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Poll: Do you struggle to use technologies required by clients for work, authentication, etc.?
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Lieven Malaise
Lieven Malaise  Identity Verified
Belgium
Local time: 07:28
Lid 2020
French to Dutch
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No Dec 17, 2025

I don't struggle to use them, but they don't always appear to be reliable from the customer side. Recently I was working in memoQ online and all of a sudden I had no longer access for several hours. That's obviously really annoying if you are on a tight schedule.

Gyöngyi Tanácsi
Antonio Contreras
Christine Andersen
María Domínguez Camba
 
Bruno Veilleux
Bruno Veilleux  Identity Verified
Canada
Local time: 01:28
English to French
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Authentication Dec 17, 2025

I did have to drop an end client (not the agency) this year because they required a new type of 2FA and (gasp!) I don’t have a smartphone at the moment and they provided no alternative.

Maria Laura Curzi
 
Liena V.
Liena V.  Identity Verified
Latvia
Local time: 08:28
Lid 2014
French to Latvian
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Other Dec 17, 2025

Not exactly struggle, but it can be frustrating when I have to use their crappy online tool or some platform that only makes things more complicated, not easier. And if I have to install a 2FA app only to view a 150 words job they are offering me once in a year, I am not interested.

Alex Lichanow
Maria Laura Curzi
María Domínguez Camba
 
Maria Laura Curzi
Maria Laura Curzi  Identity Verified
Argentina
Local time: 02:28
English to Spanish
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Yes, but I manage it Dec 18, 2025

I don't have access to all the technologies available, nor do I have the budget to have them all. So, I actually struggle with those clients, but I manage to work with the ones that are good with any technology/app, or the ones that I have.
 


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