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Poll: Do you use a smartphone for work-related tasks?
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Elizabeth Tamblin
Elizabeth Tamblin  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
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French to English
I carry an iPhone... Aug 13, 2014

... with me at all times - ever hopeful of receiving a marvellous job offer!
 
Ty Kendall
Ty Kendall  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:59
Hebrew to English
I'm going to give a different answer than the last poll... Aug 13, 2014

Yes. I do. (Receiving and sending emails when away from home).

I have recently got my first smartphone and I find it hard to believe I ever managed without it.
 
Oliver Lawrence
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Italy
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Italian to English
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Re Hmmm Aug 13, 2014

Erzsébet Czopyk wrote:
if you have permanent clients and employees, you have a bigger responsibility


While I believe in providing excellent service and being flexible within reason, clients do not have a right to expect translators to be on call outside normal office hours except by prior agreement.

When I am away, I put my email on autoreply, which states when I shall be back and gives my current availability.

There is a limit as to how much business life can reasonably be expected to encroach on personal life.
 
Victoria Britten
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France
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French to English
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Holidays Aug 14, 2014

Erzsébet Czopyk wrote:

if you have permanent clients and employees, you have a bigger responsibility as usual. I can peacefully turn off my mobile if I would be on a vacation...


I took my smartphone (my only phone) on holiday without disabling my emails, and I have to say I'm glad I did: I landed at least one decent-sized job - for when I returned, I hasten to add - that would almost certainly have gone to someone else had the (second-time) client had to wait more than two weeks to find out whether I was going to be able to do it. I haven't yet reached the stage where that is neither here nor there, and actually, checking my emails just once a day bought me considerable peace of mind and even, I think, increased my ability to switch off completely all the rest of the time.
 
Rudolf Frans Maulany
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Netherlands
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English to Indonesian
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No Aug 14, 2014

I have a smartphone but because it is to small I do not use it for work-related task.
 
Giles Watson
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Italy
Local time: 09:59
Italian to English
In memoriam
Yes Aug 14, 2014

The screen is too small for actual translating but there are other translation-related things you can do with a smartphone.

The kindle app, for example, lets me access the reference works in my kindle account even if I haven't got the kindle with me.
 
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