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Poll: How many hours a day do you work (excl. weekends)?
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Lieven Malaise
Lieven Malaise  Identity Verified
Bélgica
Local time: 19:42
Membro (2020)
Francês para Holandês
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6-8 Dec 3, 2024

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


Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 18:42
Membro (2007)
Inglês para Português
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Other Dec 3, 2024

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!

Anne Maclennan
Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD
Maria Laura Curzi
Elaine Ruby
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Mónica Algazi
Angelika Behrman
 
Philip Lees
Philip Lees  Identity Verified
Grécia
Local time: 20:42
Grego para Inglês
Questions Dec 4, 2024

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


Angie Garbarino
 
WolfgangS
WolfgangS
França
Local time: 19:42
Inglês para Alemão
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As many hours Dec 4, 2024

as necessary to get the job(s) done.

Angie Garbarino
 


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