Salaries in the category

Translating, interpreting

The gross salary range for people working in Zambia in Translating, interpreting is typically from 3,292 ZMK (minimum salary) to 10,296 ZMK (highest average, actual maximum salary is higher).

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Gross salary in category Translating, interpreting

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

80% of people earn:

3,292 - 10,296 ZMK

10% earn less lthan 3,292 ZMK

10% earns more than 10,296 ZMK

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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 Zambia earn between 3,292 ZMK and 10,296 ZMK monthly gross.

10% of employees earn less than 3,292 ZMK and 10% of people earn more than 10,296 ZMK.

The survey is based on data from employees, cleaned of extreme and duplicate values.

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

Job position

Description of job position

Market 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.

3,047 - 9,600 ZMK

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.).

3,355 - 10,267 ZMK

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