Why FabForward?

To begin with, we clarify the scope of work and confirm the delivery date. Your documents are then prepared and imported into the Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) system. Next, a human translator translates the text before it undergoes editing, adaption, and style enhancements. This is followed by a thorough linguistical and contextual review. Finally, a native speaker proofreads the resulting documents. If no correction is required, the documents will be finalized and sent to the client for validation and approval. You can find more details about how we work here.

Besides the number of words, pricing depends on various factors, such as
• language pair,
• deadline (e.g., express surcharge),
• the subject field and difficulty of the source text,
• amount of pre-/post-editing required (e.g., layout editing),
• discounts that we can grant for repetition or exact matches.

As a guide, average market rates can be found on ProZ. We charge on a per word or per hour basis. All prices exclude value-added taxes (VAT).

Please contact us, and we will be happy to provide you with a quote. 

As a rule of thumb, you can calculate an average throughput of
• 400–450 words per hour,
• 2500 words per day,
• 7500 words per week.
But again, many factors play a part, and the turnaround time is subject to availability.

Please contact us and let us know when you need your translation, and we will be happy to provide you with a quote. 

We consider your urgent order an express job if your requested delivery date exceeds about 80 % of the average throughput.

Example:
You need your 2300-words-long document within 24 hrs;
avg. throughput of 2500 words/day * 80 % = 2000 words/day < 2300 words ⟶ express job.

We are determined to support you in your urgent needs. Please get in touch with us, and we will be happy to provide you with our quote and availability. 

In a text document, this is straightforward. Many text processors (such as Microsoft Word) provide a word count feature. Or you can use online tools. Yet, counting the number of words in software code, websites, or key-value files is not that simple. First, you have to isolate the payload (text to be translated) from the over­head (code wrapper to deliver the payload). Also note, that different tools might provide different results, depending on what the tool considers a word (e.g., “mother-in-law” or “isn’t”).

Please contact us, and we are happy to support you by counting your source content. 

We do offer proofreading, editing and Machine Translation Post-Editing (MTPE) services. However, please keep in mind that the results of machine translation tools, such as Google Translate, vary considerably. The outcome will depend on the complexity and quality of your source text and may be prone to all sorts of issues, like
• terminology inconsistencies,
• lack of understanding nuances, slang, idioms, technical terms, or culturally relevant phrases,
• diluted marketing and brand messages due to literal translations.

With human translation, post-processing typically makes up 30–50 % of the total work time. For MTPE, this tends to be higher because we often need to retranslate entire passages to correct translation errors.

We can translate files in the following formats:
• Classic text and spreadsheet formats, such as plain text (TXT), comma-separated value (CSV) and tab-separated value formats (TSV), rich text format (RTF),
• Office file formats, such as Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX), Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT, PPTX), Microsoft Excel (XLS, XLSX) and OpenOffice equivalents,
• Adobe PDF (with limitations, optionally as running text),
• Markup languages, like Markdown, HTML, XML, YAML, XLIFF
• Other key-value formats, such as JSON, JAVA properties,
• GNU gettext, like PO(T).

The formats supported by us are constantly expanding. Please get in touch with us if your file format is not on the list above. 

We will send you an invoice with payment details and instructions once you received your translation.

We accept the following payment methods:
• Bank transfer
• PayPal
• Wise (formerly TransferWise)