Poll: How do you handle urgent requests outside your working hours?
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Mar 2

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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Other Mar 2

I only accept urgent jobs from my regular customers and how much I’ll charge depends entirely on the job. In general, I don't apply a surcharge rate to some of my regular clients, but if it's a client that gives me work once in a blue moon, I will increase my rate for sure. I have two long-standing clients, who very regularly request small but urgent translations and we agreed some time ago that I would give priority to their work and invoice accordingly.

Thayenga
 
Michael Newton
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Urgent requests Mar 2

Make a list of questions. Repeat the same questions every three months. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

Claudio Machado Junior
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Cilian O'Tuama
Philip Lees
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Cilian O'Tuama
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How to flog a dead horse, ProZ-style. Mar 3

Michael Newton wrote:

Make a list of questions. Repeat the same questions every three months. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.


But it gets attention, and traffic, so for them it's a good tactic.

Crazy but true. A sad world we're in.


[Edited at 2026-03-03 03:57 GMT]


Philip Lees
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
expressisverbis
Claudio Machado Junior
Thayenga
 


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