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Do you usually search your clients' pictures on the web just to see what they look like?
By Nilton Junior
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Which of these animals best represents the freelance translator, in your opinion?
By opolt - featured on 08:10
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Do you proofread your translations on paper?
By Jenn Mercer - featured on Feb 21
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What type of backups do you carry out?
By MartinPorto - featured on Feb 20
Extra hard drive 46.7%
USB pen 17.1%
No backup device 14.0%
Other - N/A 10.2%
Network attached storage (NAS) 6.1%
CD/DVD 4.8%
Raid System 1.2%
Tape drive 0.1%
1200 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Where do you live?
By Monika Jakacka - featured on Feb 19
Europe 71.2%
North America 9.7%
Asia 7.8%
South America 6.4%
Other (please share) 1.9%
Africa 1.3%
Australia & Oceania 1.0%
Antarctica 0.7%
1301 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Which do you prefer: translating or proofreading? (Please share)
By Silvia Barra - featured on Feb 18
translating 82.1%
no preferences 10.0%
proofreading 6.4%
Other - N/A 1.5%
1683 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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While working on a big and stressful project, do you see your sleep affected?
By Anne-Sophie Cardinal - featured on Feb 17
Yes 66.2%
No 28.5%
Other - N/A 5.4%
1697 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How many computer screens do you use to work?
By TrevorLandolt - featured on Feb 16
1 72.1%
2 23.4%
3 2.1%
> 3 1.2%
Other - N/A 1.1%
1834 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you accept assignments if the rate offered is lower than your usual rates?
By Siang Yu Tham - featured on Feb 15
Sometimes 68.3%
Never 12.6%
I set the rates 9.2%
Yes 5.9%
Other - N/A 4.1%
1667 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Have you increased your rates for 2012?
By Annett Hieber - featured on Feb 14
No 44.6%
Yes, but only for new clients 21.3%
No, but I'm working on it 20.3%
Yes 10.4%
Other - N/A 3.4%
1716 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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What type of publication, online or off, do you subscribe to?
By anonymous - featured on Feb 13
I don't 30.5%
Other - N/A 14.4%
Newspapers 11.3%
Email notifications 9.8%
Newsletters 9.4%
General interest magazines 7.5%
Industry specific journals 7.0%
Blogs 5.0%
RSS feeds 3.5%
Book club 1.6%
1099 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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What language do you dream in (at night)?
By Oliver Lawrence - featured on Feb 12
A mixture/sometimes one sometimes the other 35.7%
Mostly my target language(s) 28.4%
Mostly my source language(s) 16.0%
I don't know/remember 15.3%
Other - N/A 4.7%
1118 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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With how many new clients do you work per month?
By Benjamin Hall - featured on Feb 11
2-3 21.9%
Other - N/A 20.8%
1 20.7%
None 20.0%
4-5 9.5%
> 8 4.0%
6-8 3.1%
1529 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you ever delete your work-related emails?
By Daniel Harcz - featured on Feb 10
No 51.3%
Yes, after 1 year 12.3%
Other - N/A 12.3%
Yes, after 2-3 years 10.5%
Yes, upon completion of the project 6.8%
Yes, after > 5 years 4.1%
Yes, after 4-5 years 2.7%
1712 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How do you keep your writing skills sharp and nimble?
By Mario Chavez - featured on Feb 9
by reading a lot in all the languages I know 49.2%
by reading a lot in my native language(s) 20.6%
I don't 12.8%
Other - N/A 12.3%
by reading a lot in my second language(s) 5.0%
1557 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you accept to translate handwritten documents?
By anonymous - featured on Feb 8
It depends 42.6%
It has never happened to me 24.3%
Yes 21.4%
No 10.5%
Other - N/A 1.1%
1865 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you ask for advanced payment before starting an assignment for a new client?
By anonymous - featured on Feb 7
No 61.1%
It depends 33.8%
Yes 3.1%
Other - N/A 2.0%
1817 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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If you are a home-based freelancer, where do you work most comfortably?
By Noha Kamal, PhD. - featured on Feb 6
study 55.1%
living-room 21.9%
bedroom 11.4%
Other - N/A 7.5%
kitchen 3.0%
outdoors (e.g. terrace) 1.1%
1420 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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When do you usually take some time off?
By Jerome Duquene - featured on Feb 5
At the weekend 37.3%
Other - N/A 22.2%
At the end of every large project 15.1%
Sometime duing the week (weekdays) 12.4%
Special days (birthday, public holidays etc.) 7.7%
Never 5.2%
1184 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Does your income allow you to save?
By anonymous - featured on Feb 4
Yes 48.1%
No 44.3%
Other 7.6%
1633 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you accept jobs when you are fully booked?
By anonymous - featured on Feb 3
No 58.1%
Yes 24.7%
Other - N/A 17.1%
1718 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Did you have a mentor?
By anonymous - featured on Feb 2
No 81.2%
Yes 10.6%
Yes, and I still do 5.0%
Other - N/A 3.2%
1760 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How optimistic are you about your translation business in 2012? (please share!)
By anonymous - featured on Feb 1
Somewhat 48.3%
Very 32.0%
Not very 16.0%
Not at all 3.6%
1926 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Comparing Jan '12 with Jan '11, has your turnover increased?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 31
No, it decreased 22.4%
Yes, significantly 21.5%
Yes, slightly 21.3%
No, just the same 20.7%
I don't know 8.8%
Other - N/A 5.4%
1755 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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In which currency do you usually quote? (when not speficied by the client)
By Reza Mohammadnia - featured on Jan 30
EUR 64.3%
USD 23.7%
Other -N/A 7.5%
GBP 4.5%
1483 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you charge higher rates for weekend work?
By Annalisa Distasi - featured on Jan 29
No 58.8%
Yes, sometimes 29.6%
Yes, always 6.3%
Other - N/A (please share) 5.3%
1279 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you take some kind of non-translation/language related classes?
By John Cutler - featured on Jan 28
No 47.4%
Yes 27.0%
No, but I'd like to 21.7%
Other - N/A 3.8%
1510 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How often do you update your antivirus software (even if not required)?
By María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda - featured on Jan 27
When prompted by program 41.9%
On a daily basis 23.4%
Other - N/A 9.3%
Never 6.7%
About once a week 5.7%
When I remember 4.8%
Oops 3.5%
About once a month 3.4%
Once every 2 months or so 1.2%
1631 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How many paper dictionaries do you have?
By Rosa Grau - featured on Jan 26
1 to 5 32.7%
6 to 10 27.5%
11 to 20 17.9%
21 to 40 8.0%
> 40 5.8%
None 4.5%
I don't know 3.0%
Other - N/A 0.6%
1914 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do translators have the right to introduce a neologism?
By Floriane & Yuri - featured on Jan 25
It depends (discuss) 44.6%
Yes 35.8%
No 13.6%
Other - N/A 6.1%
1636 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
[Discuss in forum (26)] [View this poll]

