Show HN: Chic Translator – Translations that don't suck(chictranslator.com)
chictranslator.com
Show HN: Chic Translator – Translations that don't suck
http://chictranslator.com
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Just to clarify, pricing is as follows:
$10 - 50 words or less
$50 - 200 words or less
$100 - 400 words or less
$10 - 50 words or less
$50 - 200 words or less
$100 - 400 words or less
This is quite a bit more expensive than agencies I've worked with in the past, and those typically involve a translator + proofreader who are at least somewhat knowledgeable about the topic being translated, so the quality is pretty good.
I suppose some people will be happy to pay a premium for a quick turn around, but personally I care about the quality much more than the delivery time.
I suppose some people will be happy to pay a premium for a quick turn around, but personally I care about the quality much more than the delivery time.
Thanks for your feedback, we'll take it into consideration.
So if I get 400 words translated together it costs me $100.
But if I split it up in to 50 word blocks I can get 500 words translated for $100.
But if I split it up in to 50 word blocks I can get 500 words translated for $100.
We've removed the example for now. If you do decide to try us out, and are unsatisfied with your translation, we'll retranslate it.
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Interesting. If I wanted to translate my webpage in a bunch of languages, would you do that too?
If you gave us a webpage in one of our supported languages (currently only French and English, more soon) we would.
The email, just in case you'd miss it:
Hello,
I'm French and a French teacher and I would like to warn you that the first part of your translation is good, but the end is totally awful, I can't find any other word, sorry.
I mean, if you're willing to charge $1 per translated word, you really cannot put this kind of translation as an example on your homepage...
I'm talking about the end of the sentence: "let's do it again" translated as "il faut recommencer".
If you say "il faut recommencer", it means "we have to do this again because it was bad". In French when you "recommence", it's because you've failed to do something properly, the exact opposite of what you're trying to say here.
A better translation would be "quand est-ce qu'on remet ça ?" or any kind of French idiom to convey the right meaning.
That's it, have a good one,