Hourly rates are often perceived as fairer in technical linguistic services—such as legal, medical, or technical translation—because the work is seen as objective, measurable, and constrained by terminology and accuracy requirements. In contrast, creative linguistic services (like transcreation, literary translation, marketing copy, or stylistic editing) are frequently undervalued when billed by the hour, as their complexity is less visible.
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Hourly rates are often perceived as fairer in technical linguistic services—such as legal, medical, or technical translation—because the work is seen as objective, measurable, and constrained by terminology and accuracy requirements. In contrast, creative linguistic services (like transcreation, literary translation, marketing copy, or stylistic editing) are frequently undervalued when billed by the hour, as their complexity is less visible.


