If you want translation job from home you should choose a genuine company which pays you in time. Before accepting ay work from home you should check the reputation of the company. This you can check on Proz.com's BlueBoard. If you are not a member then you will not be able to see the comments submitted by other translators. If you want to see the comments you have to spend 20$. Translatorscafe.com is another good site but for members.
Contract work will work correctly formulated and applicable in the country where the customer is registered. Yet the translation industry is globalized if your contract with a customer in its country then it will not be difficult for you to prove that your translation was not faulty. There are many websites that change their name every time so must avoid these companies.
If unluckily trapped by any company then politely ask for the payment. If you fail then you can choose other way. If you have work from reputed companies then you can get payment in many other ways. One way is bank transfer but for it fee is higher not for the sender but also the receiver. Sometimes an intermediary bank is required and although they are not supposed to charge anything, often they do.
But now translation industry is paid by PayPal.com or Moneybookers.com. The transfer is quick and fee is very low. It is easy to set up these online accounts and they can be hooked up to your bank account or you can order a credit card and withdraw your money through any bank machine. In this if you forget your password and secret security questions you may have problem to operate your account but with paypal you can get payment by credit card. PayPal is a safe online payment system at no cost.
These are the common forms of payment but not for all countries. In this case you may try Western Union and Unistream charge low fee but you must check it.
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