How does Keywords Italia calculate the cost of the services we offer?

Keywords Italia bases the calculation of the cost of localization, translation, and globalization services on the number of words in the original document.

Other calculation methods are used in the translations market; for instance, the cost per page or the number of characters (one page = 1,500 characters, including spaces, which comes to a total of 250 words).

We determine costs on a per-word basis.

We also take into account the text's technical complexity, the overall length of the document(s), and the time-frame requested by the client.

As we continue to work with the same client, the use of CAT tools and translation memory allow us to apply an economy of scale to future projects, which makes it possible for us to lower their cost.

The cost of interpretation services is calculated on the basis of:
- the duration of the service (one hour, half-a-day, a full day, several days)
- the location of the venue (i.e., whether the interpreter needs to travel to the event site), and
- the number of interpreters needed for the service and the technical complexity of the subject matter to be translated.