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Rates for literary translation through an agency
Thread poster: Bethany Kachura
Bethany Kachura
Bethany Kachura
United Kingdom
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Italian to English
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Mar 23, 2020

I was wondering what percentage of one's normal per word rate you should charge for literary translations, assigned via a literary translation agency. I know usually people charge less to translate novels because it is so sought after, but I would really like a more precise idea of how much I should charge, per word, to translate a long novel, through an agency. The combination is Italian>English.
 


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