Tuesday, May 1, 2012

18 Freelance translator availability trap

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18 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 1, 2012 at 11:14 AM

    I've also had that 24/7 feeling, sometimes :)

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  2. AnonymousMay 1, 2012 at 11:30 AM

    1st of May, public holiday here in Austria, and I am sitting at my computer, working...

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    1. AnonymousMay 1, 2012 at 5:36 PM

      1st of May, public holiday here in Argentina, and I am sitting at my computer, working... (Globalization?)

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  3. AnonymousMay 1, 2012 at 11:50 AM

    Working here, too...

    Even the turtle has a Christmas hat, how cute :)

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  4. LeoniMay 1, 2012 at 11:51 AM

    The thing is that Mox looks happy and I do too. I love being a freelance translator!

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  5. AnonymousMay 1, 2012 at 12:33 PM

    But some other days your friends are working and you're on "holidays" . And, of course, you have to tell them so that they see how wonderful being a freelance is (sometimes xD) :]

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  6. AnonymousMay 1, 2012 at 4:04 PM

    LOL! Happy Worker's Day! From Argentina, also celebrating at my computer :)

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  7. EutychusMay 1, 2012 at 5:54 PM

    That last panel is me.

    I often relate how sad one of my clients must be because I once got a job request from him at 2am on January 1st.

    But perhaps it's sadder that I was checking my business e-mail just about when his e-mail came in...

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  8. AnonymousMay 1, 2012 at 6:36 PM

    LOL! Working at a very low pace here, in Cuenca, Ecuador! Great way to celebrate Labor Day!! : ) May you all working out there enjoy it as well!

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  9. AnonymousMay 1, 2012 at 7:51 PM

    Yeah! Working here in Argentina too. But even when I would like to have this day off like everybody else, sometimes it's so hard to be a freelance translator (out of work) that I won't complain :)

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  10. AnonymousMay 2, 2012 at 12:49 AM

    Hahaha, "to celebrate it I will translate for a few hours"...

    Brilliant.

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  11. Niki-KMay 2, 2012 at 5:01 PM

    How did I spend my Labor Day holiday (in Uruguay)? Glued to my PC, of course (working, not websurfing)...and getting requests at 5 pm with a next-day 10 am deadline. Delights of freelancing...

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  12. AnonymousMay 4, 2012 at 8:57 AM

    Yes but why does he have a turtle/tortoise on his desk??

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  13. AnonymousMay 4, 2012 at 12:53 PM

    The turtle is just an allegorical metaphor for "the easy and calm way" to do things in life (as i.e. translating). Remember, these reptiles live up to 200 years... Regards from Germany (still celebrating May 1st = Labor Day)

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  14. CassyMay 18, 2012 at 4:07 PM

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  15. Sarai PahlaMay 19, 2012 at 10:14 PM

    Yes, I know the feeling! Still, I am now making sure that even if I don't get weekly breaks, I always have daily breaks!

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  16. RitaMay 20, 2012 at 8:06 PM

    I love your posts, they are so much 'translation business' ; ))

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  17. JoelNovember 14, 2013 at 3:29 AM

    What is a holiday?

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