Reliable and cheap translation services

[leachka86]

Hi All!,

 

I was wondering if anyone knows of any reliable and cheap translation services. I need to send a translated research proposal to the authorities in the country I'm planning to conduct my research. For some reason, finding such a service has proven to be more difficult than I thought! 

 

Thanks so much :) 

[fuzzylogician]

As a former translator, my opinion is that "cheap" and "reliable" tend to be in complementary distribution. Good translators are usually not cheap. More so the more specialized the translation that you need. If you want specific recommendations, it might help to know what language we are talking about, what field, and how many pages. A good translator for scientific purposes has to have at least some understanding of the relevant field of inquiry to be able to choose the right terminology, and that's hard to come by. As it stands, your question is just too vague for us to be able to answer it. 

[leachka86]

Thank you for answering, fuzzylogician. I am conducting research in security sector reform and the translation would be from English to French. It's just a one page document but all the quotes I have received so far are over $100.00. 

 

Thanks!  

[katiegud]

Hi, might not be relevant anymore, but does your university have a translation department? I needed some translations and found master's level translation students to do them, with the agreement that profs would check them over when they were done. Might be cheaper.