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6072 polls, displaying 5651 through 5700
Did you study at a university to become a translator?
By Leanne Evans - featured on Nov 12, 2006
Yes 49.9%
No 40.9%
Studying now 3.3%
May study 2.3%
N/A 1.9%
Will study 1.7%
1457 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you live in your native country?
By Olivia MAHÉ - featured on Nov 10, 2006
Yes 64.3%
No 35.7%
1411 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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What percentage of your clients is in your country of residence?
By Viktoria Gimbe - featured on Nov 9, 2006
1 to 15% 23.7%
None 15.1%
86 to 99% 14.5%
31 to 50% 10.5%
71 to 85% 10.2%
16 to 30% 9.5%
51 to 70% 9.4%
All my clients are local 7.0%
1446 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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What quality do you think is most important when choosing a translator?
By Henrik Pipoyan - featured on Nov 7, 2006
Experience 48.8%
Mother tongue 20.1%
Specialization 18.4%
Education 5.9%
Other 5.5%
Rate 0.8%
Publications 0.4%
Membership 0.0%
1480 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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A job is posted with no contact data but the outsourcer has an LWA average of 4. Do you still apply?
By anonymous - featured on Nov 5, 2006
No 22.1%
Yes 21.5%
Depends on number of entries 18.5%
Depends on rate 17.9%
What is LWA entry? 8.7%
N/A 6.1%
Depends on volume 5.2%
1277 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you use public libraries as a resource for your translations?
By anonymous - featured on Nov 2, 2006
Never 59.7%
Sometimes 20.3%
As a last resource 15.1%
N/A 3.6%
Always 1.4%
1195 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you determine if a KudoZ answer is right or wrong based on the number of Google hits?
By texjax DDS PhD - featured on Nov 2, 2006
No 37.9%
Sometimes 27.4%
Only for confirmation 26.8%
N/A 4.7%
Yes 3.1%
1166 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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KudoZ questions allow just words - what about putting images as well?
By Fabio Descalzi - featured on Oct 31, 2006
Could be useful 46.6%
What for? 20.1%
Definitely 14.1%
Perhaps 8.0%
I don't care 5.8%
I am against 3.8%
Other 1.7%
1370 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Should translation be a regulated profession?
By anonymous - featured on Oct 30, 2006
Yes 42.2%
No 20.9%
It depends 20.2%
I don't know 9.9%
I don't care 6.8%
1613 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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If you get really sick when you are on deadline, what do you do?
By Nicole Johnson - featured on Oct 26, 2006
Ask for an extension 37.9%
Keep working 34.7%
Get help 19.6%
N/A 3.9%
Other 2.7%
Stay in bed 1.2%
1232 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Please select the option that best describes you:
By anonymous - featured on Oct 25, 2006
Female, translator 51.7%
Male, translator 25.0%
Female transl. & interpreter 12.8%
Male, transl. & interpreter 6.0%
Female, other 2.5%
Male, other 1.3%
Female, interpreter 0.4%
Male, interpreter 0.3%
1444 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Would it be good for ProZ.com to attract more potential direct clients asking for translators?
By Fabio Descalzi - featured on Oct 24, 2006
Definitely 51.8%
Yes, but be careful 21.5%
Don't know 12.5%
It's hard to control them online 6.8%
No way! 5.3%
Other 2.0%
1258 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Who are your main customers?
By Marina Lara Petersen - featured on Oct 23, 2006
Translation agencies 70.7%
Small companies 9.6%
Big corporations 8.4%
Other 5.8%
Individuals 4.0%
Other translators 1.4%
1338 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How busy are you this week?
By Natalia Zudaire - featured on Oct 21, 2006
I can't take any more! 38.4%
Just OK 20.3%
I could do more 17.9%
No work at all 13.7%
A little busy 9.7%
1215 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How much time did it take you before you had enough translations to work on them full time (40 hours
By Eleonora Timmons Militano - featured on Oct 20, 2006
N/A 24.0%
1 - 2 years 19.9%
2 -6 months 16.9%
7 - 12 months 14.7%
2 - 5 years 13.7%
Up to a month 5.8%
> 5 years 5.0%
