CSA Research surveyed freelance linguists worldwide to see how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected them as providers of language services.
Below are the results by geographic region.
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How has COVID-19 affected your business as of today?
How much has your income from written-language services changed as of today compared to your typical income from these services prior to the pandemic?
Responses are from linguists who make 5% or more of their annual language services income from providing written-language services such as translation, localization, or transcreation.
How much has your income from spoken-language services changed as of today compared to your typical income from these services prior to the pandemic?
Responses are from linguists who make 5% or more of their annual language services income from providing freelance spoken-language services, including in-person and remote interpreting.
How satisfied are you with your government's response to the pandemic?
How long do you expect COVID-19 to directly affect your business?
How likely are you to continue to work as a freelance linguist after the pandemic ends?
Thinking about the post-COVID-19 future, how likely do you think these statements will be?