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"text": "→ Portuguese: frila(br) freelance(pt)"
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"ref": "2014, Brian Mossop, Revising and Editing for Translators, page 192",
"text": "The person you are revising (the revisee) is a colleague at your own rank, or another freelance.",
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"code": "et",
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"sense": "one who sells their services to clients with short-term contracts",
"word": "vabakutseline"
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"sense": "one who sells their services to clients with short-term contracts",
"word": "freelancer"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "one who sells their services to clients with short-term contracts",
"word": "pigiste"
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"sense": "one who sells their services to clients with short-term contracts",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who sells their services to clients with short-term contracts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "freier Mitarbeiter"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "eléftheros epangelmatías",
"sense": "one who sells their services to clients with short-term contracts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ελεύθερος επαγγελματίας"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one who sells their services to clients with short-term contracts",
"word": "libero professionista"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one who sells their services to clients with short-term contracts",
"word": "freelance"
},
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kârmozdi",
"sense": "one who sells their services to clients with short-term contracts",
"word": "کارمزدی"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "one who sells their services to clients with short-term contracts",
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"masculine"
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"word": "trabajador autónomo"
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"word": "freelance"
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"sense": "one who sells their services to clients with short-term contracts",
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"sense": "one who sells their services to clients with short-term contracts",
"word": "фрілансер"
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"A medieval mercenary."
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"(historical) A medieval mercenary."
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "medieval mercenary",
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"code": "it",
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"tags": [
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"text": "He was a freelance writer for several magazines."
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"sense": "Of, or relating to a freelance",
"word": "freelance"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "Of, or relating to a freelance",
"word": "autònom"
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "Of, or relating to a freelance",
"word": "vabakutseline"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "Of, or relating to a freelance",
"word": "freelance-"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Of, or relating to a freelance",
"word": "vapaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Of, or relating to a freelance",
"word": "à la pige"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Of, or relating to a freelance",
"word": "indépendant"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "Of, or relating to a freelance",
"word": "neamhspleách"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Of, or relating to a freelance",
"word": "freelance"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ìt-sà-rà",
"sense": "Of, or relating to a freelance",
"word": "อิสระ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Of, or relating to a freelance",
"word": "freelance-"
}
]
}
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"To work as a freelance."
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"(intransitive) To work as a freelance."
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"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "intransitive: to work as a freelance",
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"word": "ελεύθερος επιχειρηματίας"
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"word": "trabajar por cuenta propia"
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"code": "es",
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"tags": [
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"word": "frilansa"
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"To produce or sell services as a freelance."
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"(transitive) To produce or sell services as a freelance."
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "transitive: to produce or sell services as a freelance",
"word": "tehdä freelancerina"
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"2": "freelance",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"text": "→ Portuguese: frila(br) freelance(pt)"
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"bor": "1"
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