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Poll: Do you think the work is decreasing this month?
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Alessandra Peretti
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 21:28
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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Yes, a bit Sep 21

Work not only has been decreasing in the number of words but also in the number of jobs and has been as irregular as ever. July/August are usually some of my best months (I don’t take summer vacations) and this year July was so, so and August was good (although I invoiced 25% less than last year), September has been terrible. As we have still a week till the end of the month, we'll see what the rest brings...

Alessandra Peretti
Chris Spurgin
 
Thayenga
Thayenga  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 22:28
Member (2009)
English to German
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A lot Sep 21

The work load has tremendeously increased, not only this month, but the last one as well. Good.

Liviu-Lee Roth
 
Marlene Blanshay
Marlene Blanshay  Identity Verified
Canada
Local time: 17:28
Member (2009)
French to English
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decreased Sep 22

I got a few new clients but it's been slow since end of August.
Time to get a real job!!!
 
ADIE Translations
ADIE Translations
Germany
Local time: 22:28
German to English
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? Sep 22

Nope. Just the reverse. Legal clients flying in. Medical clients hopping on. Literature also popping in.

BOOM

BOOM!

[Edited at 2024-09-22 06:20 GMT]
 
Denis Fesik
Denis Fesik
Local time: 00:28
English to Russian
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Cheap competitors—aren't they all going to school now? Sep 23

I mean, they can still translate after school because MT does 99% of the work for them (plus, their customers are often incompetent and ready to pay for translations that stand way below par, as long as they are cheap). I can't say how things are going in the freelance market; my situation is different because I translate and edit translations for huge companies that are working on huge bilingual projects. Don't think they will stop working on them in the near future
 


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