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How often do you use footnotes in your translations?
By anonymous - featured on Feb 6, 2008
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Do you ever have difficulty letting go of your translation "babies"?
By Nicole Johnson - featured on Feb 5, 2008
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Do you live in the country where you were born?
By Sabine Schlottky - featured on Feb 4, 2008
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Is business slow at the moment?
By anonymous - featured on Feb 3, 2008
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The feeling I had when I finished the last job I worked on was
By anonymous - featured on Feb 1, 2008
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Do you notice when more than one person has contributed to writing the same source text?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 31, 2008
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Have you ever found a good resource that would have been useful for a prior translation?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 30, 2008
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I would describe greetings in my culture as:
By anonymous - featured on Jan 29, 2008
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The last time I refused a job was because
By anonymous - featured on Jan 28, 2008
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When I run into one of those "untranslatable" words, I
By anonymous - featured on Jan 25, 2008
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I personally work best when I have a:
By anonymous - featured on Jan 25, 2008
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Are written reference sources (dictionaries, etc.) a thing of the past?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 23, 2008
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I do my best work...
By anonymous - featured on Jan 23, 2008
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I do my best work...
By John Cutler - featured on Jan 22, 2008
In the early morning 0.0%
In the afternoon 0.0%
In the evening 0.0%
At night 0.0%
Late at night 0.0%
Time of day does not matter 0.0%
Other - N/A 0.0%
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I would like to have been the first translator of
By anonymous - featured on Jan 20, 2008
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If I were to write a book on "How to Be a Successful Translator", the first chapter would be on:
By anonymous - featured on Jan 20, 2008
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Writers get writer's block; do you ever get "translator's block"?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 18, 2008
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To how many professional translator associations do you belong?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 17, 2008
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Do you find reading translation theory useful for your professional practice?
By Deschant - featured on Jan 16, 2008
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Have you ever tried to teach your native language (formally / informally) to someone else?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 15, 2008
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Are the “Favorites” of your Internet browser well organized?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 14, 2008
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Do your first impressions of a new client generally prove to be correct?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 11, 2008
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The secret of my success in finding translation work is:
By anonymous - featured on Jan 11, 2008
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Working from home as a freelancer, do you care about your appearance as much as before?
By Toralf Mjelde - featured on Jan 10, 2008
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When I speak my second language, my accent
By anonymous - featured on Jan 9, 2008
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What size jobs / projects do you prefer?
By Colin Ryan (X) - featured on Jan 8, 2008
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When do you make an LWA entry for an outsourcer?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 7, 2008
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Where does the majority of your work come from?
By Frances Bryce - featured on Jan 6, 2008
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With the new year, did you introduce any new services?
By Daniel Šebesta - featured on Jan 4, 2008
No 85.4%
Yes (please share) 7.9%
No, I stopped offering some 2.6%
Other 2.4%
N/A 1.7%
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Do you recommend colleagues you know when you're too busy to accept a job?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 3, 2008
Yes 48.4%
Depends on type of job 31.4%
No 13.8%
Other 3.6%
N/A 2.8%
1454 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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The last book I read (not work related) was
By anonymous - featured on Jan 2, 2008
Enjoyable fiction 42.1%
Thought provoking 17.2%
Informative 12.4%
Educational 8.8%
Other - N/A 6.7%
Hilarious 5.1%
Romantic 4.1%
Not worth reading again 3.7%
1344 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Have you made any professional resolutions for 2008?
By anonymous - featured on Dec 31, 2007
Yes (please share) 34.0%
No and I won't 32.2%
No, but I will 27.9%
Other - N/A 5.9%
1281 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Looking back on the year 2007 professionally, I think my expectations were
By anonymous - featured on Dec 28, 2007
Met 39.4%
Surpassed 33.6%
Not met 15.7%
I'd rather not think about it 7.4%
Other - N/A 3.9%
1250 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Did you end up working on Christmas Eve/Day?
By anonymous - featured on Dec 27, 2007
No 58.2%
Yes, as planned 25.9%
Yes, an urgent job came up 7.5%
No, the job fell-through 5.1%
Other - N/A 3.4%
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When I travel to a foreign country, it's generally to
By anonymous - featured on Dec 26, 2007
Go on vacation 56.5%
Visit family 20.2%
Work 12.4%
Other - N/A 10.9%
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Do you plan to raise your rates for 2008?
