According to a survey taken by more than a thousand of professional translators from around the world, English appears to be the most common source language – 72% of respondents offer English translation services. Meanwhile, the most common target language is Spanish Target – 18%. This is followed by Italian (15%), English (11%), French (9%), Chinese (4%) and Arabic (4%). 98% of freelance translators provide translation services. Consecutive interpretation is offered by 25% of the respondents, 12% of linguists can perform simultaneous translation. Editing and project management is offered by almost all translator. The most common minimal price each source word is 0.05 (11%). 7% of respondents want 0.06 per word. The highest rate among the registered by this survey is 0.9 – it is asked only by one freelance translator.
When it comes to free translation, we have to search first in choosing where to place to post this translation job. Many freelance translation sites allow posting job advertisement for free. So if your budget is very poor, free translation is something you can look for.
Freelancers will not request more than a translation agency. You can save up to 50% of your money. However, you must be careful when reviewing the translator’s resume. The chances you will receive dozens of resumes. The prices are actually different, so do not hesitate to use the statistics above, if you do not want to be deceived. You must also remember that this is more about education and especially experience when hiring a translator. Do not engage a translator if the target language is not his native. This can affect the quality of the translations. So go ahead and put your translation jobs right away!