What is the one recommendation you would make for increasing translator productivity?

Has your most interesting translation project been in your field of specialization?

Do you ever use a pen and paper when working on a translation?

Did you use to teach before becoming a translator?

Are you planning to take some time off work to watch the World Cup?

Is the translator teaching/training in your location good?

Have you ever translated something that later you put into practice?

Do you refuse jobs just because you don't feel like doing them?

An urgent, rapidly-done translation = a poor-quality translation

What percentage of your clients are international clients (outside your country of residence)?

Have you ever had to translate a text with parts already translated by the author?

Do you find text reading software useful for your work in any way?

How many jobs do you get in an average good week?

When do you start your working day?

Do you find that the number of possible jobs increases when the weather is unusually good?

Do you use invoicing software?

Do your clients usually agree with your payment terms?

Do you usually accept job deadlines set for Monday early morning your time?

How ill do you have to be before deciding not to work for the day?

When you are doing research for a translation/ term, do you get side-tracked?

When working with multiple files, I start

Is the global crisis hitting you harder this year?

So far in 2010 I have had

Do you think about work while driving, falling asleep or when others are talking to you?

Do you have any private insurance?

Do you consider yourself a workaholic?

What % of your income comes from end clients?

What do you do when a client cancels a job after giving you the PO?

Do you display your Twitter feed in your ProZ.com profile?

What's the shortest deadline you've ever agreed to?

What is the golden rule of being a translator?

Does outside weather affect your productivity/performance?

Do you have any WWA entries on your profile?

Have you ever "played outsourcer" and tried to find yourself in the ProZ.com directory?

Do you keep the availability calendar in your profile updated?

How effective is the picture/logo in your profile?

Does your ProZ.com profile accurately represent you as a professional?

You charge extra fees for...

Do you charge separately for proofreading?

Do you add your clients as friends/contacts on the social networking sites you participate?

Which of these PDF-to-Word converters provides the most useful output?

Have you ever visited the premises of the translation agencies you work with?

Should a project manager necessarily be a former translator?

Do you think translators should have a passion for literature?

Have you ever bought a CAT tool and ended up not using it?

Do you charge extra for payments via PayPal?

Do you speak out loud while translating?

What's your preferred stress-buster, when you have a tough project?

Do you use machine translation to do a first draft?

Why should a client choose you over another translator?