Thanks, Art. I'm looking into that now. I see several sites have cost estimates, but no one has a time estimate (i.e., x many hours per page or per word). Unfortunately, I'm not so sure we're going to outsource this; it may be done in-house, but I have no idea how long I should tell them it will take!
> -----Original Message----- > From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 2:49 PM > To: Lin Surasky > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Language Translation Estimates > > I just received estimates from vendors for a 250 English word > document to be translated into 7 languages, including > reformatting in Frame. > Range was $700-800 for that particular package. About $100 > per language for that word count. > > All the vendors I chatted with were quite happy to provide an > estimate from the files I sent them... so I'd suggest taking > the extra time to talk to several vendors so you can get an > accurate range. > > Cheers, > Art > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Lin Surasky > <Lin.Surasky at retalix.com> wrote: > > Hi all- > > > > With the Chatauqua going on, I'm having trouble hunting > people down, > > and of course my boss needs an answer to this yesterday > (even though > > he only asked me today....) > > > > We're considering translating our docs library from > English into French. > > Everything is in FrameMaker, the templates are simple and > there are > > lots of screen shots that will need to be replaced. How do you > > esimate a project like this? How many minutes/hours per page for > > language translation, cleanup/layout and graphics replacement? > > (Assume only 1 graphic per page....) > > > > Anyone have any great sites (or insight) to share? > > > > Thanks! > > Lin > > > > PS - Ann or Diane G -- I know you're out there somewhere! > Help a girl > > out, wouldya? ;-) _______________________________________________ > > > > > > -- > Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com > "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent > and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson > No disclaimers apply. > DoD 358 >