English to German freelance translator, native German speaker

miriam neidhardt
graduate translator
english . russian . german
quote@translatorknightheart.com

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Rates

Prices can vary greatly, depending on whether the text is specialised, a legal document, a novel, or requires proofreading/editing. Click on the service you require to find out more.

Translation Rates

The cost of a trans­la­tion is gene­rally cal­cu­la­ted based on the number of words in the source text.

My basic fee for gene­ral trans­la­ti­ons from English into Ger­man is € 0.25* per word. The actual fee for a par­ti­cu­lar trans­la­tion con­tract may be hig­her, depen­ding on the dead­line, dif­fi­culty of the text, file for­mat, etc.

My mini­mum charge is € 50.00*.

Fac­tors that could increase the word price:

  • File for­mat. For trans­la­ting from .ppt, .xml, .html, .jpg, .pdf files or simi­lar, I add a surch­arge of at least 10 %. Please pro­vide me with your files in Word for­mat if possible.
  • Deli­very date. More urgent trans­la­ti­ons attract a hig­her surch­arge. My usual daily out­put is a maxi­mum of 2,000 words and a trans­la­tion requi­ring more than this will be more expensive.
  • ‘Out-of-hours’ work. Alt­hough I am wil­ling to work over the wee­kend, on bank holi­days, and during the eve­ning, a surch­arge of at least 50% will apply for this. I will gladly provide you with an individual quote if you send me the text (or at least an extract from it).

*All the pri­ces quo­ted on this page are inten­ded for cor­po­rate cust­o­mers and are cal­cu­la­ted wit­hout sta­tutory Ger­man VAT at the cur­rent rate of 19%.

Document Translation Rates

Certified document translations are charged in accordance with the German Judicial Remuneration and Allowances Act (JVEG) at € 2.32* per standard line (55 characters incl. spaces, based on the target text). I will gladly provide you with an individual quote if you send me the document, either via fax or by scanning it in and attaching it to an e-mail. Texts of fewer than 20 lines (55 characters each) will attract a one-off minimum fee of € 50.00.
Addi­tio­nal copies of the trans­la­tion will cost € 2.00 per page  plus € 10.00 for the certification.

Pos­ting as a let­ter wit­hin Ger­many is free of charge!

 

*As docu­ment trans­la­ti­ons are gene­rally requi­red by pri­vate cust­o­mers, all the pri­ces shown under “Document Translation Rates” include sta­tutory Ger­man VAT at the cur­rent rate of 19%.

Proofreading Rates

Proo­frea­ding is char­ged by the hour, at a rate of € 50.00* per hour.

It is dif­fi­cult to cal­cu­late a fixed price, as the amount of time nee­ded for a text depends on how much there is to correct.
In my experience, a simple proofreading job that involves carefully reading through the text to check for typos, spelling and grammatical errors requires 4 minutes per page–this results in a minimum charge of € 3.50 per page (1,500 characters).

An editing job is slightly different. As well as checking the text for typos, spelling, and grammatical errors, I also carry out a thorough review in terms of style and consistency. In my experience, I can work through 8 pages per hour, resulting in a price of approx. € 6.50 per page (1,500 characters). These are estimates and both proofreading and editing may cost more depending on the number of corrections and time required.

Revising a translation from English or Russian into German requires a combination of in-depth proofreading and editing. Not only does the text need to be checked for typos, spelling and grammatical errors, style and consistency, it must be carefully compared with the source text. This kind of work would cost at least € 13.00 per page (1,500 characters).

Would you still like to know how much it will cost in advance?

If so, I can offer to work on your text for exactly one hour. As soon as this hour is up, I will stop. This makes it pos­si­ble for you to assess my work on the one hand, and decide if it is necessary for you, whilst on the other hand you will be able to cal­cu­late exactly how long it will take to edit your whole text. And should you decide not to go ahead with the full proo­frea­ding after this hour, you will only pay € 50.00 net–and no more.

*All the pri­ces quo­ted on this page are inten­ded for cor­po­rate cust­o­mers and are cal­cu­la­ted wit­hout sta­tutory Ger­man VAT at the cur­rent rate of 19%.

Book translation rates

Translations of novels are charged per page and I pro­vide this service as a sin­gle package with editing and proofreading.
You can expect to pay approx. € 25.00* per page (1,500 characters) for translation, editing, and proofreading (plus statutory German VAT*). Editing and proofreading are done by two different providers, whom I assign accordingly.

          
*Book translations incur German VAT at a rate of 7%; copyright remains with me as the translator. No VAT is due if your invoicing address is outside of the EU or if it is within the EU AND you have a VAT ID number.

 

Guarantee

In spite of the great care taken on my part, if you do happen to find an error in a translation certified by me, you will immediately receive a corrected copy free of charge!

Miriam Neidhardt

Graduate translator
Translator authorised by the State Court of Hanover to provide certified translations in German, English and Russian

D-26129 Oldenburg

Email: quote@translatorknightheart.com

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