Information for a cost estimate

Reference may be made to the list below to see which information we need, to be able to provide you, to the best of our abilities, with a cost estimate (the information not in bold can be left out if you send us a complete copy of the document to be translated):

Name of the company
Contact name
Address
Phone number
Fax number
E-mail address
Source language

Language in which the document to be translated is written

Target language(s)

Language or languages to be translated into

Country of destination for the translation

Important when there are several countries which nominally speak the same language (for example, Spain and Mexico, or France and Canada, or Great Britain and the United States, etc.).

Audience for whom it is intended

Specialists, company technicians, possible clients and company clients, management, the public in general, etc.

Type of text

Technical literature, technical manual, product catalogue, financial document, business correspondence, legal document, advertising, tourist information, literary text, scientific paper, prescriptive text, general text, etc.

Technical sector

Mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronics, chemical industry, aerospace, automotive, civil construction, hydraulic systems, movement control, marketing, corporate management, etc.

Characteristics of the document

Contains a summary, analytical index, tables, figures and captions, equations, etc.
Requires scanning and graphic insertions, etc.
Specify the complexity and the number of the individual relevant entries

Options requested

Quality page lay-out, text only with no particular page lay-out rendering (starting out from the text on paper), graphic insertions, attachments, etc.

Form in which the translation will be made available

On paper, electronic file attached to an e-mail, electronic file on optical media, difficult to read photocopies, handwritten, etc.
Sent by fax, ordinary or priority post or courier, to be picked up in person, etc.

Electronic file format

Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Adobe PDF, InDesign CS4, QuarkXPress, PageMaker, etc.

How should the translation be returned

Electronic file attached to an e-mail, electronic file on optical media, printed document, to be put at customer's disposal on our ftp server, etc. Sent by fax, ordinary or priority post or courier, to be hand delivered, etc.

Size of the source text

Specify the size, to the best of your knowledge, in characters, words, lines or pages, etc.

Date required for delivering the translation

When do you need the translation.

Is the text available?

Yes, no, when will it be available

Planet language services
For further information or free cost estimates: info@planetservices.it
fax: +39 039 6829529
tel: +39 039 671161

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