Poll: How many work-related "subscriptions" do you have (paid software, other solutions, etc.)? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Proz, LinkedIn Premium, Translators Café, APTRAD, ATA, EST, IAPTI, MET, some online dictionaries and probably a few more I can’t remember right now…
| | | | DZiW (X)
Ukraine
English to Russian
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I'm a businessman specializing practicing working as an interpreter and translator in a specific field, no better (let alone paid!) "subscription" ever:
It's my clients who pay me for the job and education.
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Let me count ... Paid subscriptions: MS Office, MS Access, Adobe Acrobat, Merriam-Webster, Iris, Dropbox, ProZ - That makes 7. I have some other subscriptions that aren't translation-related, and of course I consult dozens of online resources.
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Mario Freitas 
Brazil
Local time: 09:51
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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ProZ
Office 365
Payment Practices
MemoQ is not a subscription, so it doesn't count.
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Office has changed from a software you buy to a subscription.
I pay for a service with Adobe to convert PDFs.
| | | | Gitte Hovedskov (X)
Denmark
Local time: 14:51
English to Danish
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| Funny thing to keep track of | Oct 6, 2019 |
No idea... life is too short for keeping track of such things... 
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 14:51
Spanish to English
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I think it may be 1-3, but it's not the sort of thing I keep track of. If I need something to such an extent that I have to pay a subscription for it rather than just using freeware, then I pay it and that's that. And I don't think the situation crops up so often that I need to keep tabs on it.
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Nikolay Novitskiy
Russian Federation
Local time: 17:51
Member (2018)
English to Russian
I pay only for Proz.com membership and for my own website hosting. But these cost items relate to "advertisment", it's not a software.
As for software, there is always alternative free software. OmegaT is a good CAT. OpenOffice is a good office software, etc.
| | | | Samuel Murray
Netherlands
Local time: 14:51
Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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Wordfast * Microsoft Office * Gmail * ProZ.com * Payment Practices * Membership to 6 translator associations * Web hosting and domain names * SMTP2GO (a paid SMTP service) * Do we count paid anti-virus, malware and VPN subscriptions? I have a few of those. * I use my mobile phone for work (apparently), and that's a monthly fee + pay per use... oh, and of course I pay for internet.
There are also a few other pay per use services that I have an account with, but only pay for if I use... See more Wordfast * Microsoft Office * Gmail * ProZ.com * Payment Practices * Membership to 6 translator associations * Web hosting and domain names * SMTP2GO (a paid SMTP service) * Do we count paid anti-virus, malware and VPN subscriptions? I have a few of those. * I use my mobile phone for work (apparently), and that's a monthly fee + pay per use... oh, and of course I pay for internet.
There are also a few other pay per use services that I have an account with, but only pay for if I use it, e.g. Google Translate, an online fax service, PDF conversion service, etc. Some of these services send a bill, but some require you to "top up" when you run out of credits.
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| | | | Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:51
Member (2008)
Italian to English
Only Proz and nothing else. I refuse to pay for any software that requires a monthly subscription (MSOffice is available as a standalone version).
Software that requires a monthly subscription is a rip-off.
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