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 | Poll: Do you have formal education in your source language(s)? | 10
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| Poll: Do you feel that you will someday get bored of your job as a translator? | 12
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| Poll: How do you organize your TMs? | 7
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| Poll: Would you prefer an in-house position? | 12
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| Poll: Do you alter your rates depending on the client's country of residence? ( 1... 2) | 18
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| Poll: Have you ever delivered a project to the wrong client? ( 1... 2) | 21
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| Poll: Do you have a professional website? ( 1... 2) | 15
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| Poll: Which of these will you invest in over the next 12 months? | 11
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| Poll: Most of my clients are based in... | 7
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| Poll: In your opinion, what number of regular customers is sufficient for an optimal workload? | 14
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| Poll: Have you worked on a translation that required no research (online searches, dictionaries, etc)? | 14
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| Poll: Has your workload decreased this year in comparison to last year? ( 1... 2) | 21
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| Poll: Do you accept long-term offers that keep you too busy to work for your regular clients? | 11
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| Poll: Do you think it's an advantage to live in your target language country? ( 1, 2... 3) | 34
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| Poll: Do you use a laptop or a desktop computer for work? ( 1... 2) | 18
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| Poll: If you had to, which type of client would you choose between these two: | 12
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| Poll: Do you provide desktop publishing (DTP) services? | 3
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| Poll: After how many days without work do you start to become worried? | 14
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| Poll: Do you use speech recognition programs to aid in your translation work? | 12
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| Poll: Which do you think is more difficult/demanding: translating or interpreting? | 14
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| Poll: Do you request feedback on your services from your clients? | 11
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| Poll: Do you prefer to work with end clients or agencies? ( 1... 2) | 24
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| Poll: Which operating system is installed on your main computer? ( 1... 2) | 19
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| Poll: Do you work while traveling? | 12
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| Poll: Do you work on your birthday? | 12
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| Poll: Do you accept payments by credit card? ( 1... 2) | 15
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| Poll: Do you buy the books you've translated? ( 1... 2) | 27
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| Poll: Do you alter your working schedule to accommodate clients in different time zones? | 12
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| Poll: Have you ever used the services of a debt collection agency? | 12
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| Poll: Does working as a translator or interpreter run in your family? | 10
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| Poll: Did you receive any help or mentoring when you were first starting your career as a freelancer? | 10
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| Poll: Have you ever worked on a project that required you to translate into multiple target languages? ( 1... 2) | 17
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| Poll: Does your email signature include a confidentiality/data protection clause? | 12
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| Poll: Have you ever rejected a project for ethical reasons? ( 1... 2) | 24
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| Poll: How many days a week do you currently work? | 14
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| Poll: Do you work on projects that are divided among multiple translators? | 13
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| Poll: How many emails do you currently have in your inbox? ( 1... 2) | 17
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| Poll: Do you keep track of the accumulated number of words you've translated? ( 1... 2) | 29
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| Poll: Do you advertise your business on social media? ( 1... 2) | 15
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| Poll: Do you use/trust cloud services to store your data? ( 1... 2) | 19
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| Poll: Have you attended any courses related to your area of expertise? | 10
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| Poll: Do you use a tablet for your translation work? ( 1... 2) | 16
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| Poll: Is all the software you use in your native language? | 11
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| Poll: How long does it usually take you to reply to a client's email? | 10
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| Poll: Do you ever communicate with your clients over the phone? | 8
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| Poll: Do you check if the word count provided by the client is correct before starting a project? | 14
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| Poll: Do you delete work-related emails? ( 1... 2) | 20
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| Poll: What percentage of your income do you invest in your business (CPD, memberships, office, etc.)? ( 1... 2) | 15
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| Poll: Do you proofread your own translation while you work on it? ( 1... 2) | 16
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| Poll: How many language pairs do you work in? | 12
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