Russian is a long-standing direction for Chinese heavy industry, energy and equipment exporters, and one where we learned the cost of source comprehension the hard way.
Every language pair has its own failure modes. These are the ones that decide whether a Russian deliverable is usable.
Russian nouns change form by grammatical case. Interface strings assembled from fragments — a template plus a variable — produce broken Russian unless the strings are designed for it. This is a build problem as much as a translation one.
Russian rendered from Chinese runs considerably longer. Equipment labels, HMI screens and packaging need layout review as part of delivery.
Russian technical vocabulary is tied to GOST and related standards. Choosing a plausible synonym over the standard term is the kind of error that survives review and fails on site.
These are not languages we source ad hoc. Russian is taught as a degree subject at Chinese universities and has been for decades, and there is continuous movement of students, professionals and long-term residents between China and the countries where it is spoken. That is the pool the work is staffed from, and it is why the rate reflects the Chinese market rather than an agency markup.
Written by linguists living in the Chinese market, so the output reads as though it was written for its reader rather than translated toward them.
The Chinese source is read by people to whom its vocabulary is ordinary; the Russian is produced or reviewed by a native speaker at L3 and L4.
Every entry below is a project we have published, with the language direction as recorded on the case study itself.
USD per 1,000 source words. Published in full — no quote request needed to see a number.
| L1 · Angel AI Review | L2 · Angel Pro | L3 · Angel Premium | L4 · Angel Global |
|---|---|---|---|
| $28 | $55 | $92 | $126 |
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