Poll: Are you struggling to get work in January/February? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Struggling? No! I’m experiencing the same ups and downs as usual. What I’m noticing is that the negotiation of some large projects is taking much longer than it used to…
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 23:26
Spanish to English
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I have plenty of work on my own, and can usually handle it all as long as several clients don't all turn up at the same time. However, my colleague has been in a bit of a slump since COVID, so whenever I can I try to pass some work on to her.
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Kay Denney 
France
Local time: 23:26
French to English
I'm not struggling, except to finish a sewing project that I started during a most welcome short lull.
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| It was quiet between mid of November and mid of January ... | Feb 17, 2023 |
... but in the meantime, I have to decline work again 
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Nikolay Novitskiy
Russian Federation
Local time: 02:26
Member (2018)
English to Russian
Life is a struggle and not a matter of privilege. (Muhammad Iqbal)
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Dan Lucas
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:26
Member (2014)
Japanese to English
| The equivalent of a rain dance for translators | Feb 17, 2023 |
Kay Denney wrote:
I'm not struggling, except to finish a sewing project that I started during a most welcome short lull.
Freelancer: "Aha, my schedule is showing almost no work for the next week and a half! I'll have a few days digging into that hobby / work project / exercise program I've been thinking about for the past couple of months!" (Rubs hands together in delighted anticipation)
Client, 24 hours later: "Can you complete this 40,000-character project in 10 days?"
Always works.
Dan
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Ventnai
Spain
Local time: 23:26
German to English
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| Not the best months | Feb 17, 2023 |
January and February are not ever the best months but this year has been quite good.
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Tanja Oresnik
Slovenia
Local time: 23:26
French to Slovenian
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| No, not at the moment | Feb 17, 2023 |
I'm currently working on an interesting project on unmanned aircraft systems extending over a couple of months, so I'm kept quite busy.
Like Kay, I struggled to find time to complete a sewing project instead, because my little kid wants to be a firefighter for the carnival event at her kindergarten and I decided she should have a homemade costume.
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| Not at all.... | Feb 17, 2023 |
January was slow as usual, getting started after the holidays. February has been very busy. Right now I'm ALSO struggling to finish a huge project, I've gotten a couple of new clients but I'm waiting to get PAID! The usual feast and famine.
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toasty
Italy
Local time: 23:26
Member (2013)
Italian to English
| Dec/Jan I was slammed with work | Feb 22, 2023 |
But now in mid-February I haven't heard a peep from my usual clients, which hasn't happened to me for at least a year. I'm guessing because many of my clients are at fashion week in Milan.
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Tony Keily
Local time: 23:26
Italian to English
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| There's no snow in the Italian Alps this year... | Feb 23, 2023 |
...but with work I've been snowed under.
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:26
Member (2008)
Italian to English
| Not really but | Feb 23, 2023 |
ProZ.com Staff wrote:
"Are you struggling to get work in January/February?"
Not really but I *am* struggling with a couple of potentially big, interesting, lucrative jobs that are dangled in front of me (like a carrot being dangled in front of a donkey) but have so far failed to materialise.
This is not only frustrating; it makes it difficult for me to plan my other work in such a way that if one of these "potential" jobs materialises, I will still be able to take it on without having to say "no" to my other clients.
[Edited at 2023-02-23 08:54 GMT]
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