Poll: How many hours a day do you work (excl. weekends)? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| | | | Lieven Malaise 
Belgium
Local time: 05:12
Member (2020)
French to Dutch
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I'm mostly at my desk around 7:30 a.m and work most of the time at least until 10:30 p.m. But I take many breaks for my daily dog walk, dishes, laundry, cooking etcetera. I aim for a theoretical target of 10 translation hours (= exclusively dedicated to translation) a day. I say theoretical because these translation hours are based on a translation speed that has become obsolete because I have become faster over the years. But I still use it as a measure to calculate my revenue target and availa... See more I'm mostly at my desk around 7:30 a.m and work most of the time at least until 10:30 p.m. But I take many breaks for my daily dog walk, dishes, laundry, cooking etcetera. I aim for a theoretical target of 10 translation hours (= exclusively dedicated to translation) a day. I say theoretical because these translation hours are based on a translation speed that has become obsolete because I have become faster over the years. But I still use it as a measure to calculate my revenue target and availability.
I think I actually translate about 6-8 hours a day, on average. ▲ Collapse
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It varies a lot: from 1 hour if I have no work at all (just to check my emails and deal with some administrative stuff) to sometimes from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (if I’m involved in a longish project). In principle, today I’ll have no work, unless something unexpected comes up: that’s the life of a freelancer!
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What's the difference between "Up to 8" and "Less than 8"? Was somebody struggling to find options here?
And why is 8 such a mystical number that it appears in half of the options, when to most freelancers it has no special meaning?
And does anybody who is likely to respond to this poll exclude weekends? A curious question all round.
These days, I would consider "full time" work for me to be an average of 4-5 hours per day, seven days per week. Some ... See more What's the difference between "Up to 8" and "Less than 8"? Was somebody struggling to find options here?
And why is 8 such a mystical number that it appears in half of the options, when to most freelancers it has no special meaning?
And does anybody who is likely to respond to this poll exclude weekends? A curious question all round.
These days, I would consider "full time" work for me to be an average of 4-5 hours per day, seven days per week. Some days I may work more hours, and other days I may not work at all.
Note that there is no 8 in there, and I do not exclude weekends. ▲ Collapse
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WolfgangS
France
Local time: 05:12
English to German
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| As many hours | Dec 4, 2024 |
as necessary to get the job(s) done.
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