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Originally Posted by Mad-ox  hi everybody,
I would like to ask about the business part of translation. How much money do a translator receive for his/her job in your country? Does it worth to be a translator in your country? Is it easy to obtain a Translator Authorization in your country?
Madox
PS in my country if you want to translate a literary text, for instance one page costs between 30 and 40 lei which is equivalent with 9 euro/10$. It is quite expansive. How about in your country? And a very good translator can earn up to 400-600 Euro in a month, but the avarage salary(translators) is about 250-300 Euro. Oh and if you want to obtain the authorozation for translation you have to face a lot of birocratism.
Madox |
I'm not sure how much does a translator earn for each page, but I know it depends on the type of the translation; I mean whether it is 'normal' or a one made by a translator who is approved by official institution in my country (this is more expensive because it is not easy to get that approval). The avarage translator, if s/he focuses on the art of the translation only, can earn between 3.000 and 4.000 zl which is sth around 800 and 1050 Euro (1 Euro = 3,825 zl), monthly. This is fairly good, but not excellent, profit.
Unfortunately, it is very difficult to get official approval/authorization.
And even if You finally get it, You must wait up to half a year for an official stamp from a state mint, what in fact entitles You to charge higher rate from the customers.
cheers
NOTE: the translators' earnings stated above are derived from the company I worked for some time and might differ from domestic earnings, but I guess it is accurate