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Poll: If a job I were interested in required me to provide references, I would:
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Jan 23

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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
পর্তুগাল
Local time: 15:55
2007 থেকে সদস্য
‍ইংরেজি থেকে পর্তুগিজ
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Other Jan 23

If I’m really interested, I’d apply saying that I can’t supply references as I’m covered by NDAs and I’d attach my CV with my Proz profile…

Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD
Christine Andersen
Sara Daitch
Gyöngyi Tanácsi
Alexandra Speirs
Philippe Etienne
Hildegard Brauer
 
Christine Andersen
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ডেনর্মাক
Local time: 16:55
2003 থেকে সদস্য
ড্যানিশ থেকে ‍ইংরেজি
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Refer to my WWAs, and I am a Chartered Linguist Jan 23

I do not ask clients to give references to potential competitors.

Some have been so kind as to give me a WWA on my Proz.com profile, and I am a Chartered Linguist. That means that two clients sent references to the CIoL - and not to other clients - when I applied for chartered status.

Otherwise I refer to NDAs and point out that the prospective client would not want me to tell their competitors I was working for them. (They may guess, because it's a small world, but tha... See more
I do not ask clients to give references to potential competitors.

Some have been so kind as to give me a WWA on my Proz.com profile, and I am a Chartered Linguist. That means that two clients sent references to the CIoL - and not to other clients - when I applied for chartered status.

Otherwise I refer to NDAs and point out that the prospective client would not want me to tell their competitors I was working for them. (They may guess, because it's a small world, but that is another matter.)

The alternative is to offer to translate a couple of hundred words for them, so they can see how I handle their texts. This does not take much longer in practice than administration of communications about references, which I woluld have to do for free anyway.

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Gregor Trebec
Gregor Trebec
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Local time: 16:55
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i would... Jan 23

I have quoted such jobs anyway and described my past projects. If they trust such reference good...

Maria Laura Curzi
 
Samuel Murray
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নেদারল্যান্ড
Local time: 16:55
2006 থেকে সদস্য
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Provide references Jan 23

ProZ.com Staff wrote:
If a job I were interested in required me to provide references, I would...

For freelance translators, providing references is a fairly standard part of applying for a job. One should always have two or three references ready to supply as soon as anyone asks. I regard asking for references as akin to asking for a résumé. If a client asks you for a résumé and you're unsure whether to supply one, then you don't quite understand how this works.

Added: the references that I supply are from fellow translators, not clients.

[Edited at 2026-01-23 15:31 GMT]

Gregor Trebec
Philip Lees
 
Zea_Mays
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ইটালি
Local time: 16:55
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only agency references Jan 23

I only ask for and provide references from/to agencies, never from/to private direct clients or even colleagues (=competitors).

Maria Laura Curzi
Josephine Cassar
 


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