You also might want to Google translation services; often their fee pages 
list not only translation fees, but also editing fees. You will find quite a 
spread, but at least there will be some ball park indications for you. 
Charging is often for bytes, not words or pages, these days. When figuring 
pages, use publishing house draft margins (much larger than regular) and 
spacing (double) to create a sample page for reference (mine turned out to 
be about 1300 bytes per page, as I recall offhand). Keep in mind general 
(less expensive) vs. profession-specific (more expensive) language as a 
factor. If the work is rush-rush, then there is an additional fee, generally 
50% of the charge. If the translation is bad, it's often more tiresome and 
difficult to edit than it is to translate from scratch, and it takes almost 
as long. Try doing some editing on fairly badly written material and on 
translations from scratch to time yourself in order to help you assess 
whether the work is going to be worth your while, or not.

Hope this has helped, bye for now,

Star Meyer
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