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I wanna take a hot second to talk about freelancing and pricing yourself because I& #39;ve seen so many people saying "gimr& #39;s paying a fair amount why are you complaining" and I realize that....a lot of non-artists probably haven& #39;t had to think about this before. /1
$10/video might seems like it& #39;s an okay price because, hey, these videos are 10 minutes long right? So that equates to $60/hour? Except not really /2
I& #39;m going to assume that translating subs for a video probably isn& #39;t equal to the time of the vid. So let& #39;s say a 10min vid takes you 30min to translate. Now you& #39;re down to $20/hour. If it takes you an hour, you& #39;ve made $10/hour, slightly above US minimum wage. /3
Any longer than an hour, and you& #39;re working for min wage or less. Translating is a highly specialized skill! You can speak two languages fluently! Not everyone can do that, and you& #39;ve probably spent a lot of time working on that skill. Is your time worth min wage for this? /4
Not to mention the fact that this is a super specific kind of language! Not only do you have to understand 2 languages, you have to understand very specific terms related to smash and be able to convey those in a second language. /5
One of my biggest issues with this was also the fluctuation in time for each video! If Gimr is really only paying $10 per vid, no matter the length, some of his videos are 6min long, while others are 30-40min. ???? I really hope that& #39;s not the case. /6
