Price Quotation for Interpretation Services (unit: RMB/person/day)

  

Language

Price

Category

English

Japanese/

Korean/

German/

French/

Russian

Minority

Languages

General casual conversationa

Interpretation1

600-800

600-1000

800-1600

General business

interpretation2

800-1200

900-1500

1200-2000

Formal

negotiation interpretation3

Medium

conference

1600-2500

1800-3000

2000-3000

Large international

conference

2500-4000

3000-5000

4000-6000

Notes:

1 General Casual Conversational Interpretation: tourism, business escort;

2 General business interpretation: echnical exchange, business negotiation, engineering field, technical visit, technical training, exhibition, etc.

3 Formal negotiation interpretation: formal business, technical discussion, academic lecture, forum, etc.

Remarks:

1. Daily working hours for interpreters are 8 hours/day/person;
2. The interpretation fee is calculated from a half day (4 hours) as a starting point. If more than 4 hours but less than 8 hours, it is calculated as 1 working day; if more than 8 hours, 20% of the interpretation fee is additionally charged;

3. If traveling is  involved,  all transportation, catering and hotel expenses of interpreters shall be payable by client.

4. Price of interpretation for special professions or minority languages is negotiable.

 

 Price Quotation for Simultaneous Interpretation Services (unit: RMB/person/day)

 

Language

Price

Category

Mutual Interpretation

Between Chinese and English

Mutual Interpretation

Between Chinese

and Japanese/Korean/

German/French/Russian

 Mutual Interpretation

Between Chinese

and Minority Languages 

per hour

per day

per hour

per day

per hour

per day

Professional-Advanced

1000-1200

6000-8000

1200-1400

7000-9000

1400-1600

8000-10000

Remarks:
1. Due to limited availability of simultaneous interpreters, booking 2 weeks in advance is requested;

2. Daily working hours for interpreters are 8 hours/day/person;

3. Simultaneous interpretation fee is calculated from 1 working day as a starting point; overtime work shall be additionally charged by multiplying number of extra hours with the unit price above stated;

4. If traveling is involved, all transportation, catering and hotel expenses of interpreters shall be payable by client;

5. As simultaneous interpretation is a highly demanding task, any conference interpreting task exceeding 30 minutes shall be completed by 2 interpreters who take turns at work.