What does it cost to translate a 40-page contract?

Most translation tools price by characters and by seat. That is fine for chat messages. It is not how a 40-page contract arrives on your desk.

Here is our answer, in the same unit you think in.

These are typical costs, measured on real jobs. When you upload a document we hold a larger amount up front so the job cannot stop halfway through, and refund whatever it did not use. The upload screen shows both numbers before you confirm.

What you get back

  • The original layout: headings, tables, footers and styles stay where they were.
  • Integrity checks before delivery: if a passage does not survive the check, the job is labeled for review instead of being marked done and handed to you looking finished.
  • Files stored on EU servers, GDPR.

How the alternatives price the same job

List prices, September 2026: check their pages for changes. DeepL charges per character and per seat: its entry paid tier allows 5 documents per month, and additional seats multiply the bill. A sworn human translation in Italy is quoted at €25–45 per cartella of 1500 characters, which is the right choice when a court needs it and the wrong one when you need to read a contract by tomorrow.

See the quality before you pay

Paste a paragraph in the demo, no signup. Upload the whole contract once you have an account: the exact cost is shown before you confirm.