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Poll: Do you keep strict business hours?
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neilmac
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 00:09
Spanish to English
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No May 18, 2014

For example, right now it's Sunday evening, 8.45pm and I'm just about to start work on a file a client sent me about an hour ago. This is for a bi-monthly magazine and every 2 months I have a week or so of rather hectic, ad hoc "anything can happen" activity from this particular client. Most of my other regulars usually stick to a Monday-Friday schedule, although they often send me stuff towards the end of the week for delivery on Monday or later the following week. I don't mind, as it is my li... See more
For example, right now it's Sunday evening, 8.45pm and I'm just about to start work on a file a client sent me about an hour ago. This is for a bi-monthly magazine and every 2 months I have a week or so of rather hectic, ad hoc "anything can happen" activity from this particular client. Most of my other regulars usually stick to a Monday-Friday schedule, although they often send me stuff towards the end of the week for delivery on Monday or later the following week. I don't mind, as it is my livelihood and "it keeps me out of the pub".

I claim to provide a translation service 24/7 all year round, and try to live up to it. ▲ Collapse
 
Helen Hagon
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Local time: 23:09
Member (2011)
Russian to English
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Partly May 18, 2014

My 'core hours' are during school time, when the house is quiet. I do work outside of these hours but the amount of time I have available depends on many factors, and so I do not guarantee to be available to customers at other times.
 
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