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How is the French-Portuguese translation market?
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Juliano Martins
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Brasilien
Local time: 10:03
Mitglied (2008)
Englisch > Portugiesisch
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Aug 14, 2020

Hi everyone,

I am curious about the volume of French into Portuguese jobs. What do you have to say?

I realized a decrease in my workflow in this language pair.

Regards!
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
Local time: 13:03
Mitglied (2007)
Englisch > Portugiesisch
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@Juliano Aug 14, 2020

I’ve been translating for over 35 years and during the first 10/15 years translation from English and from French was almost 50-50 (by then I lived in a francophone country), but for the last 20 years or so translation from French has been decreasing year after year. Nowadays, all my regular customers (those with whom I work every month) deal mostly with English. Fortunately, I have two customers who send me work every 3/6 months in French and one of these has long projects (over 30,000 words)... See more
I’ve been translating for over 35 years and during the first 10/15 years translation from English and from French was almost 50-50 (by then I lived in a francophone country), but for the last 20 years or so translation from French has been decreasing year after year. Nowadays, all my regular customers (those with whom I work every month) deal mostly with English. Fortunately, I have two customers who send me work every 3/6 months in French and one of these has long projects (over 30,000 words), “sinon je risque de tout oublier”… ▲ Collapse
 


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