1329 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How would you rate on average the response time of ProZ.com's Support?
By anonymous - featured on Oct 18, 2006
I never used it 36.9%
Good 23.4%
Excellent 17.7%
Normal 15.2%
Poor 5.3%
Bad 1.6%
1160 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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You are asked to do an assignment for a company whose ethics you disapprove of. What do you do?
By Fiona Paterson - featured on Oct 17, 2006
Just decline 30.0%
It depends 28.6%
Decline and explain why 22.0%
Decline with an excuse 11.3%
Accept 7.0%
Other 1.2%
1208 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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On average, how many hours a week do you work?
By Tim van den Oudenhoven - featured on Oct 16, 2006
40-50 28.0%
30-40 21.3%
50-60 15.1%
20-30 13.7%
> 60 9.8%
10-20 7.2%
< 10 4.9%
1463 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you have your fixed working hours although working at home?
By Inga Jakobi - featured on Oct 14, 2006
No 38.9%
Depends on my projects 31.2%
Most of the time 19.8%
Yes 7.8%
Other - N/A 2.4%
1346 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you prefer viewing a document before taking on a job?
By Norman Buhagiar - featured on Oct 12, 2006
Yes 60.4%
Depends on subject 17.7%
Sometimes 10.5%
Depends on customer 8.6%
Never 1.8%
N/A 0.9%
1261 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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When you outsource, how much of the payment do you usually keep for yourself?
By Nesrin - featured on Oct 11, 2006
I don't outsource 46.2%
10-20% 12.7%
It depends 12.2%
< 10% 10.0%
20-40% 8.7%
40-60% 6.7%
60-80% 2.2%
> 80% 1.4%
1328 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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When you have several pending projects, in which order do you complete them?
By Reed James - featured on Oct 10, 2006
By due date 85.7%
By length 4.0%
By client 3.2%
Other 3.2%
By interest in subject 2.5%
N/A 0.7%
By amount paid 0.7%
1204 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How do you rate ease of use of the [LINK='/quick_profile']new profile updater[/LINK]? (Please commen
By anonymous - featured on Oct 9, 2006
Easy enough 35.4%
I didn't use it yet 31.0%
Very easy to use 23.7%
Somewhat hard to use 8.2%
Very hard to use 1.7%
1189 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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What is the proportion of the time that you use for translation and interpretation?
By Steffen Walter - featured on Oct 6, 2006
100%/0% (only translation) 78.6%
75%/25% 16.3%
50%/50% 2.6%
25%/75% 2.4%
0%/100% (only interpretation) 0.1%
968 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How do you dispose of hardcopies of confidential documents?
By Nicole Schnell - featured on Oct 5, 2006
I don't make printouts 28.8%
I use a shredder 26.1%
Regular trash/recycling 19.2%
Other 12.5%
Never thought of that 10.0%
Why bother? 3.5%
1325 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Are you active on the ProZ.com's forums?
By anonymous - featured on Oct 4, 2006
I post little but I read a lot 31.5%
No 21.7%
Occasionally 18.9%
Seldom 14.0%
Only on some issues 7.2%
Yes, a lot 5.4%
Other 1.3%
1283 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Did you know Sep. 30 is International Translation Day?
By humbird - featured on Oct 2, 2006
No, but It's great! 36.1%
Yes, it's great! 28.6%
No, but I don't care 17.9%
Yes, but I don't care 14.5%
Other 2.8%
1464 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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What % of your invoices are paid on time?
By Konstantin Kisin - featured on Sep 29, 2006
80-95% 28.3%
60-80% 20.1%
95-99% 15.4%
40-60% 13.1%
20-40% 9.1%
0-20% 8.7%
100% 5.3%
1385 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you lower your standard rates in order to get some jobs?
By Valérie Oliveira (X) - featured on Sep 28, 2006
Sometimes 42.0%
Exceptionally 32.4%
Never 15.8%
Often 7.8%
N/A 1.5%
Always 0.6%
1458 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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On average, how many e-mails do you send per day?
By Andres & Leticia Enjuto - featured on Sep 26, 2006
0-10 59.0%
11-20 27.9%
21-30 6.4%
More than 31 5.9%
N/A 0.8%
1063 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
[Discuss in forum (5)] [View this poll]

