Translation Agreement

Translators, hire out your services for translating written or spoken materials with this Translation Agreement.

• The translator's services include translation of documents, interpretation of spoken language, inputting translated documents, translation research, language instruction and cultural training.
• The customer is responsible for supplying the material to be translated and for providing detailed instructions as to format, layouts, deadlines, and degree of difficulty of the original text.
• The customer retains all ownership of the materials. The customer warrants that all materials are owned by or licensed to the customer, and indemnifies the translator against any infringement claims.
• The translator agrees to keep all of the customer's materials and information confidential.
• The customer has the right to an independent review in order to ensure that the translation work is accurate.
• The translator is an independent contractor, and as such is responsible for paying al income tax, payroll taxes and other deductions and withholdings required by law.
• The Agreement includes a Schedule of rates for services.

Always get customers to sign your Translation Agreement before you start work. Otherwise your customer might not honor the terms of your deal.