Salaries in the category

Translating, interpreting

The salary range for people working in Nigeria in Translating, interpreting is typically from 130,576 NGN (minimum salary) to 451,353 NGN (highest average, actual maximum salary is higher).

This is the total monthly 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:

131K - 451K NGN

10% earn less lthan 131K NGN

10% earns more than 451K NGN

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Salaries in the survey are expressed in gross.

Based on the Nigeria.paylab.com salary survey, 80% of people in the Translating, interpreting category in the Nigeria earn between 130,576 NGN and 451,353 NGN monthly gross.

10% of employees earn less than 130,576 NGN and 10% of people earn more than 451,353 NGN.

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.

135,118 - 391,202 NGN

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.).

147,154 - 451,389 NGN

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