Services of a professional translator are valued on the World Wide Web differently: from $3 to $10 or more per page of translation, depending on the complexity of the text, the professionalism of the translator, translation requirements, and some other factors. Therefore, if you decide to work as a translator on the Internet, you will always find work here!
What prevents you from starting your search? Only your misconceptions!
Myth 1. Modern software provides a huge variety of programs - translators and dictionaries, capable of performing a competent translation of texts of any complexity and making human services meaningless and useless. Alas... The grammar of the English language, although considered quite simple, has a large number of subtleties and various exceptions that cast doubt on the strategy of translating texts using such programs.
And indeed, a large part of Russian-language materials is difficult to read and always requires editorial refinement and quality check of the translation by a specialist. That is why professional translation is valued (and will continue to be valued) quite highly. A large corporation, for example, cannot afford an illiterate technical translation of instructions for expensive equipment and then advertise this equipment at an international exhibition, offering potential buyers to familiarize themselves with such a translation of the documentation.
Myth 2. Remote work is offered only by translation agencies, and the requirements of such agencies are more than high: at least five years of translation experience, published translations, recommendations, etc. This is only half true. Indeed, professional agencies prefer to deal with experienced translators. But there are no less translation orders on the web where the requirements for translation quality are minimal, sometimes you only need to understand what is written or describe the meaning of the text in your own words.
To confirm this, you can search the Internet for amateur translations of instructions for household appliances. There are plenty of grammatical and stylistic errors in such translations, but they will not prevent you from using a household appliance, mobile phone or washing machine.
Myth 3. Having a minimal level of a foreign language, it is impossible to get a job. Not at all! You can find orders for searching for information on the web in a foreign language, correspondence on forums, typing texts from scanned materials, etc. As they say, he who seeks will always find!
Myth 4. How will I get paid? There are now many payment systems that allow you to accept online payments. The client can even transfer payment directly to your credit card. Such a service, for example, is offered by siteheart.ru.
You can find clients who need text translation services on one of the freelancer portals, for example, at www.free-lance.ru or www.weblancer.net. Another option for finding clients is the relevant exchanges, for example, www.copylancer.ru.
To the above, I will add that knowledge of English at least at an intermediate level is very useful in everyday work. After all, many programs do not have officially Russian-language versions, and sites containing valuable information are composed in English.
Therefore, a small level of knowledge and its constant improvement are simply necessary for any user.