By Christine Schmit (X) - featured on Dec 23, 2007
Maybe, haven't decided yet 28.2%
Yes, but only for new clients 26.2%
No 18.4%
Yes, for all my clients 15.1%
Haven't thought about it / Other 7.2%
Other - N/A 4.9%
1442 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you receive season's greetings from your clients?
By anonymous - featured on Dec 21, 2007
Yes, only from a few 48.3%
Yes, from most of them 34.9%
No 14.1%
Other / N-A 2.7%
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Will you be working over the holidays?
By anonymous - featured on Dec 20, 2007
Partly, between Boxing Day & the New Year. 23.3%
I don't know yet. 21.2%
Yes, it's just like any other time of the year 20.8%
No, of course not. 17.8%
Yes, due to my workload. 13.8%
Other - N/A (Please explain) 3.0%
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How many projects have you worked on in 2007?
By Josée Desbiens - featured on Dec 19, 2007
0 - 20 22.3%
> 200 19.7%
20 - 50 19.2%
50 - 100 19.0%
100 - 200 15.2%
Other - N/A 4.5%
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As a freelancer, what is your main wish for 2008?
By Csaba Ban - featured on Dec 18, 2007
Higher rates 26.3%
More work in general 24.1%
Professional development 15.6%
More big projects, fewer small ones 14.3%
More free time 13.1%
Other - N/A 4.6%
A new career 2.0%
1524 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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My favorite quote / famous saying
By John Cutler - featured on Dec 17, 2007
contains wisdom 31.6%
is humorous 20.5%
Other - N/A 18.9%
is inspirational 14.6%
is about human relationships 10.0%
is about a work ethic 3.2%
is about money 1.3%
1236 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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What has been the most common cause of the incorrect, unfair revision of your translations?
By Todd Field - featured on Dec 15, 2007
End clients who think they "know better" 34.1%
Overzealous editors 20.2%
The subjective nature of translation itself 15.5%
N/A 12.1%
Agencies with poor quality control 11.1%
Other (please explain) 7.0%
1248 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Are direct clients more difficult / demanding to work with than agencies?
By Thomas Johansson - featured on Dec 14, 2007
No, they are easier 33.3%
They are about the same 25.6%
Other - N/A 15.7%
Yes, a little bit 15.6%
Yes, a lot more 9.8%
1359 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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What kind of music do you listen to while working?
By Anne Diamantidis - featured on Dec 13, 2007
I need absolute silence while translating 44.6%
A little bit of everything 20.3%
Rock & Pop 12.8%
Other - N/A 10.0%
Classical 8.8%
Movie Soundtracks 1.4%
Rap, Funk, R'nB 1.2%
Opera, Musicals 0.8%
1461 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Knowing that maybe the best option is to use all of them at some point, I prefer…
By José Miguel Braña Montaña - featured on Dec 12, 2007
Online Dictionaries & Glossaries 48.8%
CD-Rom Dictionaries 24.3%
Printed Dictionaries 18.3%
KudoZ term help 5.4%
Other - N/A 3.2%
1364 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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What's your average monthly output?
By anonymous - featured on Dec 11, 2007
10k - 50k words 47.3%
50k - 100k words 22.7%
< 10k words 11.9%
Other - N/A 8.7%
100k - 150k words 4.6%
150k - 200k words 2.3%
> 200k words 2.3%
1407 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Is being open-minded an essential prerequisite for being a translator?
By anonymous - featured on Dec 10, 2007
Yes 75.0%
No 19.8%
Other - N/A 5.3%
1447 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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If you could afford a gap year, you'd...
By Manuel Martín-Iguacel - featured on Dec 8, 2007
travel around the world 52.8%
start studying something new 13.1%
enjoy your hobbies 12.5%
keep working anyway 8.5%
Other - N/A (please share) 5.2%
use it for reasearch 3.8%
think of a career change 1.6%
do absolutely nothing 1.4%
do only manual work 1.2%
1390 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you have your own business cards?
By anonymous - featured on Dec 7, 2007
Yes 43.2%
No, I don't need them 21.3%
No, but I'd like to 21.0%
Yes, but I don't use them 13.6%
Other - N/A 0.9%
1483 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How long does it take you to proofread a 250 word page?
By Amira El-Wattar - featured on Dec 6, 2007
15 min 45.6%
30 min 25.5%
Other (please comment) 19.3%
45 min 4.8%
one hour 3.1%
> 1 hour 1.7%
1375 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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5830 polls, displaying 5051 through 5100