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Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

Aspara,
2500 yen per HOUR? I get that or more per page as a freelancer. Then again, my background matches what I'm proofreading. A friend of mine worked for ECC doing translation/proofreading and got a whopping 250,000 yen/month FULL-TIME. Sometimes technical stuff, sometimes more mundane things. 250,000 / 40 hr/wk / 4 weeks/month = 1562 yen/hour. Peanuts, IMO. He also had JLPT2 or better.

wayne432 · Joined: 05 Jun 2008 Posts: 255

Is it easy to pick up a side job like proofing?

Mapleblondie · Joined: 29 May 2008 Posts: 93 Location: Canada

Wow, I was kind of under the impression that that proofreading would pay better than that. Hmmm...I guess it varies depending on where you do it. Do you just pick up those kinds of jobs in ads like you would with teaching jobs?

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

Just to get more people who do proofreading in on this conversation (people who wouldn't think about such a topic from the current subject line of this thread), I will start a new thread. Let's take our ideas, experiences and questions there, ok?