F.A.Q.

We provide quotes on a per-project-basis. We follow the indicative rates of professional organizations like the Editorial Freelancers Association (https://www.the-efa.org/rates/), and prefer to employ a German Normseit calculation (https://www.vfll.de/honorare-im-lektorat/) for editing projects because it includes a formal evaluation of the complexity of the tasks to be undertaken.

We provide quotes on a per-project basis. Generally speaking, we follow the rates for experts/consultants on state- and NGO-led projects. (One easy-to-read guide to such pricing can be found at https://www.developmentaid.org/#!/news-stream/post/60500/development-consultancy-fee-and-per-diems-insights-and-tips-from-developmentaid-recruiters).

Following the guidelines for public work means that our services are competitively priced compared to those offered by marketing firms or corporate consultancies.

Yes! It is important to us that good ideas and key insights get known to the rest of the world! Many of our clients - e.g. in Bulgaria, Hungary, China - have tight institutional budgets or even pay from their personal funds. Because we quote our prices on a per-project basis, we are able to fine-tune our efforts with the client to produce quality work at the right price.

No. In general, we do not undertake dedicated translation work. However, many of our projects do involve a component of work in a non-English language. Our familiarity with several languages (French, German, Romanian, Russian and - soon - Malay) is one of our key strengths in providing editorial and ethnographic services. We are happy for clients to correspond with us in any of these languages for their own convenience. As with pricing, we discuss the degree of foreign language work to be undertaken on a per-project-basis.