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| Poll: Post-editing work will become increasingly common in the next few years: | 13
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| Poll: Do you modify your CV depending on a job's requirements? | 6
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| Poll: What would you consider the biggest barrier to becoming a freelance translator nowadays? | 10
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| Poll: Do you outsource some work to other translators? | 7
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| Poll: As a translator, what is your quality assurance (QA) methodology? | 12
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| Poll: How often do your clients provide you with style guides? | 11
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| Poll: Do you think that an anonymous Blue Board would be helpful? | 14
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| Poll: Do you feel translation work has changed drastically in the last 5 - 10 years? | 9
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| Poll: Have you ever had problems with the person proofreading your translation? | 10
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| Poll: Have any of your current clients approached you about doing post-editing work? | 10
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| Poll: Have you ever regretted agreeing to a contract without reading the details first? | 8
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| Poll: Are you familiar with the LISA quality assurance (QA) Metric? | 10
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| Poll: How punctual and consistent are you with your invoicing? | 8
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| Poll: When you increase your rates, how do you handle existing clients? | 8
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| Poll: Have you ever been asked to "proofread" (instead of translate) a machine-translated document? ( 1... 2) | 15
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| Poll: "Machine learning will crack the code of language translation." | 14
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| Poll: How would you describe your financial situation? | 9
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| Poll: Is January the slowest when it comes to work? ( 1... 2) | 15
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| Poll: When you check the profile of the "Featured Translator" on the home page, it's usually because of... | 8
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| Poll: Is your phone mostly a work tool, or a distraction from your work? ( 1... 2) | 17
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| Poll: Do any of your clients provide tech support for their translators? | 10
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| Poll: Have you made changes to the way you serve your clients in the past few years? | 11
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| Poll: Is it possible for a freelance translator to work efficiently without a dedicated work space? ( 1... 2) | 15
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| Poll: If I received an unexpected 1,000 USD/EUR, I would: ( 1... 2) | 18
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