How Lilt pays: Hourly Rate Model
Lilt pays linguists based on an hourly rate, which is negotiated with each linguist individually. When working in the tool, linguists do not need to track their time or submit invoices. A work week is counted from Monday to Sunday (PST time). The Lilt platform has built-in technology that captures working time, and we issue payouts for this work every Tuesday PST through Payoneer.
Where to find hours worked
Information about the number of hours worked appears in the details panel of each project. Click the show details button 
to bring up the details panel on the right sidebar.
It should be noted that the time spent working will not update live as work progresses. Rather, the number indicating the amount of hours you have worked will be updated approximately every 3 to 4 hours. The time tracker will indicate how long it has been since an update to the number has occurred.
The time format will be shown in decimal form. For example, if a translator spends 2 hours and 27 minutes, it will be shown as 2.45 hours. The information is only viewable while the project is in a non-archived state. Please note that once the project is archived, the information will be inaccessible.
For a more detailed breakdown of how we calculate payment, see below:
| Activity | Description | Counted in Payments? |
|
Translation mode |
User is active in translation mode [including typing, segment loading, confirming suggestions, tag movement, comments] | Yes, including pauses in which there is no mouse or cursor movement of up to 30 seconds |
|
Review mode |
User is active in review mode [including typing, segment loading, confirming segments, editing segments, comments, and tag movement] | Yes, including pauses in which there is no mouse or cursor movement of up to 50 seconds |
| Sidebar tool access | Search and replace, terminology search, Lexicon | Yes |
| External Tab | User is accessing a non-Lilt tab in the browser | No, but tab-switching is encompassed in the pause times recorded in translation and review mode. |
|
Lilt Dashboard |
User is active in the top bar dashboard [Menu, Log out, notifications] |
No |
|
Document loading |
User clicks into a document from the Kanban and the page is loading |
No |
Why we chose this model
We know that WPH speed for a linguist can vary based on language pair, content type, and MT suggestion accuracy. This hourly payment model allows for fairer compensation for linguists' work.