How do you address most of your clients?

Can translation be taught as a skill?

Do you generally endorse/provide references for colleagues to whom you've outsourced work?

Do you still use paper dictionaries for translating?

How many different CAT tools have you "mastered"?

How much time per day do you spend in front of the computer for personal use (not work-related)?

Would you recommend the translator's profession to others?

How would you describe the process of looking up very hard-to-find words/terms?

Do you think translators in general dislike working in teams?

How would you describe the feedback you receive from clients?

Do you keep healthy habits in your professional career?

Are you stressed right now?

Do you keep your conversational skills in your second language updated? (classes, calls, powwows)

Which of the following profile fields do you think clients are most interested in?

Are most of your clients translation agencies?

How many translation blogs do you read regularly?

When you send a quote to a direct client, do you include your terms & conditions of sale/service?

On how many projects do you usually work at a time?

What's the maximum payment deadline you would accept?

Are you planning to attend any in-person event or conference this year?

Do you get copyright royalties for translation jobs you've done?

How long has your longest working relationship with a client been?

When I work I like my environment to...

In which rate range would you include your average per word translation rate? (in €)

How often do you work offline?

Have you kept all the files of your projects since you first started your translation career?

Do you let your clients know when you have received their payment?

Have you ever subtitled a movie/video for your own delight (not as a job request)?

How do you prefer to be contacted by your clients?

Would you like to work in an office (outside home)?

How many regular clients do you have?

Is your work station in perfect working conditions?

Do you think a translator's profile picture can influence an outsourcer's final decision?

Who maintains the computer where you do most of your work?

Do you work during public holidays?

Do you charge a minimum fee?

Have you rejected any jobs this year?

Do you consider yourself bilingual?

When you are working on a project what distracts you the most?

What would you like to be doing professionally 10 years from now?

Actors wait for their “big break”; should translators expect one?

Do you charge a late-payment fee to your client(s)?

Since you became a freelance translator, have you had more holidays?

Full-time translators: are you satisfied with your income?

Would you describe yourself as a self-taught translator/interpreter?

Are you connected with some of your clients through social networking websites?

Are you the sole breadwinner in your household?

Do you proofread your translations on a printout or on-screen?

Has being a freelancer made you a stronger/more resilient person in any sense?

How important is it for a translator to have the trait of curiosity?