Poll: On average, how many emails do you send each day (including answers)? Autor wątku: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "On average, how many emails do you send each day (including answers)?".
This poll was originally submitted by Damien Poussier. View the poll results »
| | | | Mary Worby 
Wielka Brytania
Local time: 15:18
niemiecki > angielski
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| Michael Harris
Niemcy
Local time: 16:18
Członek ProZ.com
od 2006
niemiecki > angielski
| Loads as well | Nov 25, 2012 |
On a quite day, around about 40, and when things are burning, up to 100!
| | | | | More than 15 | Nov 25, 2012 |
for sure, but I do not think I have ever arrived at 100, as Michael!
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neilmac
Hiszpania
Local time: 16:18
hiszpański > angielski
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Probably somewhere between one and ten.
Off topic, is it just me, or does anyone else find questions like this pointless and rather irritating? I mean, who wants to know this kind of information, and why?
| | | | Allison Wright (X)
Portugalia
Local time: 15:18
As an average from Monday to Friday.
If 100 is the new benchmark, then I have possibly hit it once.
Not exactly off-topic: I am just wondering if other vary their responses, or have a handful of stock phrases ranging from "yes, I really want this job" and "no, this is a job from hell which I would not touch with a bargepole"?
| | | | | When do you guys find the time . . . | Nov 25, 2012 |
to translate?
If I'm dealing with a client, sometimes a bunch of short e-mails fly back and forth at the beginning of an assignment, but other than that, I thought I was spending too much time at an average of 6-10 e-mails a day. It definitely cuts into my work time.
My work only generates e-mails at the time I take the job on and when I deliver it. I should say that most of my jobs are long, so I don't have frequent contact with clients.
| | | | Julian Holmes
Japonia
Local time: 23:18
Członek ProZ.com
od 2011
japoński > angielski
At the very most.
And the majority of them are in Japanese which takes much, much longer to type.
It's a cinch typing in English compared with Japanese which is by far a different kettle of fish -- with 2,000 daily use characters to choose from  and loads of homonyms to make mistakes with. And, don't forget varying levels of politeness depending on the situation.
If I had to write around 50 e-... See more At the very most.
And the majority of them are in Japanese which takes much, much longer to type.
It's a cinch typing in English compared with Japanese which is by far a different kettle of fish -- with 2,000 daily use characters to choose from and loads of homonyms to make mistakes with. And, don't forget varying levels of politeness depending on the situation.
If I had to write around 50 e-mails in one day, I would have no time to translate. I suppose I'd be a fantastic letter writer, though.  ▲ Collapse
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I answer e-mails re offers, and sometimes three or four fairly quick exchanges are needed to settle price and terms of payment. Occasionally, another exchange or two is needed if I can't initially open the documents to be reviewed/translated.
But once I've actually accepted an assignment, I'm on my own.
And I typically am not deluged with offers of work that I feel obliged to respond to, especially if we discount mass mailings and other messages that I can instantly s... See more I answer e-mails re offers, and sometimes three or four fairly quick exchanges are needed to settle price and terms of payment. Occasionally, another exchange or two is needed if I can't initially open the documents to be reviewed/translated.
But once I've actually accepted an assignment, I'm on my own.
And I typically am not deluged with offers of work that I feel obliged to respond to, especially if we discount mass mailings and other messages that I can instantly see are of no interest (e.g., some aspiring author in Argentina wants their novel translated at a rate that would come out to something like $5.00/hour).
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| | | | Thayenga
Niemcy
Local time: 16:18
Członek ProZ.com
od 2009
angielski > niemiecki
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Muriel Vasconcellos wrote:
to translate?
If I'm dealing with a client, sometimes a bunch of short e-mails fly back and forth at the beginning of an assignment, but other than that, I thought I was spending too much time at an average of 6-10 e-mails a day. It definitely cuts into my work time.
Sometimes I'm amazed at the number of emails I've sent during the day, especially when dealing with more than one client / new assignment. This does take a lot of time, even though I try to keep these emails down to the "bare necessities".
Fortunately, my friends understand that it sometimes takes time before they hear back from me.
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Despite my occasional long posts, I am actually very much in favour of brief pithy e-mails dealing with one point per e-mail. So I send bucketloads of them. I firmly believe that recipients rarely read beyond the first sentence of a communication. Having taken myself as the example, that is!
| | | | JaneD
Szwecja
Local time: 16:18
Członek ProZ.com
od 2009
szwedzki > angielski
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| Fewer than I thought, but more than most | Nov 25, 2012 |
"Only" about 15-20 per day... (not including non-work emails) but now I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong if I need to exchange emails that often when clearly a good number of my peers don't!
Most of these are "Yes I can do this one" type messages to a couple of regular clients, but all the same, I'm surprised that this seems to be on the high end of the range.
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Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 10:18
angielski > hiszpański
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| At the risk of sounding like a curmudgeon... | Nov 26, 2012 |
...my work as a translator (and complementary activities) is far more important than spending a minute counting how many emails I send each day.
Is this poll some sort of silly OCD screening mechanism?
| | | | Damien Poussier
Francja
Local time: 16:18
Członek ProZ.com
od 2012
angielski > francuski
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Mario Chavez wrote:
...my work as a translator (and complementary activities) is far more important than spending a minute counting how many emails I send each day.
Is this poll some sort of silly OCD screening mechanism?
No, I'm just trying to determine who is bitter enough to whine about it.
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