Poll: Is September a slow month for you? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Is September a slow month for you?".
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Michael Harris 
Germany
Local time: 02:06
Member (2006)
German to English
| What date is it | Sep 4, 2016 |
today? Oh, the 4th September. How on earth can we answer such a useless question? No wonder that you are anonymous in this case!!
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| Other (no idea!) | Sep 4, 2016 |
The month has just started, but if a big project I quoted for last month materializes as I expect it will be a very good month…
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EvaVer (X)
Local time: 02:06
Czech to French
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| I suppose they mean generally, | Sep 4, 2016 |
but every year is different.
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| Slightly above average | Sep 4, 2016 |
With respect to my overall average (about 10 years of data), the average for September is about 10% higher. It's my 4th best month of the year.
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Julian Holmes
Japan
Local time: 09:06
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
I really don't know what can be learned from this poll. 
Or, is someone trying to find out if we are seasonal workers?
Wake me up when spring comes, someone.
P.S.
I did answer "No" since I have a lot of 'expected' work to come in - but one doesn't know from one day, week or month to the next, does one?
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Kristina Cosumano (X)
Germany
Local time: 02:06
German to English
| According to conventional wisdom, | Sep 4, 2016 |
September is generally a slow month for many industries. I have no idea if this is actually true but I hear it a lot.
That said, August was a great month for me as far as translation work, and the first few days of September were no different.
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| For those of us without backup revenue | Sep 4, 2016 |
like a healthy retirement pension or income from other sources, it's always hard to predict what a month will be like. At the end of the month, it's always easy to tell. And that goes for all 12 months, September included.
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Luiz Barucke
Brazil
Local time: 21:06
Spanish to Portuguese
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| January and July | Sep 4, 2016 |
Because I usually take some vacation days these months
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 02:06
Spanish to English
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Chance would be a fine thing. No slow months this year so far chez nous ...
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Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 21:06
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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| No pattern for no month | Sep 5, 2016 |
I don't think there is a pattern for any month or period of the year. I thought December would be slower due to the feasts, and July may be slower due to summer, and maybe January and February could be slower due to vacations and carnival in Brazil. However, my worst two months in the past two years were both in April. Coincidence? I never had to take money off my savings in any of the months supposed to be "bad" or "slow", only twice in April. I wonder why.
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