Rates for Revision, Review, Post-Editing & Proofreading

I work with texts originally written in English as well as Dutch-to-English translations. This includes:

To find out about the differences between revision, review, proofreading, and post-editing see the revision & proofreading page. Or get in touch by sending me a quick email or filling in the contact form.

I charge a standard hourly rate of €29 for revision, review and proofreading.

Per-word rates for machine translation post-editing (MTPE/PEMT)

As long as the translation has been produced by a good neural machine translation (NMT) engine, I am happy to charge by the word for MTPE. However, if a translation is poor and needs to be edited to a publishable standard, the standard hourly rate of €29 applies.

Note that the rates below are for post-editing only and do not include a full proofread. To find out about the differences between light, standard and full post-editing, see the MTPE page.

As a general guide, my standard per-word rates for post-editing are:

Additional charges

In rare cases, additional fees may apply when a text requires significantly more time to produce a high-quality translation. These will always be agreed in advance. Situations that may incur extra charges include (but are not limited to):


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