Poll: Do you find it difficult to keep up with the requests for work you are receiving? Persoa que publicou o fío: ProZ.com Staff
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| | | | Lieven Malaise
Belgium
Local time: 07:17
Membro (2020)
French to Dutch
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I work on a first come, first served basis and have learned to say "no" easily over the years. So too many translation requests is never a problem. Too few requests, however, could be one.
| | | | Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:17
Membro (2008)
Italian to English
Q. "Do you find it difficult to keep up with the requests for work you are receiving?"
A. No. I'm a well-organised person who knows how to stay on top of his workload.
[Edited at 2022-06-30 08:21 GMT]
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 07:17
Spanish to English
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I'm currently back in Scotland organising a family funeral, but even so, I'm managing to keep up with any requests. I've notified my clients that my responses may be slower under the circumstances, but things tend to slow down around this time of year anyway.
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Workflow has been as unpredictable as ever. I have been translating more years than I care to admit. Some 20/30 years ago, I used to be fully booked during the first months of the year and had almost no work during the summer months. Nowadays, it varies throughout the year and comes in cycles: a period of too much work is always followed by a (hopefully brief) period of nothing to do. Sometimes I feel like all my customers have agreed among themselves to flood me with work at the same time just ... See more Workflow has been as unpredictable as ever. I have been translating more years than I care to admit. Some 20/30 years ago, I used to be fully booked during the first months of the year and had almost no work during the summer months. Nowadays, it varies throughout the year and comes in cycles: a period of too much work is always followed by a (hopefully brief) period of nothing to do. Sometimes I feel like all my customers have agreed among themselves to flood me with work at the same time just to see how resilient I am… ▲ Collapse
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I have ignored or turned every one of them down since the last book translation I submitted, in November 2021. That way, I can attend exclusively to what are MY needs right now, as well as to those of friends and relatives, many of whom are experiencing health and economic issues that are much more serious than any I have suffered, as a result of the pandemic.
[Edited at 2022-06-30 15:42 GMT]
[Edited at 2022-06-30 15:43 GMT]
| | | | Sadek_A 
Local time: 10:17
English to Arabic
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Tom in London wrote:
I'm a well-organised person who knows how to stay on top of his workload.
[Edited at 2022-06-30 08:21 GMT]
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| | | | Kay Denney
France
Local time: 07:17
French to English
What a weird set of possible answers.
I've had a pretty busy time lately and things have just calmed down a bit. I'd have gone with "yes, sometimes" or at a pinch "not usually" but there was only yes and no presented with different attitudes and nothing in between.
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