Do you accept test translations?

When learning something new for work, in general I prefer:

What has been the longest period when you had little or no work?

Would you accommodate a client who asks you to insert errors into your work?

In your experience, which of these is most time-consuming?

Who do you prefer working for?

Should a freelancer observe their local holidays?

Do you accept Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as payment?

Do you have professional goals for the coming year?

Have you done a translation of a language you can't speak with an automatic translator?

Worst phobia afflicting language professionals?

Do you have some skills that "go to waste" as a freelance translator/interpreter?

When a client is dissatisfied, I can usually correct the problem to their satisfaction.

Is your reading material lately related to your work?

Does your work volume increase or decrease around this time of year?

I see myself as a freelance translator for:

On a scale of 1 to 5, how would you rate your work-life balance?

Do you think you offer better value than average in your language pair?

Would you recommend any books on freelance translation to beginners?

Have you suffered from burnout this year?

Is getting started as a freelancer more difficult than in other jobs?

Work-wise, has 2017 been better, or worse, than 2016?

How many fingers do you use for typing?

Do you think today, in the Internet age, it is necessary to have business cards?

Are you currently living outside the country in which you were born?

Approximately what percentage of the first draft of your translations makes it to the end unchanged?

Have you studied the semantic and/or syntactic differences between your source and target languages?

Have you ever seen one of your old translations and been shocked at how bad it was?

Has LinkedIn proved useful to you in getting work?

Which of these traits is most important to a good translator/interpreter?

Has Facebook proved useful to you in getting work?

Have contacts you made at powwows or other translator gatherings led to work?

Do you think DeepL is something for human translators to worry about?

Which best describes your relationship with CAT tools?

In the Venn diagram of quality, price and speed, where would you place yourself?

Would you work on a project that is specifically aimed at improving machine translation?

Do you ever worry about carpal tunnel syndrome?

What kind of payment issue do you most often encounter?

In which currency do you prefer to be paid?

Have clients ever reviewed your online behavior (forums, social networks) in the screening process?

How much non-work time do you spend on the internet?

How many clients have you had to "fire"?

Have you ever been overly confident of your translation abilities?

Negative feedback from a client is just a chance to improve my services:

Is there a field you would like to specialize in that you are not already?

Has your location ever worked against you as a freelancer?

Are you happy with the current state of your career?

Do you schedule time for breaks during work?

The most important meal in a freelancer's day is...

Do you consider yourself a "digital nomad'?