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What percentage of your customers are not fluent in the target language?
By anonymous - featured on Feb 2, 2006
More than half 49.4%
31-50% 12.2%
Not applicable to me 11.1%
1-10% 10.1%
11-20% 6.2%
21-30% 6.1%
0% 4.8%
850 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Which one of the following would most lead you to believe that a translator is qualified?
By anonymous - featured on Feb 1, 2006
A good portfolio of previous work 36.1%
Satisfactory completion of a sample text 25.9%
Two satisfied clients 15.4%
A tested credential 8.4%
A university degree 8.4%
Three years of experience 5.7%
1149 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How many languages do you speak fluently? (including your working ones)
By Natalia Zudaire - featured on Jan 30, 2006
2 43.2%
3 36.1%
4-5 13.9%
1 5.5%
6-8 1.0%
>8 0.3%
967 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Would you like to see ProZ.com migrate to Unicode?
By Mihai Badea (X) - featured on Jan 29, 2006
What is Unicode? 48.2%
I don't care. 25.4%
Yes. 17.7%
No. 8.7%
678 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How old is your computer?
By Marion Schimmelpfennig - featured on Jan 28, 2006
1-2 yrs old 28.3%
<1 year old 22.7%
2-3 yrs old 19.0%
Brand new! 10.9%
>4 yrs old 10.0%
3-4 yrs old 9.2%
1058 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How do you rate the appearance (ie. attractiveness) of the ProZ.com website?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 27, 2006
Good 47.2%
Very good 25.8%
Average 22.3%
Poor 3.8%
Very poor 0.9%
1093 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How busy are you this January, compared to last?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 26, 2006
Busier 43.0%
Less busy 21.9%
About the same 21.8%
Not applicable 13.3%
972 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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In your opinion, what is the current trend in the quality of KudoZ *questions*?
By Allen Harris - featured on Jan 25, 2006
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In your opinion, what is the current trend in the quality of KudoZ answers?
By A Hayes (X) - featured on Jan 23, 2006
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Do you ever work through the night?
By Emanuela Ankrom (X) - featured on Jan 22, 2006
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Does whether or not a ProZ.com user shows his/her real name affect how you view that person?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 21, 2006
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Powwow attendees: Have powwows been useful to you, professionally and socially?
By Patricia Torres - featured on Jan 20, 2006
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What percentage of work proposed to you seems to have an unrealistic deadline?
By Viktoria Gimbe - featured on Jan 19, 2006
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Some outsourcers use test translations in their translator qualification process. Is this wise?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 18, 2006
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How old are you?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 17, 2006
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Do you work on Sundays?
By Patricia Torres - featured on Jan 16, 2006
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Which is more challenging for you overall, translating or interpreting?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 15, 2006
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When it comes to your language work, are you primarily a translator or an interpreter?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 14, 2006
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How many hours of television do you watch per day (on average)?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 13, 2006
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How many books do you read per month, for pleasure?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 11, 2006
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Active KudoZ answerers: have you passed / received work to/from professionals met via KudoZ?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 10, 2006
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Do you sometimes indulge in unprofitable but interesting jobs for the sheer fun of it?
By heikeb - featured on Jan 9, 2006
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What kind of translation project do you most prefer?
By Monika Coulson - featured on Jan 8, 2006
Weekly projects (up to 15,000 words) 53.7%
Daily, short projects (up to 2,000 words) 24.3%
Monthly projects (up to 100,000 words) 11.6%
Longer term projects (>100,000 words) 10.3%
774 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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If it were possible for ProZ.com to set a minimum rate for you and others--should it do so?
By anonymous - featured on Jan 7, 2006
Yes 49.3%
No 29.6%
Not sure 21.1%
871 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Is it possible for ProZ.com to control minimum rates?
By Alicia Casal - featured on Jan 6, 2006
No 67.4%
Yes 32.6%
840 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you keep a record of daily production when working on a large job?
By Muriel Vasconcellos - featured on Jan 5, 2006
Yes 59.3%
No 40.7%
892 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you feel threatened by machine translation software?
By Ángela María Gómez - featured on Jan 4, 2006
No 87.4%
Yes 12.6%
1008 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Will you make a New Year's resolution (or resolutions)?
By Lydia Molea - featured on Jan 3, 2006
No 54.1%
Yes 45.9%
966 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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What percentage of your income goes in taxes?
