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|||I have been a professional translator for 2 years and I still charge the same fee I did at the beginning. 2c a word as suggested in the above answer is not a fee that I know any professional to charge for translation (I would charge that for proofreading for example). I charge 5c (euro cents, about $0.07), but it depends on your experience, education etc. Because I translate quickly this gives me quite a good hourly wage, and you will be a slow translator at first so keep that in mind.
Definitely charge per word and not per page, it's fair to both you and the client (one day they could give you lots of pictures and the next day a page with only text in small font...) MS Word has a decent word count facility that usually works well enough for that. For more info the best site on starting off as a translator, with lots of articles and information on issues you'd be interested in, go to http://www.proz.com
Even when you are not an experienced translator you can still charge a decent amount if you are have language abilities / certifications and a specialisation in the field that you are translate from.
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