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Poll: What do you check first before accepting a job?
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "What do you check first before accepting a job?".

This poll was originally submitted by Khurram Shahzad. View the poll results »



Kashif Bozdar
 
Jennifer Levey
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Local time: 17:20
স্প্যানিশ থেকে ‍ইংরেজি
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Is it legal? Feb 17

Unlike so many 'jobs' posted on this platform which are designed to encourage freelancers to engage in the illegal collection of sensitive personal data, supposedly for 'AI training' purposes.
JL

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Kashif Bozdar
Michael Newton
Maria Laura Curzi
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Sara Daitch
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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পর্তুগাল
Local time: 22:20
2007 থেকে সদস্য
‍ইংরেজি থেকে পর্তুগিজ
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It depends... Feb 18

Is it a new client? Is it a scam? Do they have a good reputation? What’s the language combination? What’s the subject matter? What’s the deadline? Knowing all this, I’ll send a quote…

Is it an old client? I’ll answer and proceed…

Sara Daitch
Sandra Boca
Maria Laura Curzi
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Khurram Shahzad
expressisverbis
MassimoA
 
Kamal Idkaidek
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Local time: 00:20
2019 থেকে সদস্য
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Language pari/s Feb 18

I check the language pair/s.

Some tasks are not within my working languages. So, why bother spending more time if there's nothing for me to see!

[Edited at 2026-02-18 09:42 GMT]

Khurram Shahzad
 
Alessandra Turconi
Alessandra Turconi
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rate Feb 18

First of all the rate, but the real answer to this poll is all of them.
And sometimes it's not even enough to feel safe

Sandra Boca
Maria Laura Curzi
Khurram Shahzad
MassimoA
 
Geoffrey Black
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Local time: 00:20
2017 থেকে সদস্য
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Job offer considerations Feb 18

Not only do I look at the rate and the poster's Blue Board rating, but also the country where he or she is based. If it is a third world country, then they usually can't afford to pay my rates, for instance.

Sandra Boca
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Khurram Shahzad
 
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Daryo
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Before anything else? Feb 26

The text they want translated.

It they don't want a translation of a whole document - and I can see it - the rest becomes irrelevant.

Maria Laura Curzi
 


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