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Poll: Are you happy with your language services-related income so far in 2023?
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 05:17
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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Not exactly happy, but it's fine Aug 11, 2023

I’m not happy with my monthly income, but what really matters is how much I’ve earned by the end of the year. Work has been more irregular than ever. For instance, last month I had almost no work and since the beginning of this this month I’ve been really flooded with work (unusual for August, but it’s welcome).

Iulia Parvu
Josephine Cassar
Jordas Nunez
 
neilmac
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 06:17
Spanish to English
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Yes Aug 11, 2023

Probably because I'm not working with agencies.

Michael Newton
 
Lieven Malaise
Lieven Malaise
Belgium
Local time: 06:17
Member (2020)
French to Dutch
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Happy Aug 11, 2023

The first half year was great. July was unusually calm (a lot of requests, but with less volume per request). But that's already a thing of the past because in the meanwhile I've been stuffed with work until mid september.
 
Michael Harris
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 06:17
Member (2006)
German to English
No, not really Aug 18, 2023

Things seem to be down about 50%, and I do not know why. A bit of a pain in the neck.
 
Dan Lucas
Dan Lucas  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:17
Member (2014)
Japanese to English
Bit unusual Aug 18, 2023

Seasonal peak May busy in terms of number of jobs but down a bit year on year in terms of revenue. June - which is usually a bit of a slump after May - July, and August all busier than usual. Rather volatile.

Dan
 
Christopher Schröder
Christopher Schröder
United Kingdom
Member (2011)
Swedish to English
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Mixed bag Aug 18, 2023

My language services-related income has suffered a bit this year because I've been so busy building up my OnlyFans profile.

Baran Keki
 


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