Poll: At the moment, my favorite time of day to translate is... Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "At the moment, my favorite time of day to translate is...".
This poll was originally submitted by Karina Rafter. View the poll results »
| | | | | No preference | Dec 22, 2019 |
I have no preference whatsoever. I live alone, so no family obligations. I have no set time for work as long as the job gets done. My work day depends on a lot of things: Did I sleep well the night before? Am I tired? What does my workload look like? In this business, there’s no such a thing as a typical day (fortunately). Some days, my engine is slow to start and I find myself being more productive around 3 or 4 pm, others everything is done and dusted around noon and I’ll have the afternoo... See more I have no preference whatsoever. I live alone, so no family obligations. I have no set time for work as long as the job gets done. My work day depends on a lot of things: Did I sleep well the night before? Am I tired? What does my workload look like? In this business, there’s no such a thing as a typical day (fortunately). Some days, my engine is slow to start and I find myself being more productive around 3 or 4 pm, others everything is done and dusted around noon and I’ll have the afternoon free. Occasionally I’ll work until 11 or 12 pm when a translation is flowing well, but that’s all. No all-nighters! With long projects, I set myself a daily translation quota and I work until my quota is met. When I happen to exceed my quota and I find myself quite ahead of schedule, I feel a childish satisfaction. I'm my own boss and occasionally I work way, way, way more hours than I did when I was an employee, but that’s my choice and I always find ways to compensate myself… ▲ Collapse
| | | | Thayenga 
Germany
Local time: 10:07
Member (2009)
English to German
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Whenever I have a chance to translate, I'll do it, depending on my other obligations. This could be at any time day or night.
| | | | Vera Schoen
Sweden
Local time: 10:07
Member (2008)
German to Swedish
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| Early mornings | Dec 22, 2019 |
I love to work early mornings when all is quiet and my brains are rested.
I, of course, work as much and whenever is needed, but being my own boss, I prefer to schedule the lion part my work really early in the morning.
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Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 05:07
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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In the morning: the phone rings, lots of emails arrive, lots of people interrupting you all the time, lot of noise out in the street, etc.
At night: the phone doesn't ring, the number of emails is five times lower, almost noboby and no cars out in the street, no one to interrupt your work, etc.
I see no argument in favor of waking up early to work.
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I'm a night owl and I do my best work when everything has quieted down.
| | | | Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:07
Member (2008)
Italian to English
| My favourite time of day to translate is | Dec 23, 2019 |
12:30. I translate it as "twelve-thirty" or "mezzogiorno e mezzo".
I also translate other times of the day.
[Edited at 2019-12-23 10:53 GMT]
| | | | Kay Denney
France
Local time: 10:07
French to English
I used to work best in late afternoon, but nowadays I find myself getting up early to get cracking and get at least a good draft done so that I feel comfortable about my workload.
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