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Most people that need to arrange a translation or localisation project are new to the world of translation, and do not have a feel for the costs that may be involved. If you provide details of your project by completing this form, we will return an estimate of the costs you should anticipate.

This form takes just a couple of minutes to complete. When we receive the details we will provide you with a ball park figure of costs you should anticipate for your project. This is not a firm quotation; having received your estimate, should you think you may want to proceed then the next stage would be to discuss the project with you in more detail. We would then be able to provide you with a quote.

Your details...

Forename

Surname

Company

Address

Post Code

Country

Phone
  

Email

General details...

Please indicate the translating work you are considering by completing the following sections.

1. What is the source language?

If Other, please specify:

2. What is the target language?

If Several or Other, please specify:

3. Have you had similar material

translated before?

 Yes    No

If Yes, do you have available:

  • The translation memory (e.g. TRADOS files)?  Yes    No

  • Both the source and translated files from this previous project?  Yes    No

If you answer Yes to either of these, please attach the relevant files to this form. (You do this at step 10).

4.  What function does your software perform, or what business or subject area

does it relate to?

The material to be translated...

5.  What needs to be translated?

 Hard copy guide     Online help     Software strings    Other

If Other, please specify:

6.  If you checked Hard copy guide at step 5, either attach the source files if they

are available (you do this at step 10), or provide the following details. If you do not require translation of a hard copy guide, please go on to step 7.

6a. How will you provide the source document to us?

 Word files    Hard Copy    Other

If Other, please specify:

6b. How large is the user guide? Please specify either the number of words it contains, if you know this: . Alternatively, please specify the number of sides and the page size .

6c. If the guide contain images such as screen captures that need to be translated, please specify:

  • The total number of images: 

  • Whether it is possible for us to obtain translated versions of the images, e.g. by taking screen captures from your translated software?:
     Yes    No

 

7.  If you checked Online help at step 5, either attach the source files if they

are available (you do this at step 10), or provide the following details. If you do not require translation of online help, please go on to step 8.

7a. What is the help format? 

If Other, please specify:

7b. Do you have the help source code?  Yes    No

If Yes, which help development tool was used?

If Other, please specify:

7c. How large is the online help system? Please specify either the number of words it contains, if you know this: , or alternatively the number of topics:  .

7d. If the online help contain images such as screen captures that need to be translated, please specify:

  • The total number of images: 

  • Whether it is possible for us to obtain translated versions of the images, e.g. by taking screen captures from your translated software?:
     Yes    No

 

8.  If you checked Software strings at step 5, either attach the files containing

the software strings if they are available (you do this at step 10), or provide the following details. If you do not require software localisation, please go on to step 9.

8a. Will you be able to export the software strings to be localised to a file, so that they can be localised and the re-imported into your software development tool?  Yes    No

8b. If you can export the strings, please provide an estimate of how many strings (i.e. how many lines) need to be translated.

8c. Your estimation of the overall complexity of the software and the subject area it covers:

 Simple    Relatively straightforward    Relatively complex
 Extremely complex

Your requirements...

9.  Do you require proofreading by a second mother-tongue translator?

 Yes    No

And finally...

10.  Do you have available any files that would help us calculate your estimate.

If you do, please provide these to help us to calculate your estimate as accurately as possible. Depending on your requirements, it would be useful if you could provide existing translation memories, user guide source files, online help source files, online help systems, exported software strings, etc.

Please note: You can only send one attachment, so if you have several documents please zip them. 7MB maximum; if your files are larger than this, please burn them to CD-ROM and post them to us.

11.  Please enter any additional information that we should take into account

when calculating our estimate for the translation/localisation work you require:

12.  How did you find out about us?

 Google
 Other search engine
 Referral/word of mouth

 translationdirectory.com.
 Other directory
 Other

Submit your enquiry...

To forward your enquiry to us, press Enter or click Submit:

Please note: If you attach a large file, there may be a delay after you click Submit while the file is uploaded. Please click Submit only once.

 

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