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Are these rates acceptable?
Thread poster: Mira66
Polishinlondon
Polishinlondon
United Kingdom
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Polish to English
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Reality Mar 9, 2014

I think 30£ / hour is v.good. Subsequent hour for 10£ isn't great.

Some big companies in London pay 16/17£ for the 1st hour and subsequent hours. It's not great and they don't pay your travel expenses etc.

Telephone interpreting varies.

If you're doing a 4-hour block, you're paid 7.50£/hour.
If you're telephone interpreting on a log-in and accept-any-call-basis, yes you can make 14£ hour but that doesn't happen very often. Telephone interpreting
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I think 30£ / hour is v.good. Subsequent hour for 10£ isn't great.

Some big companies in London pay 16/17£ for the 1st hour and subsequent hours. It's not great and they don't pay your travel expenses etc.

Telephone interpreting varies.

If you're doing a 4-hour block, you're paid 7.50£/hour.
If you're telephone interpreting on a log-in and accept-any-call-basis, yes you can make 14£ hour but that doesn't happen very often. Telephone interpreting may get busier after April once Tax Credit renewals are up.
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