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Poll: Can your clients reach you when you're on holiday? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Mary Worby 
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:39
German to English
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I have my mobile phone (and e-mail) with me at all times. Most clients know when I'm on holiday but it's useful to be able to line work up for when I get back, otherwise I end up twiddling my thumbs on my return.
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Mary Worby wrote:
I have my mobile phone (and e-mail) with me at all times. Most clients know when I'm on holiday but it's useful to be able to line work up for when I get back, otherwise I end up twiddling my thumbs on my return.
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Tatty
Local time: 19:39
Spanish to English
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| Completely unavailable | May 31, 2013 |
I'm on holiday, I don't even want to hear the word translation.
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Julian Holmes
Japan
Local time: 02:39
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
| Yes, but ... | May 31, 2013 |
only to accept advance orders for when I get back to work.
I am not going to sit on a beach in Bali and think about manuals while gazing at beautiful woman and sunsets. 
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Russell Jones
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:39
Italian to English
They can send me an e-mail.
Whether I reply is another matter!
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| holiday is holiday | May 31, 2013 |
When I am on holiday I do not work.
My clients know it in advance, and I have no chance to check my availability when I do not have my computer with me.
So they can call me if they want, but the answer is: please send the job, and I'll let you know when I am back.
This never happens, cause before leaving, I write an email telling them:
Please feel free to send any job during my holiday, kindly take into account that I will be ready to start any new translati... See more When I am on holiday I do not work.
My clients know it in advance, and I have no chance to check my availability when I do not have my computer with me.
So they can call me if they want, but the answer is: please send the job, and I'll let you know when I am back.
This never happens, cause before leaving, I write an email telling them:
Please feel free to send any job during my holiday, kindly take into account that I will be ready to start any new translation on.... (Date). I will confirm my availability for any projects received as soon as I come back.
Also, when I visit my family (which is a sort of part-time holiday), I usually work, so although they know I am on holiday, I tell them to feel free to contact me, but I specify that during that period I am not working full-time. ▲ Collapse
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 19:39
Spanish to English
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Only my most favoured. My pretty pretties. My preciouses.
Anyone can send me an email, but I might go for a few days without checking my inbox or switching on my phone on the rare occasions that I'm on "holiday".
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Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 13:39
English to Spanish
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| I'm reachable the 365 days of the year | May 31, 2013 |
But, what's a holiday? Didn't that disappear with the 2007 bank-fueled recession?
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Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 19:39
Member (2009)
English to German
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There's really no way for me to answer this question. I can't even remember when I had the last vacation/holiday. So I guess this means I've been available 365 1/4 days a year.
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Allison Wright (X)
Portugal
Local time: 18:39
Yes, I have my mobile with me,
To save them the cost of a phone call, however, the response is as follows:
Will I work during the holiday dates I have already given them before departure? - No.
Confirming availability in advance with regular clients does have its merits though.
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If i'm in town and it's a holiday here but not elsewhere, I'll accept emails or some jobs. During Xmas I don't mind working at all since the weather is often horrible and there isn't much to do if you're not into the whole holiday thing. If I go away, no! the whole point is to get AWAY!
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| I quite understand..... | May 31, 2013 |
neilmac wrote:
Only my most favoured. My pretty pretties. My preciouses.
I too have a precious. And very grateful I am too.......... so work doesn't stop in the holidays!!!
Actually, I'm not too good at holidays and find sitting at the computer doing some peaceful work is more of a holiday than supervising children or cooking endless "holiday" meals!!
It's just me, isn't it. ???
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Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 13:39
English to Spanish
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neilmac wrote:
Only my most favoured. My pretty pretties. My preciouses.
Anyone can send me an email, but I might go for a few days without checking my inbox or switching on my phone on the rare occasions that I'm on "holiday".
“My precious. We wants them.”
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Max Nuijens
Netherlands
Local time: 19:39
Member
English to Dutch
| Depends on the holiday | May 31, 2013 |
During beach holidays if I stay in a hotel with wi-fi -- sure. My clients can reach me and I might even translate or proofread a page or two if it is important.
This August I will spend two weeks in Murmansk Oblast -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murmansk_Oblast - like the previous two years, camping in the wilderness with a group of friends. Where we go, there is no electri... See more During beach holidays if I stay in a hotel with wi-fi -- sure. My clients can reach me and I might even translate or proofread a page or two if it is important.
This August I will spend two weeks in Murmansk Oblast -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murmansk_Oblast - like the previous two years, camping in the wilderness with a group of friends. Where we go, there is no electricity, no mobile telephone connection. We won't see a soul until we reach our destination: a cabin on the shore of a lake with two old women, who will nourish those surviving back to life and who will look after our wounds, applying traditional medicine.
I imagine that someday technology will make it easier to keep contact with my clients (or with my wife). But is is not something I look forward to. Once a year I need a break.
[Edited at 2013-05-31 17:16 GMT]
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