qualtrough Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 A former boss now working for an International company (Europe HQ) in HK/China has asked me if I would like to do some free-lance editing/writing for some of their product manual work. I would be working with English language documentation provided by manufacturers and whipping it into compliance with style requirements. I have been asked to propose a per-page rate and I really don't have a clue. I don't want to price myself out of the work, but at the same time I don't want to find out I am charging too little. I would appreciate any constructive comments/feedback from those who might be doing/might have done similar work. Thanks in advance for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boater Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 normal rate is a bout 1 THB a word, ( that is what i used to get charged by my copy editor ) hope this helps \\boater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWMcMurray Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 I did something similar, but far less technical a few years back, charged 100 THB per page. But please note the whole thing only ended up taking a few hours and all docs were given to me via email attachment and only minor adjustments needed to be done. (No re-typing) If major adjustments needed to be made I would have charge a much higher per page rate. (I would estimate that you should make at least a min of 2-3k per day doing this to make it worth your time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTSIssues Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 I did something similar, but far less technical a few years back, charged 100 THB per page.But please note the whole thing only ended up taking a few hours and all docs were given to me via email attachment and only minor adjustments needed to be done. (No re-typing) If major adjustments needed to be made I would have charge a much higher per page rate. (I would estimate that you should make at least a min of 2-3k per day doing this to make it worth your time) To be honest, seeing as you cant spell the word "Technical" - do you really think that it is a good career move to be editing documentation? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qualtrough Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 I did something similar, but far less technical a few years back, charged 100 THB per page.But please note the whole thing only ended up taking a few hours and all docs were given to me via email attachment and only minor adjustments needed to be done. (No re-typing) If major adjustments needed to be made I would have charge a much higher per page rate. (I would estimate that you should make at least a min of 2-3k per day doing this to make it worth your time) To be honest, seeing as you cant spell the word "Technical" - do you really think that it is a good career move to be editing documentation? :-) To be honest, seeing as you cannot spell the word 'can't' correctly - do you really think it is wise to nitpick a hasty forum post for a spelling error? The technical term for people like you is 'Grammar Nazi'. However, you are not a good Grammar Nazi. Good Grammar Nazis proof their petty criticisms before hitting the send button. BTW, not a career move as I have been writing and editing for years now and have two computer books in current publication (USA). To the others who had constructive comments--Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJP Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Oh, I'd love to get into this one. But I won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTSIssues Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Ahhhh but you see I am not going for a job editing paperwork..... so I can spill as bodly as I lick ! ;-) Personally I thought my comment was highly constructive - it's attention to detail like spelling and grammar that are important in that kind of work..... I am sure there are times when the editing will need to be done hastily, but it still needs to be done accurately. Anyhoo - made me chuckle too ! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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