How to charge for a 50 slide PowerPoint
Thread poster: Bronagh McInerney
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Mar 16, 2021



 
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@Bronagh Mar 16, 2021

Bronagh McInerney wrote:
How to charge [for the translation] for a 50 slide PowerPoint [file]?


If you have a CAT tool that can handle the PowerPoint format, then charge per word for the text, and charge an hourly fee for fixing the formatting afterwards. If you don't have a CAT tool that can handle PowerPoint files, charge an hourly fee for the translation and formatting. Remember to ask the client if you also need to translate the notes, and explain to the client that you'll put the translation of non-editable content in a separate Word file.


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Don't. NEVER charge power point by word (if you can help it) Mar 16, 2021

Samuel Murray wrote:

Bronagh McInerney wrote:
How to charge [for the translation] for a 50 slide PowerPoint [file]?


If you have a CAT tool that can handle the PowerPoint format, then charge per word for the text, and charge an hourly fee for fixing the formatting afterwards. If you don't have a CAT tool that can handle PowerPoint files, charge an hourly fee for the translation and formatting. Remember to ask the client if you also need to translate the notes, and explain to the client that you'll put the translation of non-editable content in a separate Word file.


Charge $'s per slide.

You'll get better money

Extracted text from slides oftentimes amounts to sh!t-all word count laden with terminology and incomplete sentences... often new terms on just about every slide.

And then there are graphs, charts, and title pages, which would otherwise be practically free

PS price high. This is always client/boss-facing material that actually gets seen and makes the biggest impressions, so they actually care about quality.

[Edited at 2021-03-16 13:23 GMT]


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By the hour Mar 16, 2021

See how long it takes, round it up, bill, simples.

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Thanks for the advice. Mar 16, 2021

Thanks I hope it doesn't take me longer than 2 hours I have a habit of overestimating my speed!

 
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Bronagh McInerney wrote:

Thanks I hope it doesn't take me longer than 2 hours I have a habit of overestimating my speed!


Unless you have far higher hourly rates than most of the rest of us, it sounds like you didn't quote the $250 - 500 you probably could have asked.

[Edited at 2021-03-17 06:04 GMT]


 


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