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Poll: In your opinion, which of these services generates more income?
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Mario Freitas
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Translation Mar 31, 2016

In general. I guess people who voted for interpretation work with simultaneous interpretation, which is an exception. Regular interpretation jobs paid by the hour will never pay as much as translations. I gave them up for that reason. If you work with simultaneous, then I agree you can make a lot more money than the poor translators.
 
Balasubramaniam L.
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Translation and review work Mar 31, 2016

I almost exclusively do translation (or used to). These days I have been corned into reviewing and mentoring job by many agnecies and that is taking up a lot of my time. Since I charge them for these tasks almost as much as I would make translating, a lot of my income these days is coming this type of work.
 
Muriel Vasconcellos
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It depends on so many factors Mar 31, 2016

While a simultaneous interpreting pays more in a single day than other language work, overall income depends on demand. There is more demand for some languages than others, for interpreters with multiple A languages, and for those that are highly proficient. Also, a simultaneous interpreter residing in a city with several organizations that require ongoing interpretation (e.g., Luxembourg, Geneva, Vienna, New York, Washington, DC) is more likely to have steady work because employers prefer not t... See more
While a simultaneous interpreting pays more in a single day than other language work, overall income depends on demand. There is more demand for some languages than others, for interpreters with multiple A languages, and for those that are highly proficient. Also, a simultaneous interpreter residing in a city with several organizations that require ongoing interpretation (e.g., Luxembourg, Geneva, Vienna, New York, Washington, DC) is more likely to have steady work because employers prefer not to have to pay per diem.

I'd say that escort interpreting probably pays less than translation because the work is more sporadic. ▲ Collapse
 
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