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| | | | neilmac
Tây Ban Nha
Local time: 07:29
Spanish to English
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| Yes, probably | Dec 12, 2019 |
I live in a semi-rural area, a 40-minute drive from the city. If I wasn’t freelancing and working from home, I’d probably prefer to relocate to somewhere near wherever I was working, rather than commute. However, this is all merely hypothetical and I don’t see that scenario materialising for the foreseeable future.
| | | | Kay Denney 
Pháp
Local time: 07:29
French to English
I live in Paris so there are plenty of opportunities.
| | | | Michael Harris
Đức
Local time: 07:29
Thành viên kể từ 2006
German to English
We live very centrally here with a bus stop just around the corner. But before I started freelancing, I had to drive 70km one way to work everyday because my wife worked near to where we live. But since I have been working at home, it is fantastic!
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Christine Andersen
Đan Mạch
Local time: 07:29
Thành viên kể từ 2003
Danish to English
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| Ideally, but not necessarily | Dec 12, 2019 |
It depends a lot what job I was doing.
That was my big problem before I started freelancing - I live on a peninsula, 50 km from the nearest big town, and there are not a lot of jobs in the bay!
I did several local jobs that I was not well qualified for, and some still involved a lot of transport.
I commuted when I worked in house with a translation agency. At first I had a bus trip of 75-80 minutes each way, and there was only one bus an hour, so it was crowded and a nu... See more It depends a lot what job I was doing.
That was my big problem before I started freelancing - I live on a peninsula, 50 km from the nearest big town, and there are not a lot of jobs in the bay!
I did several local jobs that I was not well qualified for, and some still involved a lot of transport.
I commuted when I worked in house with a translation agency. At first I had a bus trip of 75-80 minutes each way, and there was only one bus an hour, so it was crowded and a nuisance if I missed it! Luckily my husband could sometimes drive me part of the way, as he started along the same route, but worked in a different town. Later, our office moved from the centre of town, which allowed me to drive myself. It was still 50 kilometres, but more flexible, and it saved me nearly an hour's transport time each day.
Lots of people live with that kind of commuting in the big cities, but it is exhausting and NOT climate-friendly!
Luckily I can just retire when I have had enough of freelancing, so the question will not arise for me. ▲ Collapse
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I had to live somewhere else when I worked in-house in Brussels from 1986 till 2006. After that, I freelanced there for 10 years with very frequent visits to Lisbon and then my mother’s age and the fact that I got tired of airports and flights made me move back to my home city: beautiful Lisbon.
| | | | Thayenga
Đức
Local time: 07:29
Thành viên kể từ 2009
English to German
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In such a big city, there are plenty of opportunities, so there'd be no need to move somewhere else..
| | | | Muriel Vasconcellos
Hoa Kỳ
Local time: 22:29
Thành viên kể từ 2003
Spanish to English
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I am blessed with a pension from my full-time employment as a translator.
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Lincoln Hui
Hồng Kông
Local time: 14:29
Thành viên
Chinese to English
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| Mario Freitas
Braxin
Local time: 03:29
Thành viên kể từ 2014
English to Portuguese
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I had to live in four different towns before I became a freelancer, three of which against my will. I'll never do that again. I do want to live somewhere else, but somewhere of my choice, not for professional reasons.
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