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Poll: Do you usually make a favorable first impression on people you meet?
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Ricki Farn
Ricki Farn
Germany
Local time: 14:37
English to German
I have no idea Jan 6, 2017

... but maybe I could create a poll on an adequate poll software, and hand out slips of paper with the link?

Like those bumper stickers that say "how's my driving?" and a phone number. Wait, I could just have the link printed on my sweater.


 
Kristina Cosumano (X)
Kristina Cosumano (X)  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 14:37
German to English
Other Jan 6, 2017

It really depends on the other party, in my case. Some people like me right away, and some people don't notice me (or pretend not to — and I find this changes greatly for women depending on their age, no matter who they are meeting).

The question is not so ridiculous as it might seem, however. My husband, a kind, thoughtful soul, seems to put some people off at first. His introvert tendencies come across as arrogance. We both find we have to work on not taking other people's react
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It really depends on the other party, in my case. Some people like me right away, and some people don't notice me (or pretend not to — and I find this changes greatly for women depending on their age, no matter who they are meeting).

The question is not so ridiculous as it might seem, however. My husband, a kind, thoughtful soul, seems to put some people off at first. His introvert tendencies come across as arrogance. We both find we have to work on not taking other people's reactions to us too personally (at least in business relationships). Interestingly, when out as a couple, we are both treated much more generously by strangers and/or new clients.
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Kay Denney
Kay Denney  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 14:37
French to English
Probably not Jan 6, 2017

As a pretty young thing, the answer would have been a resounding yes, even as I was perfectly aware that it was because I was young and pretty.
Nowadays it's no longer the case. Middle-aged women are of no interest to anybody and I feel it keenly. Luckily I no longer have to reach out to people and make a good impression. I have learned that it's best when I don't say too much, I let the other person talk and show that I understand them and that is usually enough for them to think I'm a g
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As a pretty young thing, the answer would have been a resounding yes, even as I was perfectly aware that it was because I was young and pretty.
Nowadays it's no longer the case. Middle-aged women are of no interest to anybody and I feel it keenly. Luckily I no longer have to reach out to people and make a good impression. I have learned that it's best when I don't say too much, I let the other person talk and show that I understand them and that is usually enough for them to think I'm a great person.
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Christopher Schröder
Christopher Schröder
United Kingdom
Member (2011)
Swedish to English
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Depends Jan 6, 2017

I guess it depends on how much cleavage I have showing

 
Ricki Farn
Ricki Farn
Germany
Local time: 14:37
English to German
@Chris S Jan 6, 2017

In the front or in the back?

 
mona elshazly
mona elshazly  Identity Verified
Egypt
Local time: 15:37
Member (2016)
Italian to Arabic
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May be Jan 6, 2017

I am not that self confident

 
Michael Harris
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 14:37
Member (2006)
German to English
Other Jan 6, 2017

Havent a clue.
Those persons that I have been working with over the years have not run away and new ones I meet either so I must be doing something right.


 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 13:37
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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I haven’t the faintest idea! Jan 6, 2017

Can’t remember ever asking: “Did I make a good impression on you when we first met?”. Anyway, by nature and education I’m polite and friendly. In general, people who know me seem surprised when I say I’m really shy because I appear much more confident than what I really am…

 
Odile Breuvart
Odile Breuvart  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:37
Member
English to French
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Variables Jan 6, 2017

There are variables to how I feel people feel about me and conversely.
Generally speaking I would think that the impression is favorable, but I am one for thinking this is a two-way process. How you feel about meeting others combined with how people feel about meeting others. Is it a random meeting, in the street, is it at a planned meeting, and so forth.
What I am interested to know is how this question apply to the translation world, which is mostly an electronic based world. But I
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There are variables to how I feel people feel about me and conversely.
Generally speaking I would think that the impression is favorable, but I am one for thinking this is a two-way process. How you feel about meeting others combined with how people feel about meeting others. Is it a random meeting, in the street, is it at a planned meeting, and so forth.
What I am interested to know is how this question apply to the translation world, which is mostly an electronic based world. But I did like the question.
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Christopher Schröder
Christopher Schröder
United Kingdom
Member (2011)
Swedish to English
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:O Jan 6, 2017

Ricki Farn wrote:

In the front or in the back?


Well I certainly make an impression at full moon


 
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Yetta Jensen Bogarde  Identity Verified
Denmark
Local time: 14:37
Member (2012)
English to Danish
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Wouldn't always know Jan 6, 2017

probably fifty-fifty.

But the older I get the less I care, knowing people have their own issues.

- As long as I keep my own standard of being open and correct.


 
Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 10:37
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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yes, no, maybe... Jan 6, 2017

One more very intelligent question.

 
Henry Schroeder
Henry Schroeder  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 09:37
Member (2002)
German to English
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yes, if I don't make an unfavorable one. Jan 6, 2017

Unfortunately, I fear the latter is the case most of the time...

 
Ikram Mahyuddin
Ikram Mahyuddin  Identity Verified
Indonesia
Local time: 20:37
English to Indonesian
+ ...
May be Jan 6, 2017

I never ask them. By the way, does this poll have something to do with translation?

 
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