July 26, 2004

Summer Slowness

I don't know about your business, but mine seems to slow down during the Summer months.

I was never really sure why this was - is there some cosmic language cycle related to the position of the Earth's axis that influences people's need to understand foreign tongues? Do people simply talk less during the Summer because it's too damn hot to move?

At a wedding on Lake George, NY over the weekend, I heard a small-talk comment about Summer and how it was "vacation season." That seemed to fit well in my mind. A much simpler explanation than the pull of heavenly bodies on the linguistic workings of our minds.

There must be a lot of Project Managers on vacation right now.

Posted by steve at July 26, 2004 10:39 AM
Comments

The vacation time in Europe is much...........longer than typical in US

Posted by: b at July 26, 2004 04:17 PM

Funny, I seem to be consistently busy in July and August. I always thought it was because translators with kids take their holiday in the summer, hence clients having to look for other people. But again, most of the time, my workload defies logic.

Posted by: céline at July 28, 2004 06:27 AM