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Poll: Which of these months are your busiest? | No pattern, but we see this:

expressisverbis — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 13:47:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Which of these months are your busiest?
Poster: expressisverbis
Post title: No pattern, but we see this:

Some agencies only contact us when their "preferred" translators are unavailable, treating us like backup options rather than valued professionals.
This shows a lack of respect for long-term collaboration and professional relationships, and that's why I usually decline those offers.
If an agency doesn't consider me good enough for ongoing collaboration, then they shouldn't expect me to be their "emergency fix" or "firefighter" when it's convenient for them.
I agree with my colleagues, I believe there isn't a typical pattern.

Poll: Which of these months are your busiest? | Well, these are quarters, not months

Dan Lucas — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:02:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Which of these months are your busiest?
Poster: Dan Lucas
Post title: Well, these are quarters, not months

But in my case April and May.
Clear seasonality related to financial reporting.

Regards,
Dan

Poll: Which of these months are your busiest? | Months not quarters

Simon Turner — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 10:17:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Which of these months are your busiest?
Poster: Simon Turner
Post title: Months not quarters

My busiest months (average per month over the past 20 years) are March, May, September and October.
My slackest months are December, August, July and June.

October and December are both in the fourth quarter, and August and September are both in the third, so they sort of cancel each other out. This suggests that, in my case, my market (art and advertising) tends to work not so much in terms of quarters as in terms of months.

Still, with the last quarter as 100:

1st - 117
2nd - 114
3rd - 106
4th - 100

By comparison, over the past 20 years, if December is 100, then March is 161.

Poll: Which of these months are your busiest? | Absolutely...

Peter Simon — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 09:25:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Which of these months are your busiest?
Poster: Peter Simon
Post title: Absolutely...

... no periodic pattern at all!

Poll: Which of these months are your busiest? | .

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 09:23:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Which of these months are your busiest?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: .

There is no pattern. Last year my busiest period was July to September…

Poll: Which of these months are your busiest? | October-December

Marjolein Snippe — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 08:56:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Which of these months are your busiest?
Poster: Marjolein Snippe
Post title: October-December

In most years, the last quarter is the busiest for me. I often have the impression that end clients set themselves a deadline of 31 December and when that deadline approaches, they all suddenly realise that means stuff needs to get translated and there is a scramble to get all documents translated before the end of the year.

Poll: Which of these months are your busiest? | October-December

Lieven Malaise — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 08:31:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Which of these months are your busiest?
Poster: Lieven Malaise
Post title: October-December

Last year it was October-December, but this may vary from year to year. There's no pattern.

Poll: Which of these months are your busiest?

ProZ.com Staff — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 08:10:06 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Which of these months are your busiest?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Which of these months are your busiest?".

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