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Poll: What is the most attractive feature of working as a freelancer? Autor vlákna: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "What is the most attractive feature of working as a freelancer?".
This poll was originally submitted by Nihan Pekmen. View the poll results »
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Anna Haxen 
Dánsko
Local time: 10:05
Člen (2005)
angličtina -> dánština
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| Voted "other" | Jun 19, 2013 |
- meaning "All of the above".
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Carmen Grabs
Německo
Local time: 10:05
Člen (2012)
angličtina -> němčina
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| It's so different to being an employee, | Jun 19, 2013 |
which I have been for a very Long time.
Now, with 2 animals to look after and care for, I am so grateful for this possibility of working from home.
With today's hot weather (in Germany and probably all over Europe) I would not like to sit in an office.
Working from home is something I always wanted, but for a long time I did not have the guts to take that step.
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Julian Holmes
Japonsko
Local time: 17:05
Člen (2011)
japonština -> angličtina
| All of the above | Jun 19, 2013 |
And more
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| A wrongly formulated question | Jun 19, 2013 |
"Being independent" in fact INCLUDES the other options as subsets.
The "result" (I mean, an inevitably contradictory and highly unclear combination of %%, with some 50 % already guaranteed in favour of “Being independent”) can be easily predicted even at the very beginning of this poll
However, the list of answers is not exhaustive. "Other" should be specified.
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Nicola Wood
Rakousko
Local time: 10:05
Člen (2010)
němčina -> angličtina
Julian Holmes wrote:
All of the above
And more
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Carla Lopes
Portugalsko
Local time: 09:05
Člen (2008)
španělština -> portugalština
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Anna Wiman
Švédsko
Local time: 10:05
Člen
němčina -> švédština
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Anna Haxen wrote:
- meaning "All of the above".
I had difficulties choosing between the alternatives - all of them apply to me. And to be honest - I haven't had much experience with anything else except having one's own business. I grew up with freelance translating parents but still I tried getting used to the idea of being employed ("it will give a steady income") and I really hated it. It was a constant and frustrating struggle of FINDING work. Now, with my own translation business, I let the work find ME and it works out beautifully. I could never imagine going back. I mean, who says no to the fact that the porch or the backyard can be turned into an office in the summer time...?
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| Ability to work from a variety of places | Jun 19, 2013 |
The fact that you are independent and that you have flexible work hours or that you can work with your favourite music in the background is really amazing but the ability to work from different places (start your translation in your office/home and then finish it in another country, for example) is priceless to me.
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Meaning all of the above, except maybe for the "potential for higher income" (I worked as in-house translator for an EU institution and by then I earned more). We never know what the future holds and, even if I earn less, I have now a better quality of life: working when I want, where I want and with whom I want is priceless!
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Samantha Payn
Velká Británie
Local time: 09:05
Člen (2008)
ruština -> angličtina
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All of the above, as others have said.
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Marta Brambilla
Švýcarsko
Local time: 10:05
Člen (2007)
němčina -> italština
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| All of the above | Jun 19, 2013 |
I simply can only agree with all the colleagues who already posted ...
By the way, I'd like to add:
the chance to work from a boat (what will probably be my case in a few years!).
Ciao
Marta B.
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| Especially flexible work hours | Jun 19, 2013 |
...and having all these precious freelance 'colleagues' on the net.
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Marlene Blanshay
Kanada
Local time: 04:05
Člen (2009)
francouzština -> angličtina
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| two of them! | Jun 19, 2013 |
independence and flexible hours, which are kind of connected.
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Allison Wright (X)
Portugalsko
Local time: 09:05
| Sheepskin slippers | Jun 19, 2013 |
and all the other factors mentioned too, of course.
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