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Podcast: Translation Confessional
Episode: Setting Boundaries
Description: I’ve always been very responsive when clients send me an email, but answering the phone is something that I only do when I’m “in the office.” The client was aware of the time zone difference and, that one time, they decided to follow their phone call with an email asking why I never answer when they call. At 1 pm, when I was back in front of my computer, I called them back.
“I’m sorry I missed you, but you called when I was on my lunch break.” The conversation that followed this revelation that translators als...