Poll: Are you a full or part-time translator/interpreter? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| Full-time translator for the last 30 years: | Jun 29, 2014 |
10 years as freelancer, 20 years as in-house translator/reviser + a few years part-time...
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 11:05
Spanish to English
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Or pehaps that should be "fool time", as I'm s¡tting here right now working on a Sunday morning...
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Tim Drayton 
Cyprus
Local time: 12:05
Turkish to English
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I have had absolutely no income from any other source of work since June 2005.
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Sebastian Witte
Germany
Local time: 11:05
Member (2004)
English to German
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Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 11:05
Member (2009)
English to German
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Officially I am a part-time translator who oftentimes works full-time. Since translation and the related services I provide are not my only source of income, there actually is no need for me to work full-time. As a translator, that is, since my writing career is picking up.
However, my clients know that I am always prepared and happy to work long hours (full-time) to fulfill their translation needs, and would not giv... See more Officially I am a part-time translator who oftentimes works full-time. Since translation and the related services I provide are not my only source of income, there actually is no need for me to work full-time. As a translator, that is, since my writing career is picking up.
However, my clients know that I am always prepared and happy to work long hours (full-time) to fulfill their translation needs, and would not give them or translating up for anything in the world.
[Edited at 2014-06-29 11:28 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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Rui Domingues
Portugal
Local time: 10:05
Member
French to Portuguese
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I worked as in-house translator for 8 years (3 years in one company and 5 years in another).
In 2013, I decided that I wanted to try the freelance side of translation and from January 2014 I became a full-time freelancer translator and...
I am really loving it
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I translate and transcribe audio sporadically and am willing to make of translation an ongoing source of income. It's difficult to find clients!
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Luiz Barucke
Brazil
Local time: 06:05
Spanish to Portuguese
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I work full-time as freelance translator and it's a really great job.
Actually, I'd like to have some partial free-time
[Editada em 2014-06-29 17:06 GMT]
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Full time for the past 5 years, plus 2 years part-time.
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| My schedule is uneven | Jul 2, 2014 |
I usually work 7 days a week, but depending on the workload, it may be 4 to 10 hours a day, and once in a while I get/take a day in between.
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