[Localization] Speed of an average translator ...

[Khaled Hosny]

On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 08:11:53PM +0100, Urso Wieske wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>  
> I am wondering what the translation speed is of an average translator?
> I read somewhere around 100 words per hour.
>  
> Is there any person in the community who thinks that is number is an acceptable
> rate for an average translator?

I do ~500 words per hour when I'm in "translation mode", some times more
some times less. Only when I use a desktop translation editor (Virtaal
these days), using Pootle or any other online tool is much more slower.

Regards,
 Khaled

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 Khaled Hosny
 Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team
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