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Poll: Which of these best describes you in your professional dealings? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Which of these best describes you in your professional dealings?".
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I’m reserved, even-tempered and non-confrontational by nature.
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| What peculiar options! | Apr 25, 2018 |
My dealings with clients are "professional, polite and businesslike". That was a poor range of options.
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I chose "reserved" because we are provided just 4 options,
but I would say I am polite, determined, but calm and business-oriented, which means I try deal with my business professionally.
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Jan Truper 
Germany
Local time: 05:13
Member (2016)
English to German
Reserved with an occasional, often ironic bite.
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Definitely not the word I would have thought about instantly ("quite assertive" suits me better), but all the others choices were so wrong, weird even!
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The clients I work with are very respectful and I like to reciprocate.
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Ricki Farn
Germany
Local time: 05:13
English to German
| Like a mirror | Apr 25, 2018 |
I (subconsciously) mirror my clients a lot. From ultra-minimalist communication to something that reads like a perma-flirt, I have everything.
About "outspoken or reserved" - I often think "but it's not my job to comment on this", and then I take a deep breath and write exactly what I think. It usually works out fine.
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Jasa Pipan
Slovenia
Local time: 05:13
French to Slovenian
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| Outspoken (I guess?!) | Apr 25, 2018 |
The other options were strange - I don't know a lot of people who'd be able to keep a successful business by being aggressive, and the same goes for passive ones ...
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 05:13
Spanish to English
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| Don't know / NA / Other | Apr 25, 2018 |
Again with the absolutist poll queries (eyeroll emoji sadly not available).
I try to be upfront and frank in my dealings with clients, but sometimes assertiveness can be perceived as aggression. I think I can be sufficiently diplomatic in my own native tongue, but often need to ask my Spanish colleague to check my email to make sure I'm not being too blunt or forthright, or that my attempts at humour are not misconstrued. For example, I tend to have rather high expectations from ac... See more Again with the absolutist poll queries (eyeroll emoji sadly not available).
I try to be upfront and frank in my dealings with clients, but sometimes assertiveness can be perceived as aggression. I think I can be sufficiently diplomatic in my own native tongue, but often need to ask my Spanish colleague to check my email to make sure I'm not being too blunt or forthright, or that my attempts at humour are not misconstrued. For example, I tend to have rather high expectations from academic clients and am often exasperated by the poor quality of their writing. Some of them don't even bother to run a spell check before sending their texts off and that really gets my goat. However, I usually just have a rant to myself about it to let off some steam before communicating with them. ▲ Collapse
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Mutual respect. And then getting the work done.
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Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 20:13
Member (2006)
Norwegian to English
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| Professional | Apr 25, 2018 |
This should have been an option.
[Edited at 2018-04-25 16:25 GMT]
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Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 23:13
Spanish to English
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Jenny Forbes wrote:
My dealings with clients are "professional, polite and businesslike". That was a poor range of options.
I agree. I would add - perhaps most importantly - “clear.”
In general, my communications have the overarching purpose of preventing problems down the line.
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| Be polite n easy going | Apr 26, 2018 |
I am highly professional in my business deals but remain calm, cool n patient. Let others feel relaxed and say what they really want to say. Smile often.
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Kay Denney
France
Local time: 05:13
French to English
That's what my clients seem to think anyway.
Very weird set of adjectives, none of which are suitable.
Is it a passive aggressive way of making us admit to our faults?
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