Tuesday, January 29, 2013

11 How to multiply your revenue combining translation and interpreting

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11 comments:

  1. Actually, that would reduce your interpreting rates. Conference interpreters tend to earn more per day than translators but often work less. However, Public Service/Community interpreters earn a whole lot less. Shocking, given how hard they work.

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    1. ??? I'm not sure you understood. or maybe I didn't understand you.

      With the logics of the cartoon, and taking into account that interpreters often interpret 150 words per minute, if Calvo interpreted 30 minutes at a miserable rate of 0.15 per word, he'd make 775 EUR.

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    2. That if Calvo only did one shift a day, but let's assume he'd go into the booth several times... Yep, definitely higher than the standard rate of an interpreter!

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  2. 0.15pw? Welsh translators can only dream of that sort of money: we're lucky to get 0.05 half the time!

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  3. Interpreters in the US are paid hourly and translators usually charge by word.

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  4. Per day, in order of who gets more, it would be:
    Conference interpreters
    Translators
    Public service/community interpreters

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