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ProZ.com Staff 
United States
Local time: 20:41
 Member (2011)
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you usually search your clients' pictures on the web just to see what they look like?".
This poll was originally submitted by Nilton Junior. View the poll results »
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Interlangue
Belgium
Local time: 05:41
English to French
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... I go and pay them a visit instead
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Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:41
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German to English
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I have been known to look up regular customers (with unusual names) on Facebook or LinkedIn to see what they look like, but normally only if we've been quite chatty and I'm curious. I certainly don't do it as a matter of course!
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Leon Ivanihin
Russian Federation
Local time: 07:41
 Partial member (2011)
English to Russian
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But not for deciding should I make business with this client.
Just to recognize his/her gender for adequate greetings in my pilot message.
Sometimes gender recognizing is tricky task
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inkweaver
Germany
Local time: 05:41
English to German
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To be honest, I don't care at all what my clients look like. As long as we have a pleasant and reliable business relationship, that's all that matters to me really.
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Parrot
Spain
Local time: 05:41
Member (2002)
Spanish to English
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I generally search for companies, not people. It's part of risk management. I search for people when it comes to interpreting. Any indication of how they speak, even on YouTube, is welcome.
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Julian Holmes
Japan
Local time: 12:41
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
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When I have a gut feeling that something is not going quite right. 
I try to at least contact them by phone to establish trust. Personal qualities do come across in people's voices and I assume everyone to be trustworthy (until proven otherwise).
Happy translating!
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patriciacharnet
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:41
English to French
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but sometimes when I check the company web site to familiarise myself with their products, or if it's a new client when I search for the company history, I find them otherwise not interested
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Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 05:41
Member (2003)
Danish to English
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I do regularly visit clients' websites to see what they 'look like' professionally.
I check out their products, the kind of language they use - tone and register. Sometimes the cheerful self-deprecation that sounds fine in the source language comes across as lacking in self-confidence or somehow dull in English, and I have to tweak it, or tell the client that is what I am doing. I try to match it with the rest of their image.
There is often useful terminology about products or services, and all sorts of other information.
But I am not usually worried about what the staff look like.
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Teresa Borges
Belgium
Local time: 05:41
Member (2007)
German to Portuguese
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inkweaver wrote:
To be honest, I don't care at all what my clients look like. As long as we have a pleasant and reliable business relationship, that's all that matters to me really. |
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Marlene Blanshay
Canada
Local time: 23:41
Member (2009)
French to English
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I've visited most of my clients' websites and not all of them have photos of the person i deal with specifically. One of my clients is on Facebook and we're pretty friendly (he lives 300 miles away) so I know what he looks like. I have a couple of other clients whose agencies are Facebook friends, and that's how I saw their pictures for the first time. However, I don't actively go out and see what people look like. But I would if i felt something wasn't totally kosher.
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Tim Drayton
Cyprus
Local time: 06:41
Turkish to English
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My clients are almost entirely juristic persons.
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Rosa Grau
Spain
Local time: 05:41
Member (2011)
English to Catalan
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that the picture that you see is really theirs?
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 05:41
Member (2007)
Spanish to English
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As long as their cheques don't bounce and they pay on time, it's all the same to me what they look like.
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Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 20:41
 Member
English to German
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Especially when the company name contains a lot of "international", "worldwide", "Mega language Plus", etc.
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