Where do you prefer to go for vacation?
By Pritam Bhattacharyya - featured on Jan 24
to the beach 33.8%
Other - N/A 14.8%
to a rural area/the country 14.7%
to the mountains 12.1%
to a metropolis 10.8%
to the wilderness 8.0%
to my hometown 5.8%
1717 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Can a language professional be equally good at translating and interpreting?
By Marcin Rachmiel - featured on Jan 23
Yes 47.5%
I don't know 29.8%
No 19.7%
Other - N/A 2.9%
1347 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Is it important for your professional career to visit the country of your working languages?
By Cristina Heraud-van Tol - featured on Jan 22
Yes 67.1%
No 26.2%
Other - N/A 6.6%
1324 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Which of these services do you think sees the most demand?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 21
Translation 66.3%
I don't know 17.6%
Interpreting 4.8%
Software localization 4.1%
Proofreading 2.6%
Other - N/A 2.2%
Desktop publishing 1.2%
Subtitling 0.7%
Voice over 0.4%
Transcription 0.1%
1627 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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I love to read for pleasure...
By anonymous - featured on Jan 20
Before I go to sleep 36.0%
Any time is fine with me 31.4%
I haven't got time to read for pleasure 15.7%
Other - N/A 5.4%
While on a break 4.4%
On weekends 4.4%
When I first wake up 1.6%
At my lunch hour 1.1%
1849 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Which is the most frequent reason why you turn down a job?
By Jose Arnoldo Rodriguez-Carrington - featured on Jan 19
Too busy (with other translation jobs) 47.6%
The rate offered is lower than mine 30.6%
Unreliable potential client 8.4%
Other - N/A 7.9%
Previous bad experience with client 3.1%
Weekend, vacation, time off 2.3%
1864 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How often do you leave your desk during a normal working day?
By Mette Melchior - featured on Jan 18
Once every hour or so 51.5%
Only to eat/go to the bathroom 22.0%
Several times per hour 19.7%
Other- N/A (please share) 6.5%
Never 0.3%
1805 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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What do you wear when you're translating at home?
By John Cutler - featured on Jan 17
Street clothes 40.9%
Track suit 24.0%
Other - N/A 17.8%
Nightgown/Pyjamas 17.3%
1826 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you listen to the radio or watch TV while you work?
By Norman Buhagiar - featured on Jan 16
No 60.9%
Yes, radio 19.2%
Yes, TV 7.9%
Yes, both 6.2%
Other - N/A 5.8%
1462 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Have you ever missed a deadline in your professional career?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 15
No 46.7%
Yes, a couple of times 32.6%
Yes, once 16.0%
Other - N/A 4.7%
1321 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Has the use of email, chats, sms, etc. lowered the quality of writing, in general, of your language?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 14
Yes 37.6%
No 34.7%
I don't think there's a relationship 17.8%
I don't know 8.0%
Other - N/A 2.0%
1667 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you have network attached storage?
By MartinPorto - featured on Jan 13
What is Networked Attached Strorage? 43.8%
No 37.5%
Yes 12.8%
I'm thinking of buying one 3.9%
Other - N/A 2.1%
1657 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you think having too many language pairs reported in your profile can put off outsourcers?
By TranslatorJames - featured on Jan 12
Yes 51.3%
I don't know 30.2%
No 15.2%
Other - N/A 3.3%
1800 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
[Discuss in forum (34)] [View this poll]

