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Poll: Why did you choose your particular ProZ.com profile picture? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Why did you choose your particular ProZ.com profile picture?".
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| I don't use a picture | Jul 21, 2021 |
I don’t have a photo on my profile, I have a logo. BPT started life in 1985 in Brussels as a small translator’s cooperative. In 2016 I decided to move back to Lisbon for family reasons and we are no longer a cooperative. Now we are just two, I’m the “front of the house” and my associate deals with the “back of the house”. I still use the same logo as it appears in many places: business cards, website, invoices, letterhead, and envelopes. I don’t think a different logo or a good p... See more I don’t have a photo on my profile, I have a logo. BPT started life in 1985 in Brussels as a small translator’s cooperative. In 2016 I decided to move back to Lisbon for family reasons and we are no longer a cooperative. Now we are just two, I’m the “front of the house” and my associate deals with the “back of the house”. I still use the same logo as it appears in many places: business cards, website, invoices, letterhead, and envelopes. I don’t think a different logo or a good photograph would get us more work. That's not why clients come to us. I must say also that on the few occasions I have outsourced work to other translators I have been more interested in their qualifications to do the job than in their appearance. ▲ Collapse
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Apparently I asked this question... well it will have been at least 3 or 4 years ago if not quite a lot more. And those were certainly not the options I would have offered (I am advised that there have been some changes applied). I am sure I would have said something about whether we thought our photo looked professional, and why. Or whether using a photo at all was a good idea.
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| To look professional | Jul 21, 2021 |
I use this recent selfie because it’s important to make a good impression.
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 01:15
Spanish to English
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| Cheer people up/amusing | Jul 21, 2021 |
I chose my avatar because I find it amusing, and it is translation-related. If it cheers up people when they see it, that's a bonus.
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Liena Vijupe 
Latvia
Local time: 02:15
Member (2014)
French to Latvian
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I don't have many photos to choose from. This is the only one which shows my face, makes me look both good and professional and wasn't taken 10 or more years ago. I will update it eventually to match my age, but for now it can stay.
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Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 01:15
Member (2009)
English to German
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The background reflects my fields, e. g. creativity and a way with words.
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:15
Member (2008)
Italian to English
Liena Vijupe wrote:
I don't have many photos to choose from. This is the only one which shows my face, makes me look both good and professional and wasn't taken 10 or more years ago. I will update it eventually to match my age, but for now it can stay.
I am in much the same position. But at least I'm smiling.
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:15
Member (2008)
Italian to English
Thayenga wrote:
The background reflects my fields, e. g. creativity and a way with words.
I have no idea what that is in the background !
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Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 01:15
Member (2009)
English to German
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Tom in London wrote: Thayenga wrote:
The background reflects my fields, e. g. creativity and a way with words. I have no idea what that is in the background !
The Grand Canyon. Nothing reflects creativity/creation better than this canyon.
[Edited at 2021-07-21 14:05 GMT]
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Liena Vijupe
Latvia
Local time: 02:15
Member (2014)
French to Latvian
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Tom in London wrote:
I am in much the same position. But at least I'm smiling.
I thought I was smiling too! At least now, with the masks, nobody can tell the difference...
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P.L.F. Persio
Netherlands
Local time: 01:15
Member (2010)
English to Italian
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I suffer from a severe case of BRF, or bitchy resting face, which makes me look like the late Grumpy Cat – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumpy_Cat – but without the cute feline factor.
Therefore, in order not the scare the living daylights out of anyone, I went for this typical Dutch landscape photo.
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Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 20:15
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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ProZ.com Staff wrote: This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Why did you choose your particular ProZ.com profile picture?". View the poll results »
Because it's a picture of me?
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:15
Member (2008)
Italian to English
Mario Freitas wrote: ProZ.com Staff wrote: This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Why did you choose your particular ProZ.com profile picture?". View the poll results » Because it's a picture of me?
Why is that a question?
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:15
Member (2008)
Italian to English
| What I meant | Jul 21, 2021 |
Liena Vijupe wrote: Tom in London wrote:
I am in much the same position. But at least I'm smiling.
I thought I was smiling too! At least now, with the masks, nobody can tell the difference...
I meant it's unusual to see me smiling in a photograph because I hate being photographed. I have the equivalent of P L Persio's bitchy face - but on a man. What would that be called?
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