The following are not suggested rates. They are a selection of rates recently reported to the Rate for the Job service - if any were found for Translation. Please note that these are self-reported; they are rates that the reporter was not dissatisfied with, but standards of dissatisfaction vary; and that a computer sorted them on the basis of these self-reports so some randomness is possible.
The second figure, where given, is for additional rights (use on the web, etc).
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| Translation / all - know a (better) rate? tell us! | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006_07 | Digital Radio Development Bureau | ||||
| from English into Simplified Mandarin (China), per 1000, paid by agency |  | 115 | |||
| 2007_02 | general translation | ||||
| translation, | | 85 | |||
| 1998_06 | _HMG | High Court interpreting | |||
| day, | | 200 | |||
| 2001_04 | museum guide | ||||
| translation from English into German, flat fee (no royalties) per 1000 words | | 75 | 0 | ||
| 1996_07 | _Reuter | Reuters | |||
| Interpreting, per 2hr session, | | 200 | |||
| 1996_07 | _NI | Sky TV | |||
| Interpreting, per 2hr session, | | 200 | |||
| 1996_07 | Text translation | ||||
| per 1000, | | 70 | |||
| 2006_03 | Translation agency | ||||
| proofing English-Nordic translations, per hour (agency charges client £45), | | 30 | |||
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