Poll: What time unit do you use to represent your productivity? For instance "words per " Autor vlákna: ProZ.com Staff
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This poll was originally submitted by Enrique
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I am used to refer to my income per month to reflect my productivity. Philippe | | | Words per day | May 25, 2006 |
Hi Enrique, I chose "words per day", but words are not always the one and only unit we use for assessing the amount of a text. Here in Germany we often use standard lines which contain 55 characters including spaces. When setting up a quote for a potential client (translation agency) I often prefer to give an interval like from xx to yy words, lines or whatever a day. There are so many factors for your productivity per day, e.g. if you have other jobs around, file forma... See more Hi Enrique, I chose "words per day", but words are not always the one and only unit we use for assessing the amount of a text. Here in Germany we often use standard lines which contain 55 characters including spaces. When setting up a quote for a potential client (translation agency) I often prefer to give an interval like from xx to yy words, lines or whatever a day. There are so many factors for your productivity per day, e.g. if you have other jobs around, file format or client's source text, you might turn ill or if you're on a business trip (just like Regional ProZ Conference in Berlin this coming weekend). After all, we're human beings and no machines Erik ********************************** Erik Hansson ( SFÖ ) Technical translator DE-SV Hansson Übersetzungen GmbH Am Birkenwäldchen 38 D-01900 Bretnig-Hauswalde, Germany Phone +49 - 3 59 52 - 321 07 Fax +49 - 3 59 52 - 322 02 E-Mail [email protected] Internet www.hansson.de Internet www.technical-translators.net Internet www.wintitus.de ProZ profile http://www.proz.com/pro/21654 ***********************************
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Philippe Etienne wrote: I am used to refer to my income per month to reflect my productivity. Philippe Me too but not based on words. I use the income as reference. | |
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Textklick Local time: 12:52 němčina -> angličtina + ... In memoriam
Philippe Etienne wrote: I am used to refer to my income per month to reflect my productivity. Philippe I agree fully. I try to target 2 - 2500 words per day on average, but the amount of work produced by anybody obviously varies depending upon its nature and extraneous factors such as research, admin, customer communication, etc. The most important factor must be income - or to be more precise - profit. Like many others, I love my work and could never imagine wanting to do anything else. Nevertheless, we are in business, so the "time unit" should surely be month/revenue. | | | productivity for oneself or others? | May 25, 2006 |
ProZ.com Staff wrote: "What time unit do you use to represent your productivity? For instance "words per Actually, I am not sure I understood the question. But at least I understand my answer. I assess my productivity in terms of income per month, but when prospects ask for productivity/output figures, I state 2000-2500 words per working day... Philippe | | |
I voted without really reflecting on the question. I checked words per hour, when I meant to say words per day, which is roughly 2000, depending on the difficulty of the text. | | | To report site rules violations or get help, contact a site moderator: You can also contact site staff by submitting a support request » Poll: What time unit do you use to represent your productivity? For instance "words per " Anycount & Translation Office 3000 | Translation Office 3000
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