| Pages in topic: < [1 2] | Poll: Do you have weekdays without a job even though you want to work? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| I think it is awesome too and I am not a kid | Sep 10, 2014 |
Triston & Gaby wrote: I may not be translating, but I might be doing administrative stuff, or working on the office, upgrading a computer, working on my blog... building halloween props in my basement (my neighbors think I'm a mass murderer because of all the body parts... their kids think it's awesome). Today I have no translation projects, so I'm casting some rocks in silicone, then I'm doing a pickaxe. I'm building a Minecraft cave for the kids this year 
Can I come?
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"Want to work" is key here. In 2011-2012, I wrote a memoir (Finding My Invincible Summer), so I actually turned down some of the work that was offered to me. In 2013, I took a 4-month intensive course in botany and I turned down work when tests and projects were due. This year I took off most of May for my first traveling vacation in 9 years.
Bottom line: I basically average 40 hours a week. I have all the work I can handle. I'm supposed to be retired and I want less work, not more... See more "Want to work" is key here. In 2011-2012, I wrote a memoir (Finding My Invincible Summer), so I actually turned down some of the work that was offered to me. In 2013, I took a 4-month intensive course in botany and I turned down work when tests and projects were due. This year I took off most of May for my first traveling vacation in 9 years.
Bottom line: I basically average 40 hours a week. I have all the work I can handle. I'm supposed to be retired and I want less work, not more.
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| | | | Elina Sellgren 
Finland
Local time: 10:33
Member (2013)
English to Finnish
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...because even if I don't have anything to translate, there's always some kind of work - revising my cv/portfolio, marketing, looking for new clients, invoicing, updating glossaries... because I find it difficult to make time for these when there's translation work to do.
| | | | Quentina Chan
Malaysia
Local time: 15:33
Member (2015)
English to Chinese
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| It happened quite often | Sep 11, 2014 |
especially at the beginning of my translation career. At that time, I often had an alternative week off (e.g. fully occupied for a week, then no work at all for the following week). I was quite worried at first, but started to utilize the "no-work-week" to look for new clients, or revise some of my previous jobs.
I won't say I miss those days because, to me, more translation means more practice (but don't get me wrong, I only accept jobs if I really have times to complete it).
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Mike Sadler (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:33
Spanish to English
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Vera Schoen wrote:
I'm one of those who answered "No".
Are there weekdays without work? Yes, it happens.
Weekends with work? Often.
So on the job-less weekdays I'm happy not to work.
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