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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Bồ Đào Nha
Local time: 14:22
Thành viên kể từ 2007
English to Portuguese
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It varies a lot Jun 17, 2025

I’m a freelancer, so it depends on the work I have. During my “golden years” as a translator, I used to work for a couple of weeks or more without a day off, and then take one or two days off and start working again. Lately things have changed and my days off are “forced” by the lack of work (I’m just saying, I’m not complaining).

Angie Garbarino
Josephine Cassar
Zea_Mays
Oscar Núñez Alfaro
Maria Laura Curzi
Helena Chavarria
Cecília Alves
 
Oscar Núñez Alfaro
Oscar Núñez Alfaro  Identity Verified
Costa Rica
Local time: 07:22
Thành viên kể từ Oct 2026
English to Spanish
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It varies a lot! Jun 17, 2025

I can give classes 2–3 days; then I work on my computer planning, writing, or translating; and I could finish my Weekends teaching my niece some English and Spanish. I am busy during the week, but I just work some hours during the day.
 
Jennifer Levey
Jennifer Levey  Identity Verified
Chi lê
Local time: 10:22
Spanish to English
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7 :) Jun 17, 2025

I'm retired.

Daryo
 
texjax DDS PhD
texjax DDS PhD  Identity Verified
Local time: 09:22
Thành viên kể từ 2006
English to Italian
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How many days off? (AKA the string theory of workload) Jun 17, 2025

It really depends on how busy I am—my days off usually go up or down with my workload. That said, even when things get hectic, I try to take at least one day off a week to relax or spend time with friends and family.

Maria Laura Curzi
 
Baran Keki
Baran Keki  Identity Verified
Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ
Local time: 16:22
Thành viên
English to Turkish
What does that mean? Jun 18, 2025

Jennifer Levey wrote:

I'm retired.

Does this mean, if one of your old clients offers you work you refuse it outright or you don't actively seek clients or work? If you were working with agencies in the past, you'd surely receive job offers on a daily basis. In that case, retirement would mean not checking any of your emails. Picking and choosing work might defeat the purpose.
 
Jennifer Levey
Jennifer Levey  Identity Verified
Chi lê
Local time: 10:22
Spanish to English
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It means what it says! Jun 18, 2025

Baran Keki wrote:
What does that mean?
Jennifer Levey wrote:

I'm retired.

Does this mean, if one of your old clients offers you work you refuse it outright or you don't actively seek clients or work? If you were working with agencies in the past, you'd surely receive job offers on a daily basis. In that case, retirement would mean not checking any of your emails. Picking and choosing work might defeat the purpose.


I never worked for agencies, so I see no offers 'on a daily basis'.
Email filters take care of anything still arriving from the Proz job system, so there's nothing to check.

Believe me, Baran - I take retirement very seriously
JL

Baran Keki
 
Matthias Brombach
Matthias Brombach  Identity Verified
Đức
Dutch to German
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2 days... Jun 18, 2025

...but usually 3 days off, depending on how fast I get along with fulfilling my weekly schedule and provided I reach my 38 hours per week with 10 hours per day. Leaves me enough days per week to gather fire wood in the forests.

Baran Keki
 


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