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Poll: Has the economic crisis affected your workload?
Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
Dave Bindon Greece Local time: 14:05 Greek to English
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Aug 9, 2013
I don't have any local (Greek) clients so this country's economic turmoil has not had any direct negative consequences for my business (other than the ever-increasing tax burden).
Work from my overseas clients has increased. Some of that increase can be attributed to simple facts such as increasing my portfolio of clients and getting more referrals. However, I feel that I've also benefited (in terms of more work firom existing clients and more enquiries from new clients) because the... See more
I don't have any local (Greek) clients so this country's economic turmoil has not had any direct negative consequences for my business (other than the ever-increasing tax burden).
Work from my overseas clients has increased. Some of that increase can be attributed to simple facts such as increasing my portfolio of clients and getting more referrals. However, I feel that I've also benefited (in terms of more work firom existing clients and more enquiries from new clients) because the Greek crisis and the demands of the 'troika' have led to a plethora of new Greek laws (and related cases before the Council of State) which I'm often asked to translate at short notice. The potential privatization of State-owned companies also generates a lot of work for me. ▲ Collapse
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