Schedule estimates
SimulTrans can meet your deadline
Need to release your product internationally tomorrow, next week, next month? Just let us know the date we need to hit and we will use our vast and scalable international team to make it happen.
SimulTrans has assigned translation teams with as many as 50 translators per language and has provided throughput rates of over 500,000 words per language per week.
Small project schedule estimates
For your assistance in planning, we have prepared a table of typical schedule estimates for smaller projects.
If you want a faster turnaround, please let us know!
Word count per language |
Without formatting |
With formatting |
1 – 2,000 |
3–5 business days |
4–6 business days |
2,001 – 4,000 |
4–6 business days |
5–7 business days |
4,001 – 6,000 |
5–7 business days |
6–8 business days |
6,001 – 8,000 |
6–8 business days |
8–10 business days |
8,001 – 10,000 |
7–9 business days |
9–12 business days |
10,001 – 20,000 |
2–3 weeks |
3–4 weeks |
20,001 – 30,000 |
3–4 weeks |
4–5 weeks |
30,001 – 50,000 |
3–5 weeks |
4–6 weeks |
over 50,000 |
SimulTrans routinely translates projects well over 50,000 words. |
Scheduling assumptions
Multiple target languages are handled simultaneously, so generally adding more languages does not require significantly more time. For example, applying the schedule above, a file with 5,000 words would take 5–7 business days to translate into one target language or ten target languages.
The turnaround times above assume one translator and one reviewer for projects with up to 30,000 words and two translators and one reviewer for projects with over 30,000 words. SimulTrans can add more translators and reviewers if necessary to accelerate a schedule.
Translation throughput is estimated at 2,000 words per day per language. Review is estimated at 6,000 words per day per language. Formatting is estimated at a rate of 36 pages per day per language. At least one day for analysis and set-up and one day for delivery are included in all schedule estimates above; these could likely be waived if necessary, depending on project specifications and capacity.
If a project must be completed faster, please just ask and SimulTrans can likely do it at no additional charge!