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Everything published on wordrateapp.com, grouped the way a reader would look for it. Each link carries a line explaining what waits on the other side.
Pages
- HomeThe full product story: quoting, rate cards, glossaries, delivery tracking, prices and the contact form.
- AuthorWho writes and maintains WordRate, how the product is tested with working translators, and how to reach him.
- Legal noticePublisher identification, company registration numbers, hosting provider, intellectual property and applicable law.
- Privacy policyThe exact contact form fields collected, the legal basis, retention periods and your rights in the US and the EU.
- Terms of serviceSubscription terms, monthly billing, cancellation, data ownership, warranties and limitation of liability.
- Site mapThis page, listing every destination on the site with a short description.
Free tools, comparisons and working documents
- How WordRate compares with the other tools translators buyWordRate is a quoting tool with client rate cards and glossary storage, so the honest question is whether your bottleneck is the quote or the rest of the business.
- WordRate vs LSP.expertWordRate suits the translator whose painful hour is the quoting hour, while LSP.expert is aimed at translators who want the whole freelance business recorded in one system.
- WordRate vs ProtemosProtemos is built for translation businesses that route work to vendors, while WordRate is built for the shop where the person quoting is usually the person translating.
- WordRate vs Plunet BusinessManagerPlunet BusinessManager is enterprise translation management for agencies with dedicated project managers, while WordRate is for the small shop that quotes in the morning and translates in the afternoon.
- Free calculators for translators and small language companiesTwo calculators that answer the questions that come up before you accept a job: what should this cost, and can it actually be delivered on time.
- Quote CalculatorEnter the analysis figures from your CAT tool, your per word rate and your minimum fee, and see both the quote total and the real rate per source word it works out to.
- Deadline PlannerBefore you accept a delivery date, check the word count against your genuine throughput, your review time and the hours you can actually protect in a day.
- Resources for translators and small language companiesFree calculators, honest tool comparisons and a working quoting checklist, plus the reporting in Source and Target on rates, deadlines and certification rules.
- Quote-Ready File CheckTwenty checks that stand between an incoming file and a price you will not regret, grouped in the order you actually do them.
Home page sections
- Where quoting time goesFour costed habits that drain a translator's week, from rebuilding counts to tracking deliveries in your head.
- How a quote is builtThe three moves from analysis log to sent quote, with the client rate card applied automatically.
- FeaturesCounting units, rate cards, analysis import, glossary storage, the delivery board and pricing rules.
- Measured outcomesMedian quote time, annual recovery from minimums and surcharges, hours returned and on time delivery rate.
- Translators using WordRateThree named customers in San Antonio, Milwaukee and Portland, plus the network wide usage figures.
- PricingFreelance at $15, Busy Freelance at $39 and Language Agency at $99 per month, with what each tier includes.
- QuestionsSix answers on pricing, setup time, data handling, CAT tool compatibility, cancellation and scope.
- Request a demoThe contact form, where you can send one real job for us to price with you.
Source and Target, the magazine
- Source and TargetThe magazine index, where all nine articles sit with their photographs, deks and reading times.
- How to Build a Translation Rate Card With Minimums and Rush TiersThe four lines a rate card needs, how to size a minimum fee, and how to word rush and weekend surcharges.
- Per Word, Per Hour or Per Project: Picking the Right Pricing UnitWhich pricing unit fits certificates, transcreation, subtitles and post editing, and where each one loses money.
- What USCIS Requires on a Certified Translation of a DocumentWhat belongs on a certification of translation accuracy for a federal filing, and what gets a document rejected.
- Six Quoting Mistakes on Scanned PDFs and Locked Source FilesSix ways a scanned or locked source file breaks a word count, and the file assessment that catches them first.
- New Client Intake Checklist for Translators and Small AgenciesThe glossary, style guide, rate card and payment terms to settle before a new client sends the first file.
- Turning a Per Word Rate Into an Effective Hourly RateThe arithmetic that turns a per word rate into dollars per working hour, fuzzy discounts and unbilled time included.
- Anatomy of a Subtitle Job: Spotting, Reading Speed and SDHOne twenty two minute episode from source video to delivered SRT and SDH, and where the runtime minute price comes from.
- Where Post Editing Work Is Heading and How to Price ItHow light and full post editing differ, and how to price each when a client asks for a machine translation discount.
- A Week Inside a Two Person Language Services CompanyThe operating week of a small United States agency, from the Monday quote queue to the Friday invoice run.
Direct contact
If a page is missing or a link sends you somewhere unexpected, write to jimenezjulien42@gmail.com and it gets fixed the same week. Pages that are not listed above are the confirmation page shown after a form submission and the not found page, both of which are excluded from search engines on purpose.