Unexpected projects

I received a call yesterday from a fellow translator in France who was contacted by a gentleman for a rush project.  Not having the time to do it she in turn contacted me.  The document was several pages long - 5000+ words - and he needed it today by 1:00 Paris time.  He called me to discuss the job and I made a point of telling  him that the subject of the text was not one of my specialties (financial) and that it was a lot of work for the little bit of time that he needed it in.  He told me that he wasn't looking for it to be perfect, he was actually going to go over it himself as he was bilingual but just didn't have the time to do it.  I agreed to the project and his quote, which was under what I normally charge, but given the situation (a favor for a friend and the fact that he didn't need a technically perfect translation) I said yes, and am glad I did.

I got great feedback and I felt really good about what I handed in.  Who knows what this could lead to?  Hopefully he will hire me for future projects since he was quite satisfied with the work I did.  I thank my friend also for the opportunity.  You just never know where projects can come from.