Hi Linda,
We were looking into translating a site into 7 languages and found the
rates high in the professional arena - ranges $500 - $2000 per page. We
also checked into using college students for the same job at average $200
per page.
As for shopping carts and merchant accounts, there's a lot of resources in
my bookmarks from recent research I couls share with you if needed.
Best of luck to you on the new job! Fear not the growing process, for you
will be stronger for it.
Jim
At 06:38 PM 8/9/98 -0400, Linda graced us with:
>Hi gang,
>
>Wish me luck. I am 99.5% sure that I landed a job redesigning a web site for
>a multinational corporation. <deep breath> While it's quite exciting, I'm a
>little intimidated because it's going to require me to grow. That's good for
>me, right?
>
>This particular customer would like for me to have the 20-page or so web site
>that I design translated into Russian, French, German, Portuguese, and
>Spanish. It's been a loonnnggg time since I could even speak Spanish
>(margarita) or Russian (eta lampa), and I certainly don't know the rest. I'm
>looking for the most efficient means to get this job done. Money will be a
>big issue, as the customer is already complaining about the cost. Does
anyone
>know if there's a one-stop translation place out there, or should I ask
>various members from the group to pitch me bids on a language of their
>particular expertise, or am I going in totally the wrong direction? I don't
>believe Alta Vista is up to the job of translating more than an e-mail.
>
>Also, while this customer sells its products wholesale worldwide, they would
>like to immediately start selling online their clothing items like hats and
>shirts. I've looked at icat, and that seems OK, I guess. Since this
would be
>the first cart for me, I'm open for suggestions. If money becomes a big
issue
>around this, like merchant account payments and software/service payments, I
>may throw up my hands and just give them a printout form to mail in.
>
>It's weird that a corporation making soooo much money, and spending big bucks
>on other types of advertising, could be so cost-conscious about what I
>consider to be a pittance for what they're getting. Right now they're
getting
>2,000 - 3,000 hits a week; I'd throw money at those kind of hits, I think.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Linda Wishman
>TLW Enterprises
>http://www.win.bright.net/~twishman/
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