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Translation and localisation services

provided by native Italian freelance translator

consulting : CAT tools training : terminology management

Income Calculator for Translators

Rate converters: $/word -> $/page -> $/line ->

Calculate how much you can earn per year working at your average rate!

Rates and productivity
Average rate		Your average rate per page, per word, per line etc.
Productivity per hour		The number of pages, words, lines translated (including proofreading) per hour; ready to be delivered to the client. It has to be consistent with the previous value.
Worked hours		Number of hours you work per day.
Non working days
Saturdays and Sundays		Number of Sundays and Saturdays in a year.
Public holidays		Number of public holidays in a year.
Vacation		Number of vacation days you take per year.
Sick days		Number of days you are sick per year, on average you should foresee at least 4 days per year.
Unpaid tasks		Percentage of your workable time taken up by activities for which you are not paid for, e.g. invoicing, marketing, training, raising queries, project management, accounting etc. At least 20 % of your time.

Non working days		Number of days per year when you are not working.
Working days		Number of days per year when you are working.
Working hours		Number of hours per year when you are working.
Unpaid hours		Number of hours per year when you are working doing tasks for which you are not paid, e.g. invoicing, marketing, training, raising queries, project management, accounting etc.
Paid hours		Number of hours per year when you are translating, and therefore getting paid for.
Units produced		The amount of pages, words, lines you produce per year
Yearly income		How much you make per year before deducting expenses and paying taxes.

To convert the results into other currencies you can use Yahoo's converter.

To calculate the equivalent monthly salary after taxes use KataWeb Lavoro calculator

Compare your income with what you would be paid working in-house full-time.

If you had a full time job as...	you could earn a yearly gross salary in the range of

junior in-house localiser in the UK	13.000-17.000 GBP
senior in-house localiser in the UK	17.000-25.000 GBP
senior in-house financial translator in the UK	35.000-42.000 GBP
in-house translator in the US	35.000-45.000 USD
in-house translator in Italy	20.000 EURO

Last updated: 13/10/2007