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Thread poster: Martina Cipponeri
Martina Cipponeri
Martina Cipponeri
Italy
Local time: 18:22
Italian
Mar 23, 2022

Hi everyone! I'm new here :3
This is my first job in translation and localization.
I have a question about LQA payment for a translation job. How much do you usually ask for a LQA per hour fee?
In my case, it should be a translation from Chinese into Italian.

Thank you!
 
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Previous forum discussions. HTH Mar 23, 2022

https://www.proz.com/forum/money_matters/334522-lqa_hourly_rate_per_1000_translated_file.html... See more
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https://www.proz.com/forum/money_matters/270298-hourly_lqa_rates_for_video_game_localization.html

Fwiw, this may also be a bit helpful:
https://www.reddit.com/r/TranslationStudies/comments/j4d8gj/lqa_hourly_rate_advice/

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@Martina Mar 23, 2022

Martina Cipponeri wrote:
How much do you usually ask for a LQA per hour fee? In my case, it should be a translation from Chinese into Italian.

LQAs are often done on a sample of the full text. In my case, it's usually 1000 words, and I'm expected to LQA it in one hour. If the translation is very bad, then I simply do less than 1000 words... whatever fits into an hour. My clients don't pay for more than 1 hour, so I don't work for more than 1 hour, in this particular type of job.

Initially, LQA is going to take you longer to do, as you get used to it, so initially you may end up spending more than 1 hour doing 1 hour's worth of work (and getting paid for just 1 hour).

As for the actual rate, well, LQA isn't particularly tiresome work, so you can just charge your normal hourly fee. The average hourly rate that ProZ.com members claim to charge, is $30 to $35 per hour. However, in my experience, LQA is often outsourced to middle-men agencies, so the agency that gets you to do it may not be willing to pay that much.
 


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