- Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.
- Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.
- Listen to speakers' statements to determine meanings and to prepare translations, using electronic listening
Translator | Average UK Salary & Outlook
Translators convert the written word from the 'source language' into the 'target language', making sure that the meaning is the same.
Translators typically work around 37 to 39 hours per week.
As a Translator you will typically work evenings / weekends.
This occupation tends to be:
- Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
- Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and
| Average salary |
| 32,913 GBP * |
| per year |
Salary statistics
Average salary for Translator
Big gender gap
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38,554 GBP
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26,797 GBP
Average salary for part-time Translator
Average salary for full-time Translator
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14,141 GBP
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13,218 GBP
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32,913 GBP
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26,797 GBP
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Salary over time for Translator
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32,717 GBP
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33,273 GBP
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33,376 GBP
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33,902 GBP
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36,825 GBP
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35,624 GBP
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32,913 GBP
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38,247 GBP
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34,819 GBP
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Things to highlight for your Translator interview
Attention to Detail Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. Analytical Thinking Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. Dependability Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. Adaptability/Flexibility Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. Cooperation Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