In your country is there a fixed/official price for translation/interpreting?
By gianfranco - featured on Sep 25, 2006
No 78.5%
Yes, advised 9.7%
I don't know 8.4%
Other 2.1%
Yes, compulsory 1.3%
1346 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you read through the text before you start translating?
By Marketa Dolezalova (X) - featured on Sep 22, 2006
Sometimes 28.3%
Always 22.2%
Depends on volume 20.8%
Never 14.9%
Depends on subject 12.8%
Other - N/A 0.9%
1459 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you negotiate your deadlines with your clients?
By Monika Coulson - featured on Sep 21, 2006
Sometimes 43.1%
Often 16.3%
Exceptionally 15.5%
Seldom 14.0%
Always 5.9%
Never 4.6%
N/A 0.6%
1253 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
[Discuss in forum (17)] [View this poll]

Have you read the manuals of the tools you are using?
By Harry Bornemann - featured on Sep 20, 2006
some paragraphs 32.1%
more than 50% 21.6%
more than 10% 16.1%
are you kidding? 15.9%
more than 90% 7.7%
N/A 6.6%
1342 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How many kids do you have?
By Vladimir Dubisskiy - featured on Sep 18, 2006
none 53.8%
one 19.2%
two 17.4%
three 6.2%
four 2.3%
more 1.1%
1300 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How often do you defragment and clean up the hard disk of your computer?
By Manuela Junghans - featured on Sep 16, 2006
every 6 months 26.7%
monthly 17.9%
never 16.9%
yearly 13.6%
Other 8.9%
weekly 8.6%
what does it mean? 5.4%
daily 2.0%
1153 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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If you absolutely had to choose, what would it be?
By Maria Rosich Andreu - featured on Sep 14, 2006
Quality 56.5%
Deadline 34.6%
N/A 8.9%
1253 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How have your average rates evolved in the last 12 months? They...
By anonymous - featured on Sep 13, 2006
are about the same 56.9%
have risen 38.8%
have fallen 4.3%
1336 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
[Discuss in forum (23)] [View this poll]

What do you do (sports) to maintain your bio-rhythm
By Brandis (X) - featured on Sep 11, 2006
other 37.1%
none 30.4%
bycyling 11.2%
jogging 10.5%
swimming 9.3%
scuba 0.7%
speed-biking 0.3%
sprinting 0.2%
para-gliding 0.1%
1147 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
[Discuss in forum (53)] [View this poll]

How many Internet browser windows/tabs do you have open while working?
By Manuel Martín-Iguacel - featured on Sep 10, 2006
> 5 34.2%
3 21.1%
4 13.4%
2 13.1%
5 9.4%
1 7.4%
none 1.5%
1325 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
[Discuss in forum (19)] [View this poll]

What % of your overall working time is spent bidding for or actively seeking new jobs?
By Antonio Barros - featured on Sep 8, 2006
< 10% 58.1%
10-20% 17.9%
20-30% 7.4%
N/A 6.6%
> 40% 5.9%
30-40% 4.2%
1259 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
[Discuss in forum (16)] [View this poll]

How many source words have you translated since this time last year? (total, all pairs)
By Peter Shortall - featured on Sep 6, 2006
Don't know 37.5%
250K-500K 14.6%
100K-250K 14.4%
0-100K 13.2%
500K-750K 9.9%
>1million 4.6%
750K-1M 4.0%
N/A 1.9%
1133 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
[Discuss in forum (31)] [View this poll]

On a typical day at ProZ, where do you spend the most time?
By JaneTranslates - featured on Sep 5, 2006
KudoZ 39.8%
Forums 20.7%
Jobs/Blue Board 19.6%
Glossary search 13.9%
Other 2.7%
N/A 1.7%
Profile pages 1.0%
Articles 0.6%
1214 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you raise your rates when the source text is of low linguistic quality?
By Monika Jakacka Márquez - featured on Sep 4, 2006
Never 35.6%
Didn't happen to me. 21.6%
Seldom 19.0%
I reject them 9.3%
Usually 7.2%
N/A 4.8%
Always. 2.5%
1176 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
[Discuss in forum (15)] [View this poll]

Do you adjust quality depending on rate (better rate gets more)?
By Enrique Cavalitto - featured on Sep 3, 2006
No, I always do my best 77.4%
It depends 13.4%
Yes 8.5%
N/A 0.8%
1123 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
[Discuss in forum (27)] [View this poll]

Have you attended powwows in the last year?
By RominaZ - featured on Sep 1, 2006
No 77.0%
Yes, one 13.4%
Yes, several 7.2%
What is it? 2.4%
1247 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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Do you live in a country where the native language is your source or target language?
By Fan Gao - featured on Aug 31, 2006
Target 55.4%
Source 23.8%
Both 15.9%
Neither 4.9%
1376 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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How many times have you recommended another translator for a job you couldn't accept?
By Norman Buhagiar - featured on Aug 29, 2006
1 - 3 35.7%
Never 27.0%
more than 10 14.3%
4 - 6 13.9%
N/A 5.2%
7 - 10 3.9%
1126 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
[Discuss in forum (9)] [View this poll]

How long do you usually work on a translation before taking at least a short break?
By Ulrike MacKay - featured on Aug 28, 2006
1 to 2 hours 32.6%
2 to 4 hours 31.6%
depends on text 19.0%
up to 1 hour 11.8%
up to 6 hours 3.0%
up to 8 hours 1.0%
N/A 0.5%
depends on languages 0.4%
1281 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
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When do you close your KudoZ questions? After...
By Klaus Urban - featured on Aug 26, 2006
It depends 26.9%
a good answer 22.1%
24 hours 15.4%
completion of project 14.0%
N/A 11.5%
first reminder 8.0%
second reminder 1.5%
Never 0.6%
1245 vote(s). You have voted on this poll.
[Discuss in forum (9)] [View this poll]

6072 polls, displaying 5651 through 5700