Most translators picture a high earner’s week as their own week, only fuller. More files, longer days, faster fingers. If I just worked harder, I’d get there. No. You wouldn’t. Picture a Tuesday at €150 an hour instead. 09:00 - A 40-minute call with a sponsor’s PM. No files change hands. She asks where the recall period in item 7 might break in Latin American Spanish. He answers, and she books the full linguistic validation on the call. 10:00 - Two hours of reconciliation on a PRO instrument....