Poll: When was the last time you gave out a business card?
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Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
Estados Unidos
Local time: 02:48
Miembro 2003
español al inglés
+ ...
I can't remember Jul 28, 2018

I think it may have been when I was on a mission in Japan in 1990 to study the status of their machine translation systems. My name was printed in Japanese on the back. In those days at least, name cards were very important for doing business in Japan.

 
EvaVer (X)
EvaVer (X)  Identity Verified
Local time: 11:48
checo al francés
+ ...
Recently... Jul 28, 2018

...but not to a client, to a company doing work on my house, to provide my contact information. I had a stock of business cards made 20 years ago, still plenty left!

 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 10:48
Miembro 2007
inglés al portugués
+ ...
I can't remember Jul 28, 2018

Aren’t they dead? I have two boxes of personal business cards I ordered online when I moved back to Lisbon 3 years ago, but if I remember right I only handed out two: one to the bank manager when I opened my bank account and another one when I delivered a translation to a lawyer in his office. Just in case, I always have a few business cards in my handbag…

 
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Yetta Jensen Bogarde  Identity Verified
Dinamarca
Local time: 11:48
Miembro 2012
inglés al danés
+ ...
2 months ago Jul 28, 2018

at the last Wordfast Pro conference in Portugal

 
DZiW (X)
DZiW (X)
Ucrania
inglés al ruso
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trivial design; quality of sample Jul 28, 2018

Unlike translators (and other specialists mostly working with papers), interpreters (and other people working with other people) often exchange biz cards.

Why, as a youngster without plenty of clients, I used to leave my cards at public places, and occasionally they phoned or emailed me) However, the poll results are far too self-obvious.


 
Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Brasil
Local time: 06:48
Miembro 2014
inglés al portugués
+ ...
2013 Jul 28, 2018

The last time I had business cards was in my last in-house job in 2013.
Since then, they are in a box next to the paper dictionaries, a fax machine and other useless stuff in the basement, waiting for clean-up day.


 
Alexandra Speirs
Alexandra Speirs  Identity Verified
Local time: 11:48
italiano al inglés
+ ...
ages ago Jul 28, 2018

I made some for a Pow-wow, years ago, and never used them again.

We've changed the family business setup and really should get round to making some cards, but no one remembers ... too many other things to do.
Obviously we've never felt the need.


 
Kay Denney
Kay Denney  Identity Verified
Francia
Local time: 11:48
francés al inglés
last year Jul 29, 2018

I hosted a party for some friends as a last-minute favour, and I met some people there who have since contacted me for work, very interesting stuff at that.
I always have a slim case with a handful in just in case, but I rarely hand them out.


 


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