Paris International Translation Services

Consecutive Interpretation

If you are on business or attending a salon or exhibition in Paris or France and do not speak French, we can give you a professional interpreter who will accompany you to your meetings, negotiations or site visits. With our large team we have professional interpreters in English, Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Spanish and many other languages.

These services are suitable for business people who need bilingual assistance:

Common languages (*)

Rare languages

Half-Day (4 hours)

500€

650€

Full-Day (8 hours)

1,000€

1,300€

Evening after 6:00pm
(2 hours)

500€

650€

(*): English, French, German, Spanish and Italian

Value Added Tax of 20% (tax added to total, for clients in France only).

salons and exhibitions

business meetings

site visits

negotiations

seminars

shopping

doctor appointments

lawyer visits

in Paris or France or Europe

Additional charges: There is a supplement of 25% for trilingual interpreters, for technical subjects, and for assignments outside Paris. For missions outside Paris, travel, board and lodging expenses are borne by the client. These may be estimated and included in the initial bill, as a lump sum, or be paid on the basis of receipts. Alternatively the client can make the necessary arrangements.

Terms: 1/3 of the total sum to reserve, 1/3 at least one month before the conference, and the remainder after the service.

Consecutive interpretation may be done by one interpreter

Your interpreter can come to your hotel or offices in Paris or further afield in France, to provide you with interpretation services for business meetings, negotiations, site visits, conferences, seminars… You may need an interpreter for business purposes, or to interpret meetings with a lawyer, a doctor, a friend or a client… You may require help with shopping or dealing with an administrative problem. We can offer you translation help in any such situation.

Once we have an idea of your requirements we will find the most qualified person to do the job. We have competent people in most languages and most fields.

Transport:

Our interpreters can come to any city in Europe or travel with you. We can also arrange transport for you and the interpreter.

By tradition, an interpreter is always paid on a daily basis, whether he or she works two hours or eight hours. Also, he or she is paid his full fee if the service is canceled less than two weeks before the service.

Conditions of Sale

The translator and his associates will strictly respect the confidentiality of every document given to them.
An estimation of the number of words will be quoted before the job is executed. The word processing software will give an exact number after the job is finished. The number of words of the source language text can vary with that of the target language. For example, it is acknowledged in the profession that a French text usually has around 20% more words than an English text. On average, five characters count as a word.

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Each translation is completed by a translator-specialist, proofread by a second translator-specialist, a third person checks spelling, every number and proper name. If, despite all of our efforts, an error slips in or an improper term is used, we will take it upon ourselves to:
1. correct any error promptly and at no charge
2. symbolically reimburse the client 2€ per fault found with a number or proper name. The translator's responsibility cannot exceed this.
In the case of a dispute, the estimation of these errors will be considered by a neutral and competent third person, who will find a common agreement between the two parties.
Last minute changes desired by the client, which have nothing to do with any errors in the text, can be executed by our secretary for 40€ per hour.
Errors in the translation, corrections, and changes can under no circumstance serve as a pretext for a delay, reduction or refusal of payment or serve as an excuse to obtain injuries.
Unless otherwise stated, the normal time limit for payment of all invoices is 30 days after delivery. A bill for unsettled fees will automatically be increased 10% two months after the delivery. It will again be increased 10% every two months. We will not work with a client who has not settled a bill that dates more than two months.
Intellectual Property. Clause of Restriction.
You and your clients agree not to work or try to work in any capacity, directly or indirectly, with the named translators or interpreters we may introduce to you, in such a way as to bypass us. You agree not to use or try to use their services as salaried employees or freelance workers. You may not use them as translators, interpreters, consultants or trainers or in any other capacity, in the present or in the future, without our written consent, even if they approach you. You agree not to try to bypass us by using another party to contact the persons we introduce to you or have them work with one of your clients. Any such attempt to use their services without our knowledge and consent will be considered a breach of trust, a violation of intellectual property and liable to punitive damages.
According to the current legislation, the Copyright of the translation will remain the exclusive right of the translator. In the case of publication, the editor is required to inform the translator. The text must include “Copyright translation by Paris International”. The royalties of the translator will be negotiated between 10–15%, if there are takings.

Consecutive Interpretation

These services are suitable for business people who need bilingual assistance:

Consecutive interpretation may be done by one interpreter

Transport:

Interpretation Request

Conditions of Sale