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Poll: Did you notice a summer slowdown in business this year?
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Larisa Shulga
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 21:47
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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Fairly stable Dec 25, 2024

For two years now, my best months of the year have been July and August. That's when I receive big projects that have been left in the drawer and that the client decides to send to me before they go on holiday.
 
Mario Chávez
Mario Chávez
United States
Local time: 16:47
English to Spanish
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A marked slowdown Dec 25, 2024

I was let go of my full-time in-house translator job last June, so I opened myself to both freelance and in-house opportunities, local and remote. A strong showing of opportunities in June, July and August started to taper off sharply at the end of the summer and it's now more like a weak assemblage of opportunities in a flat state.

I was interviewed and called in to work as a full-time freelancer for an educational publishing entity but a deeper analysis of their deadline and pay c... See more
I was let go of my full-time in-house translator job last June, so I opened myself to both freelance and in-house opportunities, local and remote. A strong showing of opportunities in June, July and August started to taper off sharply at the end of the summer and it's now more like a weak assemblage of opportunities in a flat state.

I was interviewed and called in to work as a full-time freelancer for an educational publishing entity but a deeper analysis of their deadline and pay conditions popped that balloon in mid summer. Fortunately for me, I secured a good in-house position at the end of autumn. But the freelance options for my pair (EnglishSpanish) are pretty bleak.

I surmise that the slowdown and flat outlook are not directly due to generative AI but to a cascading effect of the hype it created. ▲ Collapse


Jorge Payan
 
Lieven Malaise
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Belgium
Local time: 22:47
Member (2020)
French to Dutch
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A little slower compared to the rest of the year. Dec 26, 2024

July was really good, august and september were a little slower. Just like last year the 3rd quarter will be the least good quarter this year, although it was better than in 2023.
 


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