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No new posts since your last visit  How to not find work    ( 1, 2... 3)
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Kevin Lossner
Feb 12, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Who is to initiate an agreement contract, the client or the interpreter?
Adriana Johnston
Feb 9, 2009
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Alexandra Goldburt
Feb 11, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  First translation for direct client
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No new posts since your last visit  Problem: the text to be translated may be proprietary
Vito Smolej
Feb 9, 2009
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No new posts since your last visit  Communicating terms and conditions to clients/potential clients
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Translation-Pro
Feb 8, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Prices a factor of value placed on knowledge
Anmol
Feb 6, 2009
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EHI (X)
Feb 8, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  The ethics of posting references...
Lingua.Franca
Jan 29, 2009
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No new posts since your last visit  When honesty probably doesn't pay...    ( 1... 2)
Tina Colquhoun
Jan 29, 2009
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Taija Hyvönen
Feb 5, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Getting back results of test    ( 1... 2)
Arnaud HERVE
Jan 12, 2009
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No new posts since your last visit  Tests and reviews
Igor Indruch
Jan 14, 2009
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Lingua 5B
Feb 4, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  10 Tax Deductions Freelancers Can Make
Claudia Alvis
Feb 4, 2009
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Jeff Whittaker
Feb 4, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Other in-house translators
Anodien
Dec 10, 2008
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Khrystene (X)
Feb 1, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Off-topic: An agency without an appropriate process - Agency or Middleman?
VIBOL KEO
Jan 6, 2009
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VIBOL KEO
Feb 1, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Have you considered an MBA?    ( 1... 2)
Anmol
Jan 29, 2009
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Williamson
Jan 31, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Liability when quality/delivery etc is affected by factors beyond one's control
Lia Fail (X)
Jan 29, 2009
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Michael Kapitonoff
Jan 29, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Professional Indemnity Insurance
dawnpatriciad
Jan 25, 2009
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dawnpatriciad
Jan 26, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Does my business need a CAT tool?    ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... 6)
Paul Skidmore
Jan 22, 2009
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Eric Hahn (X)
Jan 26, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  liability for a "faulty" translation    ( 1, 2... 3)
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Egil Presttun
Jan 26, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Service contract or work contract?
Astrid Elke Witte
Jan 23, 2009
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No new posts since your last visit  Copyscape - Searching for copies of your stuff on the web
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No new posts since your last visit  Company asks for Systrans
Ritu Bhanot
Aug 28, 2008
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Jeff Allen
Jan 24, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Bank Account in EU    ( 1... 2)
Mohamed Mehenoun
Dec 12, 2008
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Brigitte Hamilton
Jan 20, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  A Non-Compete clause without expiration date.
Hengky Chiok
Dec 6, 2008
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Emma Gledhill
Jan 19, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  What about no payment from one of our clients in Germany?
Dr. Chun Biao Li
Jan 15, 2009
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Dr. Chun Biao Li
Jan 16, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Quality Management test
Deborah Hoffman
Jan 12, 2009
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Kaiya J. Diannen
Jan 15, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Translation agency closes its doors
Jeff Whittaker
Jan 14, 2009
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Kevin Lossner
Jan 15, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Charge wire transfer fee to translator because of the Bank of China
shstephaniepark
Jan 14, 2009
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Niels Stephan
Jan 14, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Agency suddenly disappeared?    ( 1... 2)
J Chae (X)
Jan 12, 2009
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J Chae (X)
Jan 14, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Does proz bring you direct clients?
Milos Prudek
Jan 13, 2009
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Evert DELOOF-SYS
Jan 14, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Posting Blue Board entries for direct clients...good idea or not?
Sara Senft
Jan 11, 2009
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Sara Senft
Jan 13, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Invoicing a UK customer from Spain - VAT?
Aurélie DANIEL
Dec 31, 2004
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inselaffe (X)
Jan 11, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Attention Outsourcers/Agencies: What are your needs?
Susan Welsh
Jan 7, 2009
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Daina Jauntirans
Jan 9, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Why should I be expected to sign invoices to clients?    ( 1... 2)
Lia Fail (X)
Jan 4, 2009
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Mahmut Karakaya
Jan 9, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Why can't UK universities and companies issue invoices to their students?
Pro-Trans
Jan 6, 2009
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Tatty
Jan 9, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Bad business practices    ( 1, 2, 3... 4)
Claudia Alvis
Dec 2, 2008
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Claudia Alvis
Jan 8, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  What's up with these questions from the client..?
Taija Hyvönen
Jan 6, 2009
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Kevin Lossner
Jan 7, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Pricing for documents using Trados or Wordfast
Robert Forstag
Jan 7, 2009
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No new posts since your last visit  How is the tax system for freelance translators in the UK?
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Natalia Elo
Jan 6, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  Do you mind to do a translation job for a translation firm?    ( 1, 2... 3)
samtanaka
Dec 30, 2008
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samtanaka
Jan 4, 2009
No new posts since your last visit  So many questions from a 'potential' client. ("Much ado about what?")    ( 1... 2)
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No new posts since your last visit  Free fax2mail services in NL/Europe?
Samuel Murray
Dec 30, 2008
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Elzbieta Wojcicka
Dec 30, 2008
No new posts since your last visit  Agencies - how to spot good and bad ones ????    ( 1... 2)
andrealuthe
Dec 29, 2008
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Heinrich Pesch
Dec 30, 2008
No new posts since your last visit  Bad behaviour or not    ( 1, 2... 3)
Mahmoud Rayyan
Dec 25, 2008
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Andrea Riffo
Dec 29, 2008
No new posts since your last visit  Is it standard practice to insert translated text into pre-formatted doc
nexxus
Dec 22, 2008
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Vito Smolej
Dec 27, 2008
No new posts since your last visit  Lots of language pairs better?    ( 1... 2)
Stuart Dowell
Nov 13, 2008
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Williamson
Dec 25, 2008
No new posts since your last visit  Outsourcer web with no pictures - What's your gut feeling?    ( 1... 2)
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Samuel Murray
Dec 23, 2008
No new posts since your last visit  when staring at the screen and simply unable to translate    ( 1, 2... 3)
Lia Fail (X)
Dec 19, 2008
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Lia Fail (X)
Dec 23, 2008
No new posts since your last visit  Please send your Season's Greetings with Bcc
Vito Smolej
Dec 21, 2008
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Anne Bohy
Dec 21, 2008
No new posts since your last visit  Public glossaries: why should we participate?
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juvera
Dec 19, 2008
No new posts since your last visit  direct contact to end client    ( 1... 2)
Rolf Kern
Dec 17, 2008
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