The first online survey of translators in
You can follow the results as they develop by viewing this link.
The survey is still open so these results are not final and it would be good to encourage more translators to participate. There is obviously a heavier emphasis on Hebrew-English right now, since the lists that I sent it to are apparently haunted primarily by native English speakers. Feel free to forward the link below to Hebrew lists.
There is a way to cross-tabulate the results to show trends, for example there is a clear indication that academic translation is the best-paying specialty by far. However, this will take some work for me so I’ll do it after the survey is closed.
FYI the surveymonkey site is secured by Verisign to protect the privacy of people who participate in the surveys. You do not have to provide any identifying details or an email address to take part.
I hope that you find these results useful and interesting.
If you haven’t yet participated, click the link below:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=6xgHp8nNEdIsKGwCe54oCw_3d_3d
