About the service
I make calculators for translation bureau websites that calculate the cost of simultaneous and consecutive interpretation at events right on the page, without back-and-forth with a manager. When I take on such a project, I first figure out what actually makes up the price at your bureau: language pair (translating from rare languages costs noticeably more than the Russian-English combination), event duration in hours or days, and whether the client needs equipment for simultaneous interpretation — booth, headsets, transmitters, and a technician to service it all.
The form turns out short and understandable: the visitor selects the source language and target language, specifies the event duration, marks the format — simultaneous or consecutive interpretation — and checks whether equipment rental with delivery and installation is needed. Inside I build in your real calculation logic: minimum paid time block, markup for urgent orders, surcharge for a second interpreter (according to rules, simultaneous interpreters work in pairs at events longer than a few hours straight), and travel costs if the venue is outside the city.
On the output, the client sees a detailed calculation by line items, and the request immediately goes to your managers with parameters already filled in — no need to clarify details again. The calculator works equally well on phone and computer and integrates into the site design so it doesn't look like a foreign block.
What's included in the development:
— panel with editable rates so you can change prices yourself without contacting the developer
— markup matrix by language pairs
— additional services block — equipment, technician, delivery — with automatic calculation
— adaptive layout tested in major browsers
The form turns out short and understandable: the visitor selects the source language and target language, specifies the event duration, marks the format — simultaneous or consecutive interpretation — and checks whether equipment rental with delivery and installation is needed. Inside I build in your real calculation logic: minimum paid time block, markup for urgent orders, surcharge for a second interpreter (according to rules, simultaneous interpreters work in pairs at events longer than a few hours straight), and travel costs if the venue is outside the city.
On the output, the client sees a detailed calculation by line items, and the request immediately goes to your managers with parameters already filled in — no need to clarify details again. The calculator works equally well on phone and computer and integrates into the site design so it doesn't look like a foreign block.
What's included in the development:
— panel with editable rates so you can change prices yourself without contacting the developer
— markup matrix by language pairs
— additional services block — equipment, technician, delivery — with automatic calculation
— adaptive layout tested in major browsers
