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              • Individual Documents
               • Document Collections with Assorted Contents
               • Document Review / Summary Services
               • On-Site Translation (in the Washington DC Area)
 

Individual Documents

If you have a document to be translated, the best way to calculate the cost is simply sending it to us. We will examine the pages and provide you a binding quote with a fixed price for the document. Shown on this page is a rough guideline to help potential clients who want to estimate the cost before contacting us.
 
Translation from Korean into English
Since most of our clients are not familiar with Korean characters and words, rate information is given here based on how many English words the translation file would end up having when the work is completed. (Please note that this is only to give you a way to estimate the cost yourself; we will always give you a fixed price for a document we had a chance to examine.)

A Korean page printed with a commonly used font size (and no diagrams) corresponds to about 200 - 350 English words. If the font size is smaller (e.g. if the page has a dense table filled with words), the word count can be higher; and if the page has a large picture, the word count can be lower.  (If you want to know how to count Korean words, see our FAQ page.)

In all cases, our translation service includes translation and proofreading performed by two translators.

 

 Rate Per English Word in the Product File (Translation File)
<---- Same Quality, Differing Only in Turnaround ---->
Nature and Purpose of Documents Standard Low-Cost Option Expedited Service
General Business Documents 15,000 words per week
$ 0.18 - 0.22		 8,000 words per week
$ 0.17 - 0.19		 More than 15,000 words per week at a higher cost
Documents Involved in Litigation
(Diverse Contents)		 11,000 words per week
$ 0.21 - 0.27		 6,000 words per week
$ 0.19 - 0.23		 More than 11,000 words per week at a higher cost
Engineering & Medical Documents 7,000 words per week
$ 0.24 - 0.29		 4,000 words per week
$ 0.20 - 0.25		 More than 7,000 words per week at a higher cost
Patents 4,000 words per week
$ 0.35 and up		 2,000 words per week
$ 0.29 and up		 Not Offered

• Surcharges apply to:
    - Reproduction of diagrams with translated words using graphics software (see our FAQ page for details)
    - Rush orders
    - Handwritten pages

• Minimum order size for new clients: $300

 

Translation from English into Korean

In all cases, our translation service includes translation and proofreading performed by two translators.

 

 Rate Per English Word in the Original Document
<---- Same Quality, Differing Only in Turnaround ---->
Nature and Purpose of Documents Standard Low-Cost Option Expedited Service
General Business Documents 15,000 words per week
$ 0.18 - 0.22		 8,000 words per week
$ 0.17 - 0.19		 More than 15,000 words per week at a higher cost
Documents Involved in Litigation
(Diverse Contents)		 11,000 words per week
$ 0.21 - 0.27		 6,000 words per week
$ 0.19 - 0.23		 More than 11,000 words per week at a higher cost
Engineering & Medical Documents 7,000 words per week
$ 0.24 - 0.29		 4,000 words per week
$ 0.20 - 0.25		 More than 7,000 words per week at a higher cost
Patents 4,000 words per week
$ 0.35 and up		 2,000 words per week
$ 0.29 and up		 Not Offered

• Surcharges apply to:
    - Reproduction of diagrams with translated words using graphics software (see our FAQ page for details)
    - Rush orders
    - Handwritten pages

• Minimum order size for new clients: $300

 

 
Document Collections with Assorted Contents

If you have a large collection of pages having mixed contents (e.g. 2,000 pages of which some are business proposals, some are e-mails and some are engineering details), we can offer our price in one of two ways.

Option 1: You send us the collection. We will examine the pages and give you a fixed price quote.

Option 2: If you do not have the documents at hand, please give us a description of them as detailed as possible.  We will tell you a price based on your description and our experience.

 

Document Review / Summary Services

If you give us your collection of Korean documents, we read them and prepare succinct summaries. The summaries can be 1 sentence, 1 paragraph or 1 page, based on your requirements.  During this process, we can also sort out redundant documents.  This service is charged by the hour. Please inquire.

 

On-Site Translation (in the Washington DC area)

We dispatch a team of Korean translators led by a lead translator to your organization. Your Korean translation project will be managed by the lead translator who will supervise the other translators.  Please inquire for pricing details.