By Cecilia Civetta - featured on Jan 1, 2006
20-40% 40.9%
10-20% 30.5%
<20 28.7%
164 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Will you set an income target for your translation or interpreting work in '06?
By anonymous - featured on Dec 30, 2005
No 58.2%
Yes 41.8%
687 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Have you opened a bank account in another country in order to be paid in another currency?
By Stephen Rifkind - featured on Dec 29, 2005
No 79.3%
Yes 20.7%
922 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Have you ever been a teacher?
By anonymous - featured on Dec 28, 2005
Yes 67.5%
No 32.5%
1037 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How did you spend December 25?
By Nina Khmielnitzky - featured on Dec 27, 2005
At home with family 66.4%
Visiting others 13.5%
Working 11.0%
Other 9.1%
779 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you make regular use of speech recognition software in your work?
By Mariana Idiart - featured on Dec 26, 2005
No; I've not tried it. 59.2%
What is speech recognition? 12.0%
No; I've tried it and it does not help me. 9.8%
It is not available in my language(s). 6.2%
N/A 5.5%
Yes; it helps a bit. 3.8%
Yes; it helps a lot. 3.4%
885 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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At peak speed and without a CAT tool, how many source words can you translate in 1 hour?
By Lingua Port - featured on Dec 23, 2005
300-500 39.7%
500-750 22.5%
<300 16.1%
750-1000 12.6%
1000-1500 5.9%
>2000 1.8%
1500-2000 1.5%
796 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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At what age are you planning to retire?
By Nikki Graham - featured on Dec 22, 2005
Never! 39.9%
61-65 18.9%
66-70 12.4%
56-60 10.1%
>70 7.8%
50-55 5.8%
<50 5.1%
914 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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What percentage of your translation income goes in taxes?
By Cecilia Civetta - featured on Dec 21, 2005
<10% 28.4%
10-20% 26.9%
21-30% 20.7%
31-40% 12.0%
41-50% 6.9%
>50% 5.1%
825 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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What is the highest rate (per word, USD) you were ever paid?
By Ziad Marzouka - featured on Dec 20, 2005
<0.08 19.2%
>0.18 17.8%
0.10-0.12 16.6%
0.08-0.10 16.2%
0.12-0.14 13.4%
0.14-0.16 10.6%
0.16-0.18 6.2%
989 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you send holiday greeting cards or presents to your clients?
By Linda Gaus - featured on Dec 19, 2005
No 53.9%
Yes - to some of them 32.7%
Yes - to all of them 13.4%
768 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Have the quick polls changed your business conduct?
By Marion Schimmelpfennig - featured on Dec 18, 2005
No 88.3%
Yes 11.7%
673 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you intend to use the new ProZ.com Project History function?
By Mihai Badea (X) - featured on Dec 17, 2005
I don't know what it is 39.3%
Maybe 26.6%
No 15.4%
Yes 13.5%
I already have 5.1%
1131 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Who are the most problematic payers according to your personal statistics?
By anonymous - featured on Dec 12, 2005
Small translation companies 41.9%
Big translation companiies 22.3%
End-clients 15.9%
Other (please specify) 11.4%
Colleagues 8.4%
596 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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The project you are working on most right now came from what type of client?
By anonymous - featured on Dec 11, 2005
Small translation company 31.9%
Large translation company 27.6%
End-client 21.9%
I do not have any projects right now 16.6%
Non-profit 2.0%
711 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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What subject area are you translating in right now?
By Fred Neild (X) - featured on Dec 10, 2005
Tech / Engineering 34.2%
Other 13.7%
Law / Patents 12.8%
Bus / Financial 10.3%
Medical 8.6%
Marketing 8.2%
Art / Literary 5.9%
Social sciences 4.1%
Science 2.1%
851 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How many Kudoz points do you have?
By Ziad Marzouka - featured on Dec 9, 2005
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Are you the main breadwinner of your household?
By Ramona Ali - featured on Dec 9, 2005
Yes 31.5%
No 28.0%
Financial responsibilities are shared evenly 23.5%
I have a one-person household 17.0%
896 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How does your workload in 2005 compare to your workload in 2004?
By Cecilia Civetta - featured on Dec 8, 2005
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Do you invest your savings from translation income?
By Orla Ryan - featured on Dec 7, 2005
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Should ongoing education be required of certified translators / interpreters?
By anonymous - featured on Dec 6, 2005
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Would you like your children to consider translation as a career?
By anonymous - featured on Dec 5, 2005
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5853 polls, displaying 5651 through 5700