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| Post removed: This post was hidden by a moderator or staff member for the following reason: Removed as requested by poster | Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:15
Member (2008)
Italian to English
question "Has the pandemic changed the way you plan to do business in the future?"
Yes. I'm looking pro-actively for the kind of clients I want, rather than waiting for them to look for me. This is already happening. So it isn't a matter of what I'm planning to do in the future; I'm doing it now.
[Edited at 2020-06-17 09:42 GMT]
| | | | Mario Freitas 
Brazil
Local time: 21:15
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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And I don't think this applies to us.
| | | | DZiW (X)
Ukraine
English to Russian
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| 37° Centigrades | Jun 18, 2020 |
While I don't care about nicely redefined and reinterpreted six-point/prognosis 'pandemic' to commercially fit multi-billion vax wholesales in 2009, how come that H1N1, "corona", and others are now 'pandemic', whereas according the previous definition of 2005--they are but outbreaks?
Nevermind, yet the sudden lockdown is a very political decision globally affecting survived businesses. As many others, I distinguish the two different events.
For instance: a child wants to t... See more While I don't care about nicely redefined and reinterpreted six-point/prognosis 'pandemic' to commercially fit multi-billion vax wholesales in 2009, how come that H1N1, "corona", and others are now 'pandemic', whereas according the previous definition of 2005--they are but outbreaks?
Nevermind, yet the sudden lockdown is a very political decision globally affecting survived businesses. As many others, I distinguish the two different events.
For instance: a child wants to take a toy, but a loud thunderclap scares her away, so she is afraid to touch that toy any soon. The point is there's no cause-effect for touching a toy has little to nothing to do with thunderclaps.
Moreover, after the WHO officials explained it to the public the healthy is not to wear a mask and that asymptomatic subjects pose almost* no threat to others, the government had decided to prolong such an interesting 'quarantine' (40-days) to the late June, tightening restrictions. Some five months (150 days) for now, but WHO who knows and what then...
@Mario, while you prefer working for intermediaries (agencies), they still serve the end clients from real businesses who are badly affected. So, how it might apply to a remote translator, I wonder: higher prices, less offers, more panic, lower rates, less good sense, more fakes, seasonal flu... beep-beep?
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David Lin
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:15
Member (2013)
English to Chinese
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MODERATOR | Yes for me... | Jun 19, 2020 |
... I want to fine-tune my haircutting skills so in case there will be another pandemic that requires home isolation, I can cut my hair in a better way to make myself presentable at the video-conferences (for interpreting as well as chats with clients and PMs) to come during lockdown.
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