Izabela Milanov United States Local time: 09:12 Member (2015) Serbian to English + ...
Jul 9, 2015
Hi,
Does anyone know what rates the US State Department pays contract interpreters? I have been invited to take the test in Washington, but they refuse to disclose their rates until after I pass the test. I was wondering if anyone here has worked for them and has some inside info?
Thanks a lot.
Izabela
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Joshua Li China Local time: 21:12 English to Chinese
Good payment
Jul 9, 2015
Hi, Izabela
I am sure you will be surprised of the generosity from US State Department. All translators have signed NDA with them, so you will not know the answer from ProZ.
Good luck!
Joshua
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Government rates can't go below the minimum wages in the country, and in developed countries like the US it should be much above sustenance levels.
I had read somewhere (can't recollect the exact source), that the Canadian government (or some official agency there), pays an uniform rate of 30 Canadian cents a word for all translations it commissions, irrespective of subject area (it could be literature, reports, documents, websites, whatever) or language pair, which when compared to the rates on offer in some quarters of this site, is munificent.
The interpreter rates are likely to be hourly rates, and should be around 35 USD (I am of course purely guessing here).
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Attila Piróth France Local time: 15:12 Member English to Hungarian + ...
US federal rates for translation companies
Jul 9, 2015
While this does not answer your question, it may nonetheless be quite useful to know how much federal agencies pay for translation companies for translation and interpreting services.
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MK2010 United States Local time: 07:12 Member (2017) French to English + ...
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Jul 9, 2015
Attila Piróth wrote:
While this does not answer your question, it may nonetheless be quite useful to know how much federal agencies pay for translation companies for translation and interpreting services.
Would really appreciate it if you could share what you find out after taking the test. Thank you!
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Paweł Hamerski Poland Local time: 15:12 English to Polish + ...
Prior to or after signing NDA?
Sep 5, 2015
Interesting.
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Jenae Spry United States Local time: 06:12 French to English
Rates covered by NDA?
Sep 18, 2015
I doubt that's the case because if the state department has a fixed rate instead of allowing the translator to set the rate, they are dangerously close to ending up with employees instead of contractors.
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