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My expectations are positive. First of all, I'm an optimist by nature and then I have no reason to be negative as my business has been growing year after year, despite some peaks and troughs along the way (i.e. the two Covid years)…
| | | | Lieven Malaise
Belgium
Local time: 07:28
Member (2020)
French to Dutch
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| A box of chocolates. | Jul 27, 2022 |
Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're gonna get. I spent my entire career as a freelancer thinking regularly that things will get worse, but they actually only got better. So based on the past 17 years I think it's safe to say that, professionally, the rest of 2022 will be just fine (of course, if certain unfriendly people decide to nuke Brussels, that forecast might get a little off course).
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 07:28
Spanish to English
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Pretty much business as usual.
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| A box of chocolates | Jul 27, 2022 |
Lieven Malaise wrote:
Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're gonna get. I spent my entire career as a freelancer thinking regularly that things will get worse, but they actually only got better. So based on the past 17 years I think it's safe to say that, professionally, the rest of 2022 will be just fine (of course, if certain unfriendly people decide to nuke Brussels, that forecast might get a little off course).
Or a box of chocolate pralines (preferably from Pierre Marcolini).
| | | | | Neutrally stoic | Jul 27, 2022 |
Expect the worst and hope for the best!
Philippe
EDIT: Am I flagged? For the first time ever as a paying member, my post was reviewed (and left untouched) before being made available for public view. How unreal.
[Edited at 2022-07-27 11:17 GMT]
| | | | | Don't Have The Slightest Idea Right Now | Jul 27, 2022 |
...as far as when the next book translation, one that I will be interested in doing, will come along (although there is actually one possibility already on the horizon). All of the necessary conditions will still have to be met in a way that completely satisfies, not only the client, but also myself.
[Edited at 2022-07-27 12:33 GMT]
| | | | Kay Denney 
France
Local time: 07:28
French to English
I just filed my income for second quarter to pay my social security payments and saw that I've been earning so much more than when I was an in-house translator even after deducting those payments. And yet I get the impression that I work fewer hours in that on a typical day I won't spend more than 6 hours working, if that.
Things have been a little calmer in July, and I'll be taking a couple of weeks off in August for a family celebration, but otherwise I hope I'll be working at th... See more I just filed my income for second quarter to pay my social security payments and saw that I've been earning so much more than when I was an in-house translator even after deducting those payments. And yet I get the impression that I work fewer hours in that on a typical day I won't spend more than 6 hours working, if that.
Things have been a little calmer in July, and I'll be taking a couple of weeks off in August for a family celebration, but otherwise I hope I'll be working at the same rate, on projects that are just as much fun. ▲ Collapse
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| Positive outcomes | Jul 27, 2022 |
I really hope to get positive outcomes for the rest of the year. By working hard I expect to fulfill all my objectives and goals.
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Philippe Etienne wrote:
Expect the worst and hope for the best!
Philippe
EDIT: Am I flagged? For the first time ever as a paying member, my post was reviewed (and left untouched) before being made available for public view. How unreal.
[Edited at 2022-07-27 11:17 GMT]
The same happened to me twice quite recently...
| | | | | Positive and motivating. | Jul 27, 2022 |
Learning has become my life. Gaining new skills in my career and meeting the desires of clients, has decorated this year.
| | | | | Off-topic: We don't need no thought control | Jul 28, 2022 |
Any similar past or current sentence is fortuitous and belongs to Pink Floyd.
Teresa Borges wrote:
The same happened to me twice quite recently...
I am flabbergasted. Let's consider it a membership-wide test to ensure that censorship triggers work all right when tickled.
Philippe
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| Deeply negative | Jul 28, 2022 |
The crisis here has gone from bad to worse, we have the world's highest inflation, interest rates are approaching 50% and the extreme right-wing government has increased tax rates to 100%, so you need to work 24/7 just to avoid jail, only there isn't any work around, so we are all doomed.
| | | | Dan Lucas
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:28
Member (2014)
Japanese to English
| Lower, in relative terms | Jul 28, 2022 |
The last 18 months have been pretty good. Even COVID didn't seem to affect demand much in my main area of work.
However, the sharpest decline in demand I have yet experienced in this industry was around the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 (before COVID was recognised). That was just a good old cyclical slowdown caused by companies hitting the brakes in response to the deceleration in autos and other industries.
Given that I think we're due for another global reces... See more The last 18 months have been pretty good. Even COVID didn't seem to affect demand much in my main area of work.
However, the sharpest decline in demand I have yet experienced in this industry was around the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 (before COVID was recognised). That was just a good old cyclical slowdown caused by companies hitting the brakes in response to the deceleration in autos and other industries.
Given that I think we're due for another global recession - indeed, it has arguably already begun - I expect economies around the world to have a difficult 12 months until the middle of 2023 or thereabouts. During recessions, companies seek to cut costs and spend less.
If such a slowdown does materialise I don't expect my own business to be immune. I'm feeling fairly tired and flat, so ideally I'd prefer to take a couple of weeks off. Instead I'm busy working through the summer to put away a bit of extra cash, just in case.
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| | | | | Leave them kids alone | Jul 28, 2022 |
Philippe Etienne wrote:
Am I flagged? For the first time ever as a paying member, my post was reviewed (and left untouched) before being made available for public view. How unreal.
I have no idea what happened there, looking into it. Please let me know if you notice something similar in the meantime. On the topic of "censorship", of course there is, ProZ.com is not a free speech zone (ominous music), but, seriously speaking, I don't see any reason why your post would have been held for vetting.
@Teresa, you mention this happened to you too-- can you send me the posts where you noticed it, if you remember which they were? If not, no worries, I'll have a look.
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