The time it takes to complete a translation depends on several factors, the most important of which are the following: Length of the text to be translated: translating 300 words isn’t the same as translating 300,000 words. The average workload of a translator, without including reutilisation through the use of technology (this increases the average workload exponentially) is around 2,500 words per day. In the case of proofreading, it is approximately 1,000 words per hour. However, these figures can only be taken as a general reference. Contracted service: by way of example, it’s not the same to just translate (one resource), translate and proofread (two resources) as to prepare, translate, proofread and layout (4 resources). Technology used: with the support of a translation memory, depending on how much reutilisation can takes place, times can be cut exponentially. Neural machine translation is also available, although this technology does not generally apply to translation in the tourism industry.