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Poll: How do you handle urgent requests outside your working hours?
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 15:43
Miembro 2007
inglés al portugués
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Other Mar 2

I only accept urgent jobs from my regular customers and how much I’ll charge depends entirely on the job. In general, I don't apply a surcharge rate to some of my regular clients, but if it's a client that gives me work once in a blue moon, I will increase my rate for sure. I have two long-standing clients, who very regularly request small but urgent translations and we agreed some time ago that I would give priority to their work and invoice accordingly.

Thayenga
 
Michael Newton
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Estados Unidos
Local time: 10:43
japonés al inglés
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Urgent requests Mar 2

Make a list of questions. Repeat the same questions every three months. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

Claudio Machado Junior
writeaway
Daryo
Cilian O'Tuama
Philip Lees
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
expressisverbis
 
Cilian O'Tuama
Cilian O'Tuama  Identity Verified
Alemania
Local time: 16:43
alemán al inglés
+ ...
How to flog a dead horse, ProZ-style. Mar 3

Michael Newton wrote:

Make a list of questions. Repeat the same questions every three months. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.


But it gets attention, and traffic, so for them it's a good tactic.

Crazy but true. A sad world we're in.


[Edited at 2026-03-03 03:57 GMT]

Philip Lees
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
expressisverbis
Claudio Machado Junior
Thayenga
 


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