Translators Wanted for Persian and Islamic Manuscripts/ Books

19 February 2011
Translators Wanted for Persian and Islamic Manuscripts/ Books
Collector of Persian and Islamic manuscripts needs someone to translate one or two pages of a book - usually the last page which describes, in the colophon, for whom and where the book was written and sometimes the opening page of the book.

Job poster is looking for someone who he can email these pages to and get back the translation of the page in a reasonable amount of time at a reasonable price. This is not a one time assignment but an ongoing one so he wants to deal with someone at a comfort level for the long term.

Attached is a sample page. Quote how much you would charge for translating a page like this on a regular basis. Some pages will have more, others will have less text.

In the first job, he would be sending about 20 pages.

Apply here.
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