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| | neilmac
Spanien
Local time: 04:43
Spanisch > Englisch
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When the work is done. That might be at midnight, or later, or 6 pm... or lunchtime....
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There is no special time to finish my business activities. It depends on the kind and number of assignments and also on other things, like doing housework - domestic chores - pick our daughter up from daycare and go to the playground. So there are quite a few interruptions, after which the work in the office is continued and can last until late in the evening.
But before we had our daughter I even worked nights through if necessary, but that is not possible anymore, as I always have to get... See more There is no special time to finish my business activities. It depends on the kind and number of assignments and also on other things, like doing housework - domestic chores - pick our daughter up from daycare and go to the playground. So there are quite a few interruptions, after which the work in the office is continued and can last until late in the evening.
But before we had our daughter I even worked nights through if necessary, but that is not possible anymore, as I always have to get up early to bring her to the nursery, while before I could just go and sleep as long I felt it was necessary. ▲ Collapse
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neilmac wrote:
When the work is done. That might be at midnight, or later, or 6 pm... or lunchtime....
I'm a freelancer and by nature a night owl.
In the winter I need to get outside and get some fresh air and real daylight, or I risk getting SAD. That means I go out in the middle of the day, or whenever the weather permits. In December and January, if I blink at the wrong moment, I can almost miss the sun for that day.
Now, at midsummer, I love the light nights… so I may stay up to the wee small hours! Not necessarily working, but if I have been out enjoying the summer, I may have to sit at my computer until after midnight. Then I go and make tea in the kitchen and enjoy the white roses in the twilight, and fall asleep to birdsong, the dawn chorus!
Of course, I rarely start my day early…
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I’d say when the work for the day is done! Generally I start around 8 a.m. (today earlier than that because I had a project to deliver at 10 a.m. and it still needed some finishing touches) and I’ll stop when the work is done, but the days when I could and would work late at night are long gone…
[Edited at 2018-06-13 10:14 GMT]
| | | | Anna Herbst 
Australien
Local time: 14:43
Englisch > Schwedisch
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Moderator/in SITE LOCALIZER
Being in Australia and accepting work from Europe, North America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand means I cover most time zones, so whose business day are we talking about?
| | | | Peter Simon
Niederlande
Local time: 04:43
Englisch > Ungarisch
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as long as I'm awake, I should say, because some (overseas) customers regularly ask me to do something the next day around (or even after) midnight. Well, I don't wait up until so late, but there's almost no full rest even after "the day's work is done" - is there such a thing? I consider my waking hours, checking mail late, as a by-product of being a translator.
| | | | Marjolein Snippe
Niederlande
Local time: 04:43
Mitglied (2012)
Englisch > Niederländisch
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| between 5 and 6 pm | Jun 13, 2018 |
When accepting jobs, I make sure I will not have to work late in order to meet the deadlines. My evenings are for friends, family, sports and other non-work activities. I don't read my emails outside my working hours (9am-6 pm Amsterdam time) either.
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| Whenever I feel like it | Jun 13, 2018 |
But generally later than 8
Evenings and weekends are quality work time. I'm not distracted by this and that, and I can focus more and work uninterrupted. 
| | | | | Later than 8pm | Jun 13, 2018 |
I'm on Central European Time and several of my agencies are on Eastern Standard Time, six hours behind me. When they end their business day on 5pm, it's 11pm in my time zone. I often work until this time. This suits me because I am a night owl too, and I start my working day rather late.
| | | | Rita Utt
Frankreich
Local time: 04:43
Englisch > Deutsch
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| Exactly like Marjolein | Jun 13, 2018 |
Marjolein Snippe wrote:
When accepting jobs, I make sure I will not have to work late in order to meet the deadlines. My evenings are for friends, family, sports and other non-work activities. I don't read my emails outside my working hours (9am-6 pm Amsterdam time) either.
But I do read my emails. And I start early at about 7.30 or 8.00
| | | | Debora d'Amato (X)
Italien
Local time: 04:43
Englisch > Italienisch
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I'm a student, that means I don't have to look after any children or cook the lunch but just respect the deadline, of course. However, I'm used to finishing my business day not earlier than 12 pm since in the morning I've classes or stuff to study
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it can be 8 pm
but sometimes 6, or even 5 pm
recently 11 pm
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I see freelancing as an opportunity to work less, not more
| | | | Amir Arzani
Iran
Local time: 07:13
Englisch > Persisch (Farsi)
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I currently live alone and don't have many responsibilities, so I usually work until the job is finished usually from around 10 or 11 am to like 2 am with small breaks in between.
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