Poll: Generally, my turnaround... Auteur du fil: ProZ.com Staff
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Laureana Pavon 
Uruguay
Local time: 10:48
Membre (2007)
anglais vers espagnol
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I see that, although few, some translators seem to work without a deadline!
Lucky you!!
Sorry I can't comment further, I have a couple of deadlines to meet!
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Andres Larsen
Vénézuela
Local time: 09:48
espagnol vers anglais
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| I deliver a day early for customers in Europe | Dec 2, 2008 |
Due to our time zone difference between South America and Europe, I deliver a day early for customers in Europe. My turnaround time for customers in the Western Hemisphere is in real time.
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Rebecca Garber
Local time: 09:48
Membre (2005)
allemand vers anglais
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| Like andres-larsen | Dec 2, 2008 |
I send translations to European clients the night before, which I considered to be "on time" as opposed to early. I don't feel like getting up at 3 am to send something "on time" that I finished at 10 or 11 pm anyway.
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Marlene Blanshay
Canada
Local time: 09:48
Membre (2009)
français vers anglais
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| it also depends | Dec 2, 2008 |
generally i try to have it done a bit early. For customers in europe, who want it the next morning, it's the night before. But if it's a big project and I have to go over it several times...i'm grateful for every second!!!!
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| Depends a lot on the job! | Dec 3, 2008 |
I tend to deliver within half an hour of deadline!
Most of my clients are in the same time zone or one hour behind my zone.
But I often get small jobs in the morning for delivery in the afternoon, or absolutely ASAP.
It means I have to be good at saying NO, sorry, at top speed when I am already running behind schedule, and it means quite a lot of stress some days. But at present I have a job that is taking me a whole two weeks.... and fitting some of the others in... See more
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Anne Brackenborough (X)
Allemagne
Local time: 14:48
allemand vers anglais
| Depends on my current workload | Dec 3, 2008 |
If I have less to do, I'm more likely to hand in the translation early.
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LuciaC
Royaume-Uni
Local time: 13:48
anglais vers italien
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| On the deadline, as a policy... | Dec 3, 2008 |
Once, many years ago, I delivered a job quite in advance. After delivery I came across a term that would have fitted perfectly in my translation. What I had written wasn't wrong but that term was just the right one. This was before the Internet was available, so researching was a lot harder.
Since then I decided never to deliver in advance, unless specifically suggested by the client. If I finish my job in advance I keep it aside and reread it again just before delivery - this way... See more Once, many years ago, I delivered a job quite in advance. After delivery I came across a term that would have fitted perfectly in my translation. What I had written wasn't wrong but that term was just the right one. This was before the Internet was available, so researching was a lot harder.
Since then I decided never to deliver in advance, unless specifically suggested by the client. If I finish my job in advance I keep it aside and reread it again just before delivery - this way sometimes I still find one or two typos or commas in the wrong place. ▲ Collapse
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Fabio Descalzi
Uruguay
Local time: 10:48
Membre (2004)
allemand vers espagnol
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| Hours before delivery | Dec 27, 2008 |
I live in South America. Most of my clients are European, which means they open their offices when it is around 4 or 5 am here. So it is not strange to find me working till late in the night, in order to deliver one to three hours before the deadline. It works!
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