What are your clients' average payment terms?
By Marc Cordes - featured on Jan 11
31 - 45 days 48.6%
16 - 30 days 25.7%
> 45 days 16.9%
Other - N/A 4.2%
1 - 2 weeks 3.0%
1 week or less 1.6%
1820 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
[Discuss in forum (20)] [View this poll]

Do you work at home?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 10
Yes 92.3%
Other - N/A 3.9%
No 3.8%
1928 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
[Discuss in forum (18)] [View this poll]

Do you have a bachelor's or higher degree in translation?
By Tamer Mekhimar - featured on Jan 9
Yes 47.6%
No 46.9%
Other - N/A 5.5%
1465 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
[Discuss in forum (19)] [View this poll]

If you hadn't been a translator, what would you have liked to be?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 8
Other - N/A 23.8%
Nothing else! I love being a translator. 16.1%
Writer 14.2%
Scientist 10.6%
Teacher 9.2%
Musician 8.4%
Journalist 8.1%
Farmer 4.1%
Athlete 2.5%
Philosopher 1.8%
Politician 1.1%
1307 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
[Discuss in forum (33)] [View this poll]

Does the request for a test translation deter you from proceeding with a potential job?
By Amanda Jane Lowles - featured on Jan 7
Yes, sometimes 45.6%
No 42.3%
Yes, always 8.8%
Other - N/A 3.3%
1523 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
[Discuss in forum (35)] [View this poll]

Do you send your CV/resume with your applications/quotes?
By Jan Schauseil - featured on Jan 6
Yes, if required 57.7%
Yes, always 30.9%
No, never 8.6%
Other - N/A 2.8%
1610 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
[Discuss in forum (11)] [View this poll]

Do you increase your rates according to the increase in the cost of living?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 5
Sometimes 43.2%
No 36.3%
Yes 14.9%
Other - N/A 5.6%
1644 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
[Discuss in forum (19)] [View this poll]

Studying and working simultaneously: is it possible to reach positive results in both spheres?
By Susanna Martoni - featured on Jan 4
Yes 62.6%
I don't know 16.4%
Don't think so 14.0%
No 4.7%
Other -N/A 2.3%
1426 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
[Discuss in forum (18)] [View this poll]

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