| Pages in topic: [1 2] > | Charging appostille translation Thread poster: Myroslava Nevirkovets
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I have several documents for translation, each with an apostille.
I wonder, is there any standard for charging such translation? What would you apply (word count, treat a document with apostille as two separate documents etc.)?
Thank you!
| | | | | Hi. Apositlles are really a sort of trouble | Dec 16, 2013 |
because you have to go to the County Clerk's Office or send someone there and waste like half a day. You could do it by mail too, but then the chances are that the documents will get lost, or put on a file of documents to be processed for two weeks, so the whole process may take up to a month, if you are lucky.
I personally charge $150 for the first Apostille and $50 for any additional one from the same person, submitted at the time. Most people I know charge $125-200 for Apostill... See more because you have to go to the County Clerk's Office or send someone there and waste like half a day. You could do it by mail too, but then the chances are that the documents will get lost, or put on a file of documents to be processed for two weeks, so the whole process may take up to a month, if you are lucky.
I personally charge $150 for the first Apostille and $50 for any additional one from the same person, submitted at the time. Most people I know charge $125-200 for Apostilles. The office fees are about $12 for each notarized page -- the fees that the County Clerk and the Department of State charge. You have to submitt money orders or pay them at the County Clerk's Office.
These are the fees charged in the US. I have no idea what's going on in any other country.I think in certain European countries an Apostille might not be good enough -- you need certified translators only.
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| | | | | U mean document price plus the 150$? | Dec 16, 2013 |
Thanks for reply, LilianBNekipelo!
So do you charge your normal price for the document itself plus 150$ for the apostille? Or is it a total price for a translated document with apostile?
| | | | Sybille Brückner 
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| Apostille translation in Germany | Dec 16, 2013 |
I had to do a lot of apostille translations together with birth certificates and similar things.
But it is not me who has to get the apostille.
The translation customer hands out his certificate AND the apostille to me for translation.
I do the translation for my (normal word rate/line rate or) lumpsum rate whichever I think is useful.
And that's it.
So, in most cases it is one page with the certificate and one page with the apostille.
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Ewa Olszowa
Canada
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| Part of a doc | Dec 16, 2013 |
Hi,
I understand you ask about translation of the apostille?
I usually treat them as a part of a document and apply a flat rate for translation of that document depending on the length of the whole doc.
Regards,
| | | | | yes, i translate both | Dec 17, 2013 |
I was probably not too clear about what I translate, sorry)) I translate both, so I wondered how to charge it: as 2 documents, 1 or maybe 1,5 or sth?
| | | | | Of course. The fee for the document plus $125-150 in NY | Dec 17, 2013 |
M.Nevirkovets wrote:
Thanks for reply, LilianBNekipelo!
So do you charge your normal price for the document itself plus 150$ for the apostille? Or is it a total price for a translated document with apostile?
The document may have eight pages, just as an example. So you charge for the eight pages, something like $320 plus $150 for the Apostille if they need it within a few days, not within a month or two. Then ,you can mail all the papers and wait, charging them less, but this process is slightly risky.
How much you charge -- it all depends what an Apostille involves in your country. In New York you have to waste at least half a day to obtain it, or to send an employee who would spend the whole day doing just that, so it has to cost about $150. In other places it might be worth $20 plus the fees.
How do you obtain Apostilles in Ukraine? How much are the filing fees?
[Edited at 2013-12-17 10:10 GMT]
| | | | | Apostille translating vs. obtaining | Dec 17, 2013 |
As to obtaining apostille in Ukraine, this costs app. 20-100$, depending on urgency and type of the document. Apostilles are obtained from the corresponding Ministries directly or through firms - mediators.
But in my case, I had a document alreading having an apostille, and I just had to translate the entire document. So I wondered how much to charge for translating the text of apostille compared to the document itself.
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LEXpert
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| Apostille format is standard... | Dec 17, 2013 |
M.Nevirkovets wrote:
As to obtaining apostille in Ukraine, this costs app. 20-100$, depending on urgency and type of the document. Apostilles are obtained from the corresponding Ministries directly or through firms - mediators.
But in my case, I had a document alreading having an apostille, and I just had to translate the entire document. So I wondered how much to charge for translating the text of apostille compared to the document itself.
An Apostille in the standard format, set out in the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961, contains perhaps 100 words, plus the wording in any seals, if legible. Does that help?
| | | | | Not a real document | Dec 17, 2013 |
Rudolf Vedo CT wrote:
An Apostille in the standard format, set out in the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961, contains perhaps 100 words, plus the wording in any seals, if legible. Does that help?
Yes, so it's not a real document by itself. But taking into consideration, that in my case the translations have to be taken to the notary to have my signature certifiied, therefore more time will be spent, it should be charged as another document. Otherwise I'd charge something like 1+0,5 for a document with apostile.
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M.Nevirkovets wrote:
As to obtaining apostille in Ukraine, this costs app. 20-100$, depending on urgency and type of the document. Apostilles are obtained from the corresponding Ministries directly or through firms - mediators.
But in my case, I had a document alreading having an apostille, and I just had to translate the entire document. So I wondered how much to charge for translating the text of apostille compared to the document itself.
Whatever you charge per word, or per page -- the same. If you have to have your signature notarized you can add the notary fee ($2 in the US) plus the time you spent going there -- usually like extra $15-25.
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| | | | Jean Lachaud
United States
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US public notaries are not allowed to charge a fee for notarizing a signature. In NY State, at least.
LilianBNekipelo wrote:
If you have to have your signature notarized you can add the notary fee ($2 in the US) plus the time you spent going there -- usually like extra $15-25.
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| Ukrainian notaries are expensive!!) | Dec 17, 2013 |
JL01 wrote: US public notaries are not allowed to charge a fee for notarizing a signature. In NY State, at least. LilianBNekipelo wrote:
If you have to have your signature notarized you can add the notary fee ($2 in the US) plus the time you spent going there -- usually like extra $15-25.
As I'm in Ukraine, the situation is slightly different. Notaries public are not really numerous, most of the notaries are private, as called here. And they normally charge 5-6 USD for notarizing a translator's signature.
In the US rules probably vary a bit from state to state
| | | | Jeff Whittaker
United States
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| True, but... | Dec 17, 2013 |
most do expect a gratuity.
JL01 wrote:
US public notaries are not allowed to charge a fee for notarizing a signature. In NY State, at least.
| | | | LEXpert
United States
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| Notary fees depend on the state | Dec 17, 2013 |
Jeff Whittaker wrote: most do expect a gratuity. JL01 wrote:
US public notaries are not allowed to charge a fee for notarizing a signature. In NY State, at least.
Depends on the state. In any case, where there's a fee at all, it's usually nominal, 1 or 2 USD.
@Jeff - Interesting info about the gratuity - I hadn't heard that, but I've only ever dealt with notaries at my own (previous) or my wife's place of work, so that discussion never came up. I've never heard of anyone just doing notarial work and nothing else for a living - in most cases they are employed in another capacity (employee in a legal office, bank employee, clerk in company, etc.) and are provided with their materials and renewal costs to use their stamp primarily for their employer's needs. It would seem odd to me to tip a notary if I am already paying their employer for the primary service involved (or regularly use their service on other occasions), though if they're a "freelancer", I suppose I can see the point. But I digress...
Actually, I'm surprised translators offer Apostille-fetching services at all, considering that they are 1) a huge hassle, 2) primarily a clerical function and unrelated to the translation, and 3) something the client can do themselves.
[Edited at 2013-12-17 18:13 GMT]
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