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So all in all, about 8-ish man-hours to complete a 30-page chapter? Interesting. At slightly above minimum wage (<$20), that would come out to the labor cost of ~$150 US per chapter (that's my point of reference, not sure what it would be in Japan or elsewhere).RP: few seconds
TL: 1h to 1h30 for a ~30pages chapter
PR: 30min to 1h for a ~30pages chapter
RD: Takes the most time ~4h
TS: ~1h30min (edited)
QC: the time you make to read a ~30pages chapter + ~5min
I wonder how that stacks up to the actual costs in the industry. Theoretically lower man-hours since cleaning shouldn't be an issue, and redrawing should be less.
Major caveat, of course, is that a talented crew translating a manga should (please?) be getting well above minimum wage. Professional translators I used to work with had rates around $200/hour, which would spike the TL cost for the publisher by factor of 2-3 over the figure above.
Not sure what that figure means yet in the pirate vs publisher debate, but I've been looking for hard numbers for, well, any monetary claims and they're extremely difficult to pin down. Some law review articles still to plow through and then it might be into financial filings