
MYR |
RM0.45 |
RM0.55 |
RM1.20 |
Transliteration from Jawi*>Romanized Malay:
Currency/
Service |
Price rate (per word) |
| Non-technical |
Technical/Legal |
Glossary |
USD |
US$0.16 |
US$0.20 |
US$0.40 |
MYR |
RM0.40 |
RM0.50 |
RM1.00 |
Translation from Jawi*>English:
Currency/
Service |
Price rate (per word) |
| Non-technical |
Technical/Legal |
Glossary |
USD |
US$0.32 |
US$0.40 |
US$0.80 |
MYR |
RM0.80 |
RM1.00 |
RM2.00 |
*Jawi is Malay in Arabic script
- Prices indicated in MYR apply to clients based in Malaysia only.
- Prices indicated are based on a speed of 2,000 words per working day.
Other charges
- Minimum charge is USD45/RM30
- Editing/proofreading fee is half of translation fee.
- Hourly rate is USD45/RM100.
- Work requiring speeds of between 2,000 and 3,500 words/day is subject to a surcharge of 50%.
- Source documents in non-text formats or in hard copy are subject to a surcharge of 20% for text extraction and basic formatting services.
How to Pay
You can pay by company/personal cheque, money/postal order, cash deposit, online money transfer or Moneybookers. Cash is not accepted.
Private clients are required to make full payment upfront before the job commences.
Do contact me today for a free, no-obligation quote!
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