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Niraja Nanjundan (X)
Niraja Nanjundan (X)  Identity Verified
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What about your clients? Jan 25, 2008

amky wrote:

i'm productive when i have no dead line



You may not have a deadline, but I'm sure your clients do!
 
Andrea Riffo
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Tight-ish Jan 25, 2008

John Cutler wrote:

I even wear a T-shirt that proclaims, "Procrastinators of the world unite - tomorrow."



LOVE the t-shirt


I'm also a born procrastinator, so I like tight-ish deadlines.

Still, I usually try to wrangle 1000-1500 words/day deadlines out of clients, because I hardly ever work on just one translation per day, so when you start to add 1000 words for A, 500 for B, 1500 for C...

I learnt this the hard way: with my first credit card

[Edited at 2008-01-25 13:31]
 
Satu Ilva
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Somewhere in the middle Jan 25, 2008

The amount of procrastination seems to grow exponentially depending on how little work I have to do, as in if I only have a little, I put it off and off until it actually really is urgent. That said, I try to get things done with enough time to put the text to rest at least for a couple of hours before proofing it. If I have a fair amount of work then I try to get on with it, so as not to fall behind.

I have one client who never specifies a deadline and I find that disturbing becaus... See more
The amount of procrastination seems to grow exponentially depending on how little work I have to do, as in if I only have a little, I put it off and off until it actually really is urgent. That said, I try to get things done with enough time to put the text to rest at least for a couple of hours before proofing it. If I have a fair amount of work then I try to get on with it, so as not to fall behind.

I have one client who never specifies a deadline and I find that disturbing because I can't get it out of them whether they want it today or next week! I prefer to know down to the hour when jobs are due. ▲ Collapse
 
Hilary Davies Shelby
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Is it just me, or .... Jan 31, 2008

does the job always expand to fit the deadline, no matter how much time you allow?

I think my problem is being too picky. I'm never *quite* satisfied with it, so will continue to make adjustments to my translation until the deadline forces me to actually stop fussing and send it!
 
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