Is the salary of an English interpreter high?

With the integration trend and the importance of foreign languages, the English interpreter profession is becoming the top choice of many students.

To know if the salary of an English interpreter is really as high as rumored, let's find out in the article below.

The profession of English interpreter offers great job opportunities. (Illustration photo)

Interpreter salary

English interpreters are people who convert written or spoken text from any language into English and vice versa. This helps people who use two different languages to understand each other better.

To do the above job well, an interpreter must be fluent in both the source language (original language) and the target language (the language to be translated into). At the same time, you need some basic skills required for the interpreting profession.

According to the article shared on the website TopCV, compared to the average salary of workers in Vietnam, the current salary of an interpreter ranges from 15 to 20 million VND/month.

For students who have just graduated with little experience, when working at small businesses, the salary will usually range from 10 - 12 million VND/month. After that, depending on the ability, this salary will be considered to increase gradually over time.

For those with many years of experience as interpreters, the average salary can reach 1 billion VND/year (According to Ziprecruiter statistics).

Which school do you go to to become an interpreter?

Currently in our country there is no major for training English translators/interpreters and no university has organized a separate exam for this major. Therefore, you can only apply for English majors, then learn more skills and knowledge of interpretation.

Below is admission information of some top universities that are training in English language for your reference.

The University of Foreign Languages (Vietnam National University , Hanoi ) is one of the schools with the top English language standard scores in the country. In 2023, with the method of considering high school graduation exam scores, the English language major of the school will have a standard score of 35.55, admission based on 3 exam subject groups D01; D78; D90.

The estimated tuition fee for the English language major is 35,000,000 VND/school year, and the tuition fee does not change each school year.

Foreign Trade University - in 2021, the benchmark score for English Language major is 37.55 points. In 2022, the benchmark score for this major is 36.4 points. In 2023, the school set the benchmark score for English Language major nearly 9 points lower than the previous year (27.5 points).

Foreign Trade University only uses one subject combination for admission, which is D01.

University of Foreign Languages ( Hue University) trains English language in 5 main majors: English Interpretation, English Translation, English Literature, English Tourism , and English Primary Education.

In 2023, this industry will recruit students based on 3 exam groups D01; D14; D15, with the admission standard score being 19.5 points.

Tuition for English language major is expected to be around 14,100,000 VND/school year/student, an increase of no more than 20% compared to the previous year.

The University of Foreign Languages (University of Danang) sets the admission threshold score for the high school graduation exam method at 23.22 points, with 4 admission subject groups D01, A01, D96, D78. The academic transcript method sets a higher admission threshold score of 26.79 points.

Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology in 2023, the admission threshold for English Language major is 21.5 points (English multiplied by coefficient 2), with 4 admission subject combinations A01; D01; D14; D15.

In addition to considering admission based on high school graduation exam scores, the school also considers high school transcripts and Ho Chi Minh City National University's capacity assessment test scores.

If you are studying a completely different major, unrelated to English, you can still work as an English interpreter. However, after graduating, you must attend short-term interpreting training courses at reputable interpreting training centers.

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