Poll: In terms of work volume, how was your August (2025)?
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 05:40
Member (2007)
uit Engels in Portugees
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About the same... Sep 3, 2025

About the same as previous months this year, but down 30% comparing with last year…

Maria Laura Curzi
 
Edith van der Have
Edith van der Have
Nederland
Local time: 06:40
Member (2016)
uit Engels in Nederlands
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Quiet summer holiday Sep 3, 2025

After some big projects in the spring/early summer, August was quiet, with around half of my regular workload. My schedule for September has been filled with several 10,000s of words again, so apparently, my clients have resumed work

 
Rachel Waddington
Rachel Waddington  Identity Verified
Verenigde Koninkryk
Local time: 05:40
uit Nederlands in Engels
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Busy Sep 3, 2025

Busy, but only because I have a large book project at the moment. I've been exclusively working on a single project for weeks and haven't even had to turn much away.

 
Lieven Malaise
Lieven Malaise  Identity Verified
België
Local time: 06:40
Member (2020)
uit Frans in Nederlands
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Good Sep 3, 2025

I can't compare August to previous months because of summer holidays and time-off. But compared to last year it was about the same, so no reason to complain.

Luis M. Sosa
 
Claudio Machado Junior
Claudio Machado Junior  Identity Verified
Brasilië
Local time: 01:40
Member (2014)
uit Engels in Portugees
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Scary Sep 3, 2025

Mine was terrible. Also, one regular, long-standing client informed that they would freeze their budget for freelancers in September and October, too. I still love our profession, but with cost of living skyrocketing, I'm already thinking about a side job... at least.

Angie Garbarino
Maria Laura Curzi
Jorge Payan
 
Vincenzo Di Maso
Vincenzo Di Maso  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 05:40
Member (2009)
uit Engels in Italiaans
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good Sep 3, 2025

I had a few days off. Not a bad month, not the best ever. September has started quite quiet, in line with last week of August

 
Liena V.
Liena V.  Identity Verified
Letland
Local time: 07:40
Member (2014)
uit Frans in Letties
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not bad Sep 3, 2025

About the same as previous 7 months and much better than expected for August. September is shaping well too, after that I can only guess...

 
Oscar Núñez Alfaro
Oscar Núñez Alfaro  Identity Verified
Costa Rica
Local time: 22:40
Member (Oct 2026)
uit Engels in Spaans
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It was great! Sep 3, 2025

It was better in terms of rate than volume. I could say that the work volume has been the same as a couple of years ago, but I have recently increased my rate. So, I have been working the same, but my salary has hopefully increased twice. August was a great month, indeed!

 
Zea_Mays
Zea_Mays  Identity Verified
Italië
Local time: 06:40
uit Engels in Duits
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Interesting answer Sep 4, 2025

"I don't know." 🤔

Maria Laura Curzi
 


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