JNF Associates - Translation Services

Translation Costs

There are numerous factors that can affect the time required (and thus, the cost) for a translation project. Among these factors are the subject matter of the source documents, the level of the subject, the form of the writing, the legibility of the source documents and the context of these documents.

For example:

Is the subject matter general business or is it electronic circuit theory?
Is it an overview or is it a detailed research report?
Is it handwritten (printed? or cursive?) script or typed text?
Is it a 1st generation print-out or is it a photocopy of a 3rd generation facsimile?
Can a context for the documents be provided or is it a single document ":out of context":?

For the majority of translation projects (i.e., a single document or a batch of similar documents), a fixed price quote will be provided for the project, after a review of representative sample pages of the original Japanese language source document(s).

Therefore, there will not be any surprises when you receive the final invoice for your project. The final cost of the translation project will be known before you agree to consign the document for translation, because the cost is not based upon an estimate of that total unit count (for which the actual count can not be precisely known until after the project is completed) and a "per unit cost" for each word, or for each page, of the completed English language translation.

For a large, long term project or for a batch of unique documents (e.g., each document has special requirements, such as its page layout, etc.), the translation cost will be determined through negotiation.