You might ask why some translators are willing to do your job for 10 cents/word and others ask for 32 cents/word? The answer is multifold:

1) One main reason for low rates inside the United States is the growing usage of machine translation at the expense of human translation. Such providers rely 90-100% on machine translation, which not only produces bigger volumes in minutes; but also saves the company money, which they would have otherwise paid to qualified translators.  But, by doing so, they are ignoring the importance of applying human intelligence to understanding the true meaning, the nuances, and the dialectical idioms of the material they translate.  

2) The translation provider, who is offering a low rate per word, is either a foreign entity operating out of a low-income country or a US-based translator who works alone.  While the first is not authorized to translate certified translation in the first place, the latter translates the job and sends it to the client without putting the translation through the two other important phases of production, namely editing and proofreading.  You do not face these problems when you come to us because our rates include translation, editing, and proofreading. The work you get from us is ready to go.

3) Translators who settle for less are usually lacking in experience and knowledge of the art of translation. They are people who think that speaking both languages automatically makes them qualified translators. 

We also offer a 10% volume discount. Our rate includes translation, editing, and proof reading. It also includes emailing you a soft copy of the translation as well as mailing you the hard copy by Priority Mail.