| Pages in topic: < [1 2] | Poll: How would you rate the first part of 2017 professionally? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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I've been sailing with a steady turnover for some years now.
A ceiling of sorts.
Philippe
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positive for me is:
I can pay rent and bills
I can buy food and clothes
I can plan to go on holiday
I can spend some time with my family
No comparison to previous years
| | | | Ana Vozone 
Local time: 08:08
Member (2010)
English to Portuguese
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| Negative... and then very positive | May 29, 2017 |
In February, I had the worst month ever in a career spanning nearly 40 years. I did not worry too much, and have not found any explanation. Work is back to normal now.
However, because of all the "free" time that I had during that month, and equipping myself with a lot of patience I tried to find new clients. I did find one in particular that I am enjoying enormously which involves the "joys" of translating new videogames while working on an advanced platform, sharing Google docs, w... See more In February, I had the worst month ever in a career spanning nearly 40 years. I did not worry too much, and have not found any explanation. Work is back to normal now.
However, because of all the "free" time that I had during that month, and equipping myself with a lot of patience I tried to find new clients. I did find one in particular that I am enjoying enormously which involves the "joys" of translating new videogames while working on an advanced platform, sharing Google docs, working intensely on reducing the number of characters, etc., etc... I have learnt quite a lot in these last few weeks and am happy about the outcome. ▲ Collapse
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This time last year I was complaining about not having enough work, and now I've got too much. Oh well, I'm sure it won't last.
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Erzsébet Czopyk
Hungary
Local time: 09:08
Member (2006)
Russian to Hungarian
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SITE LOCALIZER | ups and downs | May 29, 2017 |
After a good fresh start in January and an excellent April, my May turned into nightmare.
Unpaid invoices, changing deadlines, hysterical PMs, payment delays, numerous reminders, lying clients.
| | | | Elina Sellgren
Finland
Local time: 10:08
Member (2013)
English to Finnish
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I had work and my income remained about the same but I didn't recover from my seasonal affective disorder until the end of April because it was so cold and cloudy until then. It may not affect the quality of my work but I feel it affects my client relationships because I forget 'little' things like confirming receipt of documents, invoicing, etc. It really sucks that summer is usually quieter, as it would be the ideal season for me to work efficiently.
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Pretty slow January...business picked up in February, great March and April but May has been the slowest month in a long time...hoping for a busy June before everybody goes on holiday in July...
| | | | Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 04:08
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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Although I made enough money to pay my bills, the average of the first five months of 2017 was surely lower than that of the last five months of 2016.
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Today is the 1st year anniversary of me turning freelance! I am really grateful for all the opportunities I have had in the past year, especially since 2017. Got to know and privileged to have worked with the few professional translators and interpreters in Malaysia. Greater connection, enlarging territory.
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