Rates
If you are interested in having Kareem translate a book or other text for you, below is a list of rates from contracts he has recently agreed on or completed, so that you have an idea of what to expect. Rates vary depending on the nature, difficulty, and length of the texts involved, but due to increased demand, Kareem's rates for prose currently start at:
Kareem is also frequently employed to edit or correct other people's Arabic-to-English translations, and his rate for this kind of work is currently US $75 per hour. He charges a similar rate for translating poetry.
- US $0.40 per word of the source text for Arabic translations.
- US $0.22 per word of the source text for French and German translations.
Kareem is also frequently employed to edit or correct other people's Arabic-to-English translations, and his rate for this kind of work is currently US $75 per hour. He charges a similar rate for translating poetry.
Recent Rates for Arabic Translations
- Please know that there are usually about 1.7 English words for each word of the Arabic source text.
- US $0.40 per Arabic word – texts from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s for a US university
- US $0.30 per Arabic word – a full-length biographical book with a Gulf-based publishing house
- Euro 2.29 per line – translations of poetry for a European literature festival
- US $0.20 per English word – essays and art history texts for a book at a US-based publishing house
- Euro 0.25 per English word – translations of poetry for a European literature festival
- Kareem occasionally also charges hourly rates for translation, and those begin at US $70 per hour.
Recent Rates for French Translations
- US $0.20 per French word – essays for a book at a US-based publishing house
- US $0.15 per French word – scholarly essays for a US-based academic journal
- US $0.15 per French word – scholarly essays by a French professor based in Canada
- Euro 0.15 per French word – essays by a French scholar based overseas
Recent Rates for German Translations
- Euro 0.20 per German word – scholarly essays and conference presentations for a book on European cultural and educational policies
- Euro 0.17 per German word – a long series of short literary texts by a German author (paid by the author)
- US $0.17 per German word – a historical scientific book from the 1930s (to be published jointly by a US and a European publishing house)
- Euro 0.17 per German word – translations of texts for a German scientific institute