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Jun 28, 2019

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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Португалија
Local time: 15:43
Член (2007)
англиски на португалски
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Busy Jun 28, 2019

It has been a busy month: three or four longish files (around 10,000 words each) and a lot of smallish ones (around 1,000 words each).

Natalia Pedrosa
 
Eoghan McMonagle
Eoghan McMonagle  Identity Verified
Шпанија
Local time: 16:43
Член (2011)
шпански на англиски
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Busy Jun 28, 2019

I have never had such a busy month as this one, let alone June which is usually when things start slowing down. I have actually had to reject a few jobs or pass them on to other colleagues.
My main job was a 70k word report that was needed within 2 weeks.
I'm not complaining though as it means I can enjoy July and August (typically slow months for my legal translations with law firms and the courts being on holidays) without worrying.


Julio Madrid
Natalia Pedrosa
 
Axelle H.
Axelle H.  Identity Verified
Франција
Local time: 16:43
англиски на француски
Other Jun 28, 2019

Beginning of the month was very quiet, end of the month is absolutely crazy !

neilmac
Roy Chacón
 
Philippe Etienne
Philippe Etienne  Identity Verified
Шпанија
Local time: 16:43
Член
англиски на француски
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slow Jun 28, 2019

enough to pay the bills, but 30% below average.
Too hot anyway.

Philippe


 
neilmac
neilmac
Шпанија
Local time: 16:43
шпански на англиски
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Other Jun 28, 2019

June this year has been slowish in parts, but then picked up again, to the extent that today I had to refuse an offer of work for next week from one agency. The slower periods meant that I had more time to see about things like tax returns and other non-translation activities.

Liena V.
 
Michael Harris
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Германија
Local time: 16:43
германски на англиски
Slow Jun 28, 2019

June seems to be a slow month for me every year, probably because of all of the bank holidays that they have here in Germany every year

 
Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
Muriel Vasconcellos (X)  Identity Verified
Соединети Американски Држави
Local time: 07:43
шпански на англиски
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A little slow Jun 29, 2019

I was promised an 80-page job in early June and I turned down other work to leave myself available. Then the client bailed without remembering to tell me.

It's a welcome break, however. I'm working on a project that I'm very excited about: having parts of my memoir translated into Portuguese for publication in Brazil.

[Edited at 2019-06-29 08:12 GMT]


 
Gibril Koroma
Gibril Koroma  Identity Verified
Канада
Local time: 10:43
француски на англиски
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Nothing out of the ordinary Jun 29, 2019

Normal month.

 
Christine Andersen
Christine Andersen  Identity Verified
Данска
Local time: 16:43
Член (2003)
дански на англиски
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Very mixed Jun 30, 2019

A big job with a good deadline, which ended up as a long gruelling week to get it off in time... so May was quite busy! Then a week's break to travel. I had told clients I was away, and turned down two small jobs anyway.

Several quiet days when I came back, then a rushed job over the weekend with an extra supplement, so June was busy at the beginning and end, and quiet in the middle.


 
Philippe SALMON
Philippe SALMON
Обединето Кралство
Local time: 15:43
англиски на француски
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The summer months are usually busy for us Jul 2, 2019

We always spend time at our French Office during parts of the summer, updating our language skills with the locals. A few years ago, we used to find the summer months very quiet but now with our phone number being available to them, data roaming and improved mobile signal in the foothills of the Pyrenees, our clients seem to know they can always get hold of us when everyone else is on holiday!

 


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