When you write a personal e-mail, which of these do you let slide the most?

An interesting subject for a long-term study of issues affecting translators would be their:

I have been working for my oldest client for:

The longest it's ever taken me to translate a difficult word/term was...

If not otherwise specified, what's your personal definition of “urgent"?

To keep up in my second language (s), I mainly:

Would you cringe now if you looked at some of the first work you produced as a translator?

What do you give most importance to when you receive a job offer?

Clients tend to treat freelancers more like ...

By how much have CAT tools increased your daily productivity?

Do you think of yourself firstly as a business person?

Do you ever think of funny, literal & obviously wrong translations of words while translating?

A colleague you get on well with asks for a short translation, would you bill them?

I believe networking with other translators (virtually or in person) is

How often do new clients request to see copies of your credentials?

Do you notice other people's pet expressions?

What part of your translator qualifications do you think attracts the most clients?

Do your neighbors know what you do for a living?

Are you easily distracted from translating?

The fastest payment I've ever received was within

Have you ever wished you could personally meet the author of the text you were translating?

After many years of working in the same translation field

At what time of day do you get most jobs?

Greetings in my culture include:

If I finish a big project in the morning or the middle of the day, I

How many windows / tabs do you have open at the moment?

Do you change people's names according to the language you're speaking (e.g. Helen vs. Elena)?

The funniest (incorrect) translation I've ever read was in / on

What font do you use when translating scanned documents / non-standard formats?

Which of these words is part of your profile tagline?

Have you ever taken another temporary job (not translating) during a slow period?

Does being a good translator depend on nature or nurture?

How many friends /acquaintances have you made through ProZ.com?

Which is your most productive season of the year?

What I like most about my second language is / are its

Do you request automatic receipts for your emails?

What's your preferred means of making / receiving international payments?

If you had to, which of these could you most easily renounce?

If you live in a bi / multilingual home, do you speak sentences that are a mix of those languages?

What helps you concentrate and stay alert?

Do you touch-type (not looking at the keys)?

How do you cope with Monday mornings?

Are you in the process of learning a new language?

Do you invest any of your income?

Are there any words in your acquired language(s) you have difficulty in remembering?

Before I leave home, I double check I've:

I would rate my professional interpersonal skills as:

Will machine translation ever replace human translation entirely?

My professional philosophy is:

You know you speak a second language well, when you can: