Salaries for positions in the Translating, interpreting work area

The salary range of employees working in Dominican Republic in Translating, interpreting typically ranges from 105,660 DOP (low salaries) to 330,876 DOP (highest average, actual salaries may be even higher)

This is the total annual salary including bonuses. Salaries can vary drastically among different job positions. If you are interested in the salary of a particular job, please choose it from the list.

Gross salary in category Translating, interpreting

Salaries may vary by position, the value given is indicative.

80% of people earn:

106K - 331K DOP

10% earn less lthan 106K DOP

10% earns more than 331K DOP

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Salaries in the survey are expressed in gross.

Based on the Paylab.com salary survey, 80% of people in the Translating, interpreting category in the Dominican Republic earn between 105,660 DOP and 330,876 DOP annually gross.

10% of employees earn less than 105,660 DOP and 10% of people earn more than 330,876 DOP.

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List of positions in the Translating, interpreting category and their job descriptions

Job position

Description of job position

Salary range

Interpreter

Studying vocabulary and technical terminology in the field being interpreted.
Performing simultaneous or consecutive interpretation from the source language into the target language with an emphasis placed on the accuracy and fluency of the interpreted speech.
Attending international events, business meetings, trials, police interrogations, etc.

Proofreader

Editing text regarding spelling, style, and content.
Marking identified errors using proofreading marks.
Final proofreading by reading the entire text.

102,828 - 302,160 DOP

Translator

Familiarising with the source text in order to understand its meaning and function.
Using the available and relevant literature and specialised software to translate the source text into the target language.
Translating the texts from the source language into the target language while retaining the original meaning, quality of translation and specific customer instructions.
Proofreading the translated text: correcting the grammatical and stylistic errors, typos, proofreading the text in terms of the meaning, reviewing the consistency of the terminology used and the completeness of the translated text, and locating specific data for a specific target language (e.g. writing of the proper numbers, dates, units of measure etc.).

110,544 - 326,196 DOP

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The total gross average salary for positions in the category Translating, interpreting is according to Paylab.com 17,284 DOP.

The best-paying positions in the category Translating, interpreting are Translator, Proofreader.

When we add up the average salary of all women and the average salary of all men working in positions in the category Translating, interpreting, earn less than .