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Getting paid for translation and localisation work from American clients

You finish a translation, deliver the files, and then the invoice crosses a border. PANORAMA payments lets you invoice your American client through a US company, so they pay in dollars like any domestic vendor. You receive the money in your own country by bank transfer, SWIFT, SEPA, Wise, or digital dollars, after one platform fee.

Getting paid for translation and localisation work from American clients

What this looks like for you

For translators and localisation specialists, every invoice is a stack of small units: words, subtitles, strings, pages. A fixed international wire fee on a small invoice is a different creature than on a large one. PANORAMA payments turns your US client's payment into a domestic one, so the money arrives in your account without a border tax. You bill per word or per project, the client pays in dollars, and you get paid at home by the method you choose. One platform fee, deducted only after the client has paid.

What your client receives

From
A US company, W-9 on request
Bill to
Your client, a company or a person
01Localisation of product strings (per word)

An example line, not a real invoice. Your own wording, amounts and currency go on the document itself.

The border crossing after the delivery

You deliver translated text, subtitles, or localised product strings. Then you send an invoice and wait. If your client is in the United States, they may ask for a W-9 before they can pay you at all. Their accounts payable process expects a domestic payment: ACH or wire to a US bank, in dollars. From outside the US, that means an international transfer with a fixed fee that comes out of your invoice.

For a translator billing per word, a fixed banking fee is a meaningful share of a small invoice. It is not a rounding error. It is a cost that changes the maths of taking on a project. The trade is priced in small units, and the payment rail was not built for small units.

Invoicing through a US company

You register with PANORAMA payments and verify your identity once. For each invoice, you describe the client and the work. The invoice is issued by a US company, so your client's payment stays domestic. They pay by ACH or wire to a US bank, in dollars, and a W-9 is available if their finance team asks for it.

The client does not have to be American. Payment is accepted on behalf of clients in any country that is not under sanctions, and the invoice can be issued in eleven currencies, including US dollars, euros, pounds sterling, Canadian and Australian dollars, and Swiss francs. Whoever the payer is, the money is received by the US company.

Billing in the units you actually use

Translation and localisation work is billed per delivered unit, per fixed project, or per tracked hour. PANORAMA payments does not force you to convert that into anything else. You describe the work in your own terms: translated and reviewed text, localised product strings, subtitles, a glossary and style guide.

Your client gets a clear invoice, and you get paid in your own country by bank transfer, SWIFT, SEPA, Wise, a local account, or dollar-denominated digital assets, depending on where you live. The platform deducts one fee, and nothing is charged before the client has paid.

What you keep control of

Taxes are yours. PANORAMA payments is not your employer and gives no tax advice. You are a freelancer or small studio, and you stay that way. The platform does not ask for a monthly subscription.

You only pay when money moves. That matters when your income is made of many small payments across clients. The fee is a share, not a fixed charge, so it scales with the invoice.

How you get paid

  1. 1
    Register and verify once

    An identity document and a photograph. It is done once, and it has to be finished before the first payout rather than on the day you are waiting for money.

  2. 2
    Describe the client and the work

    Who they are, what was agreed, the amount and the currency. The client and their country are screened before anything is sent, so a payment is not refused after the work is delivered.

  3. 3
    The invoice goes out from a US company

    Your client receives an invoice from a United States supplier, with US banking details and IRS Form W-9 on request. They pay by ACH or wire, domestically.

  4. 4
    You are paid where you live

    One platform fee is deducted and the rest is sent to you by whichever route works in your country: bank transfer, SWIFT, SEPA, Wise, a local account, or dollar-denominated digital assets.

One platform fee of 10% is deducted when you are paid. No subscription, no signup fee, and nothing is charged until your client has paid.

Questions people in this trade ask

Do I need a US bank account to get paid?

No. PANORAMA payments receives the money from your client in the United States, then pays you in your own country. You can choose bank transfer, SWIFT, SEPA, Wise, a local account, or dollar-denominated digital assets, depending on where you live.

Does my client need to sign up for anything?

No. The client sees a normal invoice from a US company. They pay by ACH or wire to a US bank, in dollars, and can request a W-9 if needed. There is no portal or account creation on their side.

Can I bill in a currency other than US dollars?

Yes. The invoice can be issued in eleven currencies, including US dollars, euros, pounds sterling, Canadian and Australian dollars, and Swiss francs. You receive the money in your own country in your local currency or in digital dollars, depending on the method you choose.

What does the platform fee cover?

One fee is deducted from each payment after the client has paid. There is no monthly subscription and no charge before the money moves. The fee is a share of the invoice, not a fixed amount, so it scales with the size of the payment.

Do you handle my taxes?

No. PANORAMA payments is not your employer and does not give tax advice. You remain responsible for your own taxes at home. The platform only moves the money; the tax treatment of your income is between you and your local tax authority.

Send your first invoice

Create an account, pass verification and raise an invoice. Nothing is charged until your client pays it.

Get started

You keep the client, the contract and the price. We handle the invoice and the payout.

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PANORAMA payments is a payment service. It is not an employer, not an agency and not a tax adviser, and nothing on this page is tax or legal advice.