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neilmac
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 09:56
Spanish to English
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Duff poll otions again Sep 4, 2020

The last 2 invoices I issued were monthlies, for my main direct (non-agency) client. Both bills included several small translation jobs received and returned by e-mail, as well as SW strings translated via the client's online platform.

July was busier than last year and August was not bad either.


Christine Andersen
Christopher Schröder
Alex Pankhurst
Michael Harris
Ventnai
Noni Gilbert Riley
Philip Lees
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 08:56
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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A small job Sep 4, 2020

My last invoice was issued yesterday to a repeat customer (though not a regular); it concerned a FR-PT translation of a press release (600 words). On the 1st September I issued 8 monthly invoices to my regular customers concerning all the jobs done during August ranging from a few hundred words to several thousands.

 
Christine Andersen
Christine Andersen  Identity Verified
Denmark
Local time: 09:56
Member (2003)
Danish to English
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sorry, removing duplicate post Sep 4, 2020

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[Edited at 2020-09-04 11:25 GMT]


 
Christine Andersen
Christine Andersen  Identity Verified
Denmark
Local time: 09:56
Member (2003)
Danish to English
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Strictly, it was three small jobs Sep 4, 2020

I normally send monthly invoices, but this one was for a bunch of related jobs and went over the end of the month.

Small jobs suit me best, but it would be ridiculous to invoice them separately.
The latest job I have delivered was for 11 words, but I already have three jobs on this month's invoice for the same client.

Last month I invoiced that client for 14 jobs, varying from about 3000 words down to 350. There were other invoices with multiple jobs, all in the s
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I normally send monthly invoices, but this one was for a bunch of related jobs and went over the end of the month.

Small jobs suit me best, but it would be ridiculous to invoice them separately.
The latest job I have delivered was for 11 words, but I already have three jobs on this month's invoice for the same client.

Last month I invoiced that client for 14 jobs, varying from about 3000 words down to 350. There were other invoices with multiple jobs, all in the same size range, and it was a moderately busy month!
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Alexandra Speirs
Alexandra Speirs  Identity Verified
Local time: 09:56
Italian to English
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monthly Sep 4, 2020

Only one invoice in August, the other clients were closed.
This was for 2 very small jobs and 3 medium-sized.
The third week of August was particularly bad, only 7 lines of translation.
Still, considering that I am usually on holiday myself in August, this invoice was considerably larger than the one in August 2019.


 
Yolande Hivart
Yolande Hivart
Austria
Local time: 09:56
Member (2016)
German to French
Mixed jobs Sep 4, 2020

Usually the end of the month is the time I write invoices for the agencies with fixed schedule and collected monthly invoices through cloud softwares mainly but not all (for other clients there is no schedule, maybe just after the job for a one time client or when i feel like it for recurring clients). So these are monthly invoiced with a mashup with small and middle jobs. In August i had my work spread onto so many client that i did not have the joy to write a big amount for a sole job but it d... See more
Usually the end of the month is the time I write invoices for the agencies with fixed schedule and collected monthly invoices through cloud softwares mainly but not all (for other clients there is no schedule, maybe just after the job for a one time client or when i feel like it for recurring clients). So these are monthly invoiced with a mashup with small and middle jobs. In August i had my work spread onto so many client that i did not have the joy to write a big amount for a sole job but it does happens, however not usually in August.Collapse


 
Thayenga
Thayenga  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 09:56
Member (2009)
English to German
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A small job Sep 4, 2020

It was for a paid test translation of about 780 words.

 
Gina Centanni
Gina Centanni  Identity Verified
United States
Member (2008)
Spanish to English
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August billing Sep 4, 2020

Although I haven’t gotten (yes, gotten!) around to sending them yet, for the month of August I will invoice 7 clients for a total of €10,347: smallest invoice under €50 and largest more than €5,000, so it runs the gamut.

Laureana Pavon
 
Barbara Cochran, MFA
Barbara Cochran, MFA  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 04:56
Spanish to English
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Very Large Project Sep 4, 2020

As they almost always are, since I'm a literary translator.

It was for a 42-chapter book on the history of explorations and discoveries, quite a massive undertaking indeed!

[Edited at 2020-09-04 15:30 GMT]


Elena Feriani
Sundar Gopalakrishnan
Noura Tawil
 
Laureana Pavon
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Uruguay
Local time: 05:56
Member (2007)
English to Spanish
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Other Sep 4, 2020

I issue monthly invoices to my clients

Aline Amorim
Ventnai
 
Aline Amorim
Aline Amorim  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 05:56
English to Portuguese
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Medium-sized job Sep 4, 2020

But I issue monthly invoices to my clients.

Maria da Glória Teixeira
 
Aline Amorim
Aline Amorim  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 05:56
English to Portuguese
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Medium-sized job Sep 4, 2020

Laureana Pavon wrote:

I issue monthly invoices to my clients


Me too. I issue monthly invoices to my clients.


 
Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 01:56
Member (2003)
Spanish to English
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A relatavely large job Sep 5, 2020

10,900 words

I mostly do jobs around this size, sometimes much larger. I rarely get small assignments.

[Edited at 2020-09-05 11:40 GMT]


 
hashgain
hashgain
United States
very good question Oct 4, 2020

That's a very good question.
There are a lot of employee tracking applications on the market right now, and this is definitely a necessary thing that gives a little relaxation to the employers whose employees work remotely.
Here, for many, the question arises which application or software to choose WorkTime, I myself use it and there are no complaints.


 
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