Interpreting Agencies Payments

Translation agencies bill clients worldwide per word or per hour, and pay freelance linguists in many countries.

How these solutions fit translation & interpreting agencies

See what each option adds to the way your business takes and tracks payments.

Square Invoices

For translation & interpreting agencies: Send itemized invoices for professional engagements and service invoices and track deposits, due dates and outstanding balances. Square Invoices sends unlimited invoices, estimates and contracts by email, text or link, with automatic reminders and cards or bank accounts on file. Per-project invoices with card or ACH. Roots sets up your templates, schedules and accounting sync.
  • Build branded invoice and estimate templates with your terms and policies
  • Set up recurring series with card or bank account on file
  • Connect Square to QuickBooks Online or Xero and map your accounts
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Multi-Currency Payments

For translation & interpreting agencies: Collect professional engagements and service invoices in the currencies your customers use and reconcile them against the original order or invoice. Present prices and invoices in your client's currency and settle in U.S. dollars. Bill international clients in their currency. Square doesn't support multi-currency acceptance today, so this runs on a partner-provided merchant account arranged by Roots.
  • Review where your clients pay from
  • Set up currencies and pricing
  • Integrate with invoicing
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Gig Worker Payouts

For translation & interpreting agencies: Pay independent professionals and project contractors from approved jobs or service records, with earnings and transfer status tracked together. Onboard independent contractor contractors and pay them per shift, job or period. Pay freelance linguists through licensed partners. Roots Payments is not a bank or money transmitter.
  • Design the onboarding flow
  • Integrate with your scheduling or shift software
  • Set payout schedules
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ACH Payments

For translation & interpreting agencies: Offer bank-account payments for professional engagements and service invoices, with authorization and invoice matching built into the workflow. ACH moves money directly between bank accounts, usually for far less than cards on large payments. ACH for U.S. client invoices.
  • Set up authorization and verification
  • Configure payment pages and invoices
  • Handle returns and reporting
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Level 2/3 Processing

For translation & interpreting agencies: Include purchase-order references and itemized invoice data for business-card purchases of professional engagements and service invoices. When your clients pay with corporate or purchasing cards, sending Level 2 and Level 3 data can qualify those payments for lower interchange. Lower interchange on corporate cards.
  • Review your card mix to estimate savings
  • Configure your gateway or invoicing to send the data
  • Validate qualification on live transactions
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Merchant Account

For translation & interpreting agencies: Arrange a processing account for professional engagements and service invoices, with checkout methods matched to how customers pay. A dedicated merchant account underwritten for your translation agency, with pricing you can read and a person to call. B2B pricing.
  • Analyze your current statements and quote side by side
  • Prepare the underwriting package so approval moves quickly
  • Set up terminals, gateway and software connections
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Translation & Interpreting Agencies payment questions

Start with the workflows your business needs. Options on this page include Square Invoices for Translation Agencies, Multi-Currency Payments for Translation, Contractor Payouts for Translation Agencies. Roots helps compare the setup, software and processing requirements around how you operate.
Yes. Bring your current POS, checkout or billing tools and recent processing statements. We review appointments, invoices, deposits and customer billing, then plan the changes your translation & interpreting agencies business needs.
Request a quote for your business. The review covers your payment mix, locations, software, hardware recommendations and implementation work. Consultations and payment reviews are free.
Bring recent payment statements, the systems you use and a record of how a customer places an order, receives a service or pays a bill. Tell us which translation & interpreting agencies workflows need to improve so we can scope a practical setup.

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