Negotiating higher pay for an internship

Hi everyone!
I've just been offered an internship which sounds really fantastic. It's at a firm in Karlsruhe that runs language classes and also does translation and interpreting. I would be placed in the translation side, working in their translation and project management team. As I will be starting to study for my Masters in translation in September (via distance learning) the position sounds perfect for me, and it's in Karlsruhe so i won't even have to move.
The one small problem is that it pays very little. I've been told the usual wage for interns is €300 a month. It may be possible to live on that but I don't think I want to try! However, the person I spoke to said pay can be discussed on an individual basis, so it's possible that I could get more.
This may sound like a stupid question, but how do I go about getting them to pay me more. Unfortunately I don't have much experience in translation - I did a little as part of my German degree and translated some things for a firm in Austria last year, but other than that I don't have any professional experience, and as my Masters doesn't start until September I don't even have any idea of the theory yet! I am a native (British) speaker of English though. Not sure if that will count in my favour.
Is there anything I can say to convince them to give me more pay?

They're bullshitting...the usual wage for interns across Germany is 400€ as that is the tax boundary up til wher eyou don't have to pay any contribs.

Ask for that at least...don't ask for more though because then either they'll tell u to stuff it or you will end up poorer and more stressed for having to pay taxes and the like...

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They said the usual wage for interns at their company is €300. No mention of across Germany.

One of the (German) people I live with said I should take the €300 first then after a few months ask for a raise - can interns even do that?

the usual wage for interns is dependent on what your qualifications are and what field your in. 400 euros is about as much as you could expect.

Really depends upon your qualifications and how big is the company(normally the bigger the company, the less wage you should expect)lol

but i got an offer for an internship which pays 1000 EUR per month+ other benefits(travel insurance, health insurance, transport ticket, free lunch, holidays,and top of it all, they pay my international flight ticket)

I would think if you gonna work in the project management team...you should be renumerated more than what they are proposing you!!

Well, it's quite a big compnay. They have more than 20 offices just in Germany and I don't know how many in the rest of the world.
The only qualification I have is a BA in German and International Relations.

They did say €300 is the usual wage for interns, but what it will actually be will depend on the hours I work etc (yet to be arranged) and it can be discussed on an individual basis. I was just wondering how to go about convincing them to pay me more. I don't have a qualification in Translation (yet!) so I can't use that as an argument. And I don't have much experience either so I'm not sure whether there is anything that will work in my favour.

I guess that they would put you to work doing the initial rough draft of translations and so if you know enough German then translating from German to English shouldn't be much of a problem. You don't need special training to do the rough outline that a pro is going to put the finishing touches on later. If you want industry experience then I'd take the job for as long as it would look good on a CV. (I worked for a newspaper for free for a while knowing that if I did well enough, they'd hire me.)

But if they start to hand you work that is going to be given directly to clients as a finished product, you may have to ask yourself if they're starting to take advantage of you at that rate.