How to decide translation rate for highly formatted files?

How to decide translation rate for highly formatted files? Very often you may receive source files in pdf, jpg or other non- editable formats which contain large no of texts confined in tables. How to charge for that? Your usual rate per word? But you need to put lot of efforts to format them. Think of a college certificate where the data is scatterd in many rows and colums. Then how to get compenstaion for the extra job? I shall share some strategies which I adopt to tackle this issue. Do visit my blog for the next post. Ostom PS. you can send your comments to me at gdc @ getdirectclient dot com Read More articles on rate Factors Influencing Freelance Translation Rates Freelance translation rates Why translation rates are under pressure? Rates: Do you have a strategy for rates highly complicated texts? What are the Factors that Influence rates? Basic question for fixing ratesa>