Choose your motto:

Do your clients usually ask for discounts?

How long do you wait after the payment deadline before contacting a client about a pending payment?

How long did it take you to get fully established as a freelancer?

When do you usually invoice your clients?

Do you use any voice recognition programs to aid in your translation work?

Do you have a blog?

Would you continue to work as a translator if you won the lottery?

Do you think that new advances in technology will reduce the need for human translation?

When the workflow is low, how do you mostly spend your extra time?

Have you ever taught the language(s) you work in to others?

How do you feel when you finish a long and/or difficult job?

How often do you check your email?

Have you ever translated texts from the 19th century or earlier?

How much do you spend per year on 'formal' CPD (conferences, courses, webinars, books, etc.)?

How often do you consult paper dictionaries, as opposed to online ones?

What do you like the most about being a freelancer?

Do you ever translate handwritten documents?

Do you ever work overnight?

Do you have a written business plan for your translation/interpreting business?

How many unusual/uncommon word(s) do find in a day's work?

Do you have a paper shredder for destroying documents?

Do you follow one particular style guide or authority when writing in your native language?

Do you organize proofreading by a third person when working for direct clients?

Do you have a dedicated room/office for your translation work?

Do you think social networking is useful for your business?

How many new clients have you worked with since the beginning of this year?

What is usually the busiest day of the week for you, work-wise?

Do you add many words that are not in the source text to make the translation sound authentic?

Do you add old translations to your TMs from the time you didn't use a CAT tool?

What percentage of jobs do you deliver on time?

How many years of full-time translation does it take to become a "professional" translator?

For proofreading jobs, do you send the report of your edits to the client?

Since translation is a sedentary profession, do you find time to exercise regularly?

How often do you get enquiries via your listing on your professional translators' association?

How many holiday/vacation days are you planning to take this summer?

Would you pay to use machine translation software if it were customized for your areas of expertise?

Would you start working on a job before the client's confirmation?

Do you think specializing in a certain field is required to be successful?

I see other translators in my language pair(s) as...

Does your approach to the text and attention to details change based on the fee you are being paid?

How long after sending a quote do you usually follow up on it?

Which of the following causes you the most stress while translating a project?

What's the most powerful tool for work while you're away from your home/office?

Have you ever had any sudden problem arise with a project just as the deadline was approaching?

Do you accept assignments to post-edit machine translations?

Do you have/use a fax machine for business purposes?

Do you accept to provide letters of reference/recommendations to potential clients?

Do you accept a project when you are in the middle of another one?

Are you satisfied with your income as a freelance translator/interpreter?