Poll: Which domain will be on the rise in the demand for translation services post-COVID?
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
Barbara Cochran, MFA  Identity Verified
Estados Unidos da América
Local time: 06:37
Espanhol para Inglês
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Travel & Tourism Jun 22, 2021

Americans are going crazy, esp. this summer, now that Covid restrictions and health orders have virtually disappeared, with heading off to their favorite spots, or to places they have never been to before, here and abroad. It's known as freedom. There has even been a noticeable uptick in requests for my specialty, literary translations, esp. over the past month.

Kay-Viktor Stegemann
 
Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Brasil
Local time: 07:37
Inglês para Português
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Other = All industries Jun 23, 2021

All of the above, plus all the ones not mentioned in this list.

neilmac
Linda Miranda
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
expressisverbis
Peter Simon
Aline Amorim
Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
 
matt robinson
matt robinson  Identity Verified
Espanha
Local time: 12:37
Espanhol para Inglês
On the rise? Jun 23, 2021

It depends what you mean by on the rise. If you mean rising to pre-covid levels, then all of them, I suppose. If you mean long-term trends which are unrelated to covid, then I wouldn't like to guess.

P.L.F. Persi (X)
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
neilmac
Kamal Idkaidek
Ian Keith Jones Williams
Gibril Koroma
Assem AlKhallouf
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 11:37
Membro (2007)
Inglês para Português
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Other – I don’t know Jun 23, 2021

I suppose my customers who deal with consumer goods (labels and instructions) will be back on track, but with all the different virus variants and strains that may arise it’s probably too early to tell…

neilmac
Linda Miranda
Ian Keith Jones Williams
Mario Freitas
Gibril Koroma
Assem AlKhallouf
 
neilmac
neilmac
Espanha
Local time: 12:37
Espanhol para Inglês
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Other Jun 23, 2021

I don't really know. The Covid scenario hasn't really affected my work situation - I'm still getting as much as I need. My market research client was quiet for the first year, but they've bounced back in the past few months. The rest are pretty much the same as ever.

Mario Freitas
Assem AlKhallouf
 
Tom in London
Tom in London
Reino Unido
Local time: 11:37
Italiano para Inglês
Construction Jun 23, 2021

Construction is the biggest element in the budgets of most countries. It includes everything from complete railway and road infrastructure to single-family swimming pools or interior fit-outs for shops, as well as all the materials and machinery, contracts, legislation, and tendering documentation that all construction work generates.



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Laureana Pavon
Assem AlKhallouf
Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
 
Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Brasil
Local time: 07:37
Inglês para Português
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Indeed, Neilmac Jun 23, 2021

neilmac wrote:

I don't really know. The Covid scenario hasn't really affected my work situation - I'm still getting as much as I need. My market research client was quiet for the first year, but they've bounced back in the past few months. The rest are pretty much the same as ever.


I'm actually experiencing a considerable increase in volume and income during the Covid period, except for June/July/2020, which were the worst months in my entire career. However, I notice the volume per client has been reduced, above all regarding engineering projects, which is my major area of work.
So I think we were a bit afraid of the crisis in the beginning and invested more in networking. In my case, I got several new clients and work in areas that were not so regular for me before.
And we hear so many colleagues complaining that it's a bad period for them in all aspects.
So, my opinion is, those who were cautious in the beginning, worked on negative forecasts and adopted measures to prevent it are the ones who didn't really "feel" the crises so negatively.


Assem AlKhallouf
 
Gibril Koroma
Gibril Koroma  Identity Verified
Canadá
Local time: 06:37
Francês para Inglês
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Other Jun 23, 2021

Difficult to predict. Highly unpredictable in my case.

Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
 
LIZ LI
LIZ LI  Identity Verified
China
Local time: 18:37
Francês para Chinês
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Slightly on the rise Jun 24, 2021

For me, it was e-learning, medical equipments & audiovisual.
Tourism & hospitality used to cover 1/3 of my total workload, but these assignments never come back...
Gaming is also in huge demand of linguistic talents, with BATs (Chinese version of GAFA).


jiajun yin
 


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