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Poll: What percent of your available work time is booked?
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Giles Watson
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Italy
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Italian to English
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Cyril Parkinson May 15, 2012

About half of my working day is "booked" in the sense that I get regular translation jobs on a daily and monthly basis.

Most of the year, I have other work to do as well, which where Parkinson's law (work expands to fill the time available) tends to kick in.

There is the Stock-Sanford Corollary of course (if you wait until the last minute, a job takes only a minute to do) but strict compliance can compromise quality.
 
Muriel Vasconcellos
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United States
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Member (2003)
Spanish to English
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Currently 100%-plus May 16, 2012

This year I've been telling clients I'm not available because of their proposed deadline, and in some cases they extend their deadlines. As a result, I often have a couple of jobs in the pipeline.

That doesn't mean I"m working 100% of the time. I set aside time for breaks to do other things and tell my clients that I'm not accepting work during that time.
 
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