Yiddish Translation Rate Sheet

Every Yiddish translation project is unique! We are happy to provide you with a free quote for any project as soon as you send us a quality scan of your document.

As a guideline, here are our general translation rates for Yiddish into English:

Printed Yiddish Material: 12-16 cents a word

Standard, readable Handwritten documents: 19-21 cents a word

Hard-to-read, non-standard or poorly preserved handwritten documents: 22-25 cents a word

Special situations, such as poetry, literature, and Yiddish that is heavily mixed with other languages will be priced on a individual basis.

We also translate most other languages spoken by the Jews of Europe, including Russian, Polish, German, Hebrew, etc. Rates are available on request
OCR scanning of printed texts (e.g. Yizkor books: $180-$280)

Minimum price for small jobs: postcards $50, letters $90
Transcription and translation of Yiddish audio is priced by the hour

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