Interpretation /Translation Rates in Canada Thread poster: lelykanawati
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lelykanawati
Canada
Local time: 03:54
English to Portuguese
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Hello everybody!
I have recently moved to Montréal, QC and I'm still discovering the market here in Canada...
I'm a Portuguese English translator and i'd like to know how much to charge for interpreting and translation jobs.
Can anyone give me an idea of rates?
I've done some research and I found rates like $500/ day for interpreting and $0,13/word for translation, but I'm not sue that's it.
Can anyone help?
Thanks so much!
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Tom Ellett (X) 
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:54
Norwegian to English
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| 12-20 cents/word for Canadian agencies | Sep 6, 2010 |
In my experience, good Canadian agencies will accept rates in the range of $0.12 to $0.20 per word for translation work, depending on language combination, subject matter, deadline, etc.
If you're lucky enough to land any direct clients, you can of course go higher.
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Hi,
If I get a direct client my rate is $0.22/word for which I have not had any complaints. Doing translation through a third party does bring down this rate quite significantly, sometimes as low as $0.07/word. I have noticed that the U.S. is quite happy with a quote of $0.13/word.
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Meezermex
Local time: 02:54
Spanish to English
| Legal Aid cases | Oct 21, 2010 |
Hi,
I know that for interpretation Legal Aid pays $31 the first hour and $19 for every following hour. Translation for Legal Aid runs from $.10 to $.12 cents per word. Of course you can earn more working privately, but accepting Legal Aid (the government pays you not the client) means that you will have considerably more volume.
Just so you know
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| Canadian & American agencies | Oct 22, 2010 |
No problems in the 0.13 to 0.20 range with Canadian & American agencies though I'm not accepting new agency clients under 0.15 anymore as I'm quite happy with the ones I have in the lower range and would only muscle them out for a little extra $ The Canadian translation market is quite mature and there seems to be less of the cut-throat mentality that characterizes the American market. I recently saw an ad on Joboom for an experien... See more No problems in the 0.13 to 0.20 range with Canadian & American agencies though I'm not accepting new agency clients under 0.15 anymore as I'm quite happy with the ones I have in the lower range and would only muscle them out for a little extra $ The Canadian translation market is quite mature and there seems to be less of the cut-throat mentality that characterizes the American market. I recently saw an ad on Joboom for an experienced in-house translator in Montreal and the salary was 85-90K/year + bonus. If you have no experience, in-house jobs are a little under half of that but those agencies tend to have high turnover since once a translator has 1 or 2 years of experience they move on to greener pastures. Find out if you can get accredited by l'OTTIAQ for your language pair. Good luck! ▲ Collapse
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Jean-Pierre Artigau (X)
Canada
Local time: 02:54
English to French
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Cenk Haznacı
Canada
Local time: 02:54
English to Turkish
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It is mind-boggling how low the Legal Aid interpreting rates are, and the fact that they do not cover the time you spend travelling to and from the location... Amazing... On the other hand, they pay $0.20 per word for translation, which is a pretty good rate if you ask me. Why is there such a major difference in rates between the two?
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Ewa Olszowa
Canada
Local time: 02:54
Polish to English
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| Interpreting | Oct 11, 2017 |
If you look at community interpreting, the rates would be $20-30 per hour when working through an agency. Similar rates will be for court interpreting.
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| Translation Rates in Canada | Apr 3, 2020 |
Hi, I am a certified translator but I've worked as a translation manager for global companies in Montreal over the last few years. Interestingly enough, we had no internal translators so we dealt with professional freelancers and translation agencies, which were charging us 0,25 $ per word at a minimum, plus a premium for urgent requests!
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| Canadian rates | May 24, 2024 |
Is there any more updated information about rates in Canada today? Would 0.15 CAD be an average agency rate?
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