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External Translator Questionnaire

Please send an email to (freelancer@welocalize.de) or call us (+49 68199 294 -19) if you do not want to use this form.

Please note that we will only work with translators who have a licensed version of TRADOS Translator's Workbench.

This information is for our mutual benefit; we will not divulge this information to any third party.

Please answer all questions in English.
All fields marked by an asterisk * are mandatory fields.
The more and better information you give us, the better your profile will be.

1. Contact information

Company

Last name*

First name*

Education*

Other points of contact

Legal status (freelancer, Ltd, ...)

Company location (country)

In business since

Street/PO box*

Zip code/city*

Country*

Work Phone*
(with country code)

Fax* (with country code)

Email*

Email (other points of contact)

Home page

VAT ID
(if applicable)

Number of available in-house translators (native speakers)

Have all of these translators signed a non-disclosure agreement with you?

2. Information on tasks

Please check which tasks you can accomplish.
(Please enter the last tasks you completed in the appropriate columns.)

2.1. Task type

Yes/ No Charge in EUR per word/hour Number of translators (native speakers) Client Project Completion date

Software localization

Technical translation

Proofreading

Review

Websites

General subject matter

DTP (per hour)

2.2 Does your experience include...

Yes/ No Charge in EUR per word Number of translators (native speakers)

translating user interface (UI) resource files?

compiling UI resource files?

translating help files?

compiling help files?

2.3 Areas of specialization

Yes/ No Charge in EUR per word Number of translators (native speakers)

Software

Economics/commerce/finance

IT/computer/LAN

Law

Medical

Engineering

Energy (water/ nuclear)

Automotive/ plant engineering

Government/military

Other (please specify)

2.4 Trados Pricing

     New words
(0 - 74%)   EUR

     Fuzzy Matches
(75% - 99%)   EUR

     100% matches
+ repetitions   EUR

2.5. Software profile

Version Languages

MS WORD

MS EXCEL

MS PowerPoint

MS Access

MS Publisher

MS Outlook

MS FrontPage

TM 2

Win Align

Deja Vu

Transit

Trados

Corel Draw

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe PageMaker

Adobe FrameMaker

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Premiere

QuarkXPress

Adobe Acrobat

3. Translation/localization assessment

3.1 Language combination(s) (fluent written and oral)

(Please specify the languages and-if applicable-knowledge of one or more regional varieties as well as the number of native speakers of the target language(s) in your translation staff.)

	Source language	Target language	# of native target language speakers	Regional languages/ varieties	# of native target language speakers
First language
Experience (years)
Second language
Experience (years)

3.2. Work load

(Please specify your workload in words.)

	Software	Online help	Documentation	DTP
Translation:
Words per day
Words per week
Words per month

Review:
Words per day
Words per week
Words per month

3.3 Computer equipment

(Please select/activate the appropriate option(s).)

Do you own a computer?
Type:	PC Macintosh Linux Unix Other
Hardware:	CD-ROM drive Zip drive Jaz drive Other removable drive Printer

Internet connection

56 K
ISDN
DSL
Other

4. References

1. Last name

Address

Country

Phone

Email

Business relationship

2. Last name

Address

Country

Phone

Email

Business relationship

5. Other

How did you hear about Welocalize?

Remarks: