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Poll: In general, how long after you wake up in the morning before you are at work translating?
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Philippe Etienne
Philippe Etienne  Identity Verified
Шпанија
Local time: 17:45
Член
англиски на француски
+ ...
Massaging my ego Jul 21, 2020

while making coffee and toasts with butter and jam.
It takes about an hour.

Philippe


The Shredder
Liena V.
Ian Keith Jones Williams
Barbara Cochran, MFA
 
Jan Truper
Jan Truper  Identity Verified
Германија
Local time: 17:45
англиски на германски
massaging my ego 2 Jul 21, 2020

Five minutes.
Sometimes it takes the same amount of time to go to bed after I finish working. I take long breaks in between, though.


 
Lincoln Hui
Lincoln Hui  Identity Verified
Хонк Конг
Local time: 23:45
Член
кинески на англиски
+ ...
Morning? Jul 21, 2020

That's a pretty wild assumption right there.

Zibow Retailleau (X)
Elizabeth Tamblin (X)
Kaisa I
Kay-Viktor Stegemann
James Armel Smith
Jocelin Meunier
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
 
Vesa Korhonen
Vesa Korhonen  Identity Verified
Финска
Local time: 18:45
англиски на фински
+ ...
Depends a lot... Jul 21, 2020

where I happen to wake up...

 
Philippe Etienne
Philippe Etienne  Identity Verified
Шпанија
Local time: 17:45
Член
англиски на француски
+ ...
Stop partying, you too Jul 21, 2020

I feel like a miserable old git now.
Philippe


 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Португалија
Local time: 16:45
Член (2007)
англиски на португалски
+ ...
About an hour Jul 21, 2020

After I take a shower and have my breakfast, I’ll be checking my email, and then I go out with my dog for 20/30 minutes. After that it all depends if I have translation or editing work or no work at all.

Susanna Martoni
 
Sundar Gopalakrishnan
Sundar Gopalakrishnan
Индија
Local time: 21:15
англиски на тамил
+ ...
A couple of hours Jul 21, 2020

After shower and breakfast, I'll read newspapers and periodicals. Usually, these things take up two hours. Thereafter, I'll be translating. If the work is very urgent, I skip newspapers and start translating.

Carmen Grabs
Laura Bissio CT
Matej Hasko
Katrin Braams
 
Max Jeremiah
Max Jeremiah  Identity Verified
Local time: 16:45
германски на англиски
+ ...
At least an hour Jul 21, 2020

I think it's nice to have some 'sacred' time in the morning befrore entering the disaster zone that is the email inbox. I do a bit of reading over breakfast, otherwise I won't fit it into my day.

 
Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Бразил
Local time: 12:45
англиски на португалски
+ ...
About an hour Jul 21, 2020

Before I start working, I have to make some coffee and read my e-mails. Many of these e-mails imply other tasks, like entering new jobs into my control system, replying queries, etc. Then I check the ProZ Polls and KudoZ.

 
Disappointed Jul 21, 2020

Nobody has yet claimed freelancers don’t have the time to sleep.

Or that it’s nobody else’s business. Or yet another pointless poll.

As for me, well, it depends who I wake up next to and whether they feel like massaging my ego 🙄


writeaway
Kunal Jaidka
Ian Keith Jones Williams
expressisverbis
Alix Paupy
 
Kay-Viktor Stegemann
Kay-Viktor Stegemann
Германија
Local time: 17:45
англиски на германски
Во сеќавање на
Slow start Jul 21, 2020

I start my days slow and late, and when I turn on my computer I don't translate immediately, I'll normally check emails and deadlines and my to-do-list and forums and such until I feel I've reached my cruising speed (and caffeine level). Most of my translation work happens in afternoons and evenings.

Nora Escoms
Bangyou Xiang
 
Elizabeth Tamblin (X)
Elizabeth Tamblin (X)  Identity Verified
Обединето Кралство
Local time: 16:45
француски на англиски
Other Jul 21, 2020

I've trained my subconscious mind to translate while I'm asleep.

[Edited at 2020-07-21 18:32 GMT]


Christine Andersen
expressisverbis
Bangyou Xiang
 
Gianluca Marras
Gianluca Marras  Identity Verified
Италија
Local time: 17:45
англиски на италијански
+ ...
almost immediately Jul 21, 2020

5 minutes.
Then after 1 hour I have a short breakfast for a shower and breakfast.

Same thing when I wake up after a nap.


 
Thayenga
Thayenga  Identity Verified
Германија
Local time: 17:45
Член (2009)
англиски на германски
+ ...
I don't know Jul 21, 2020

I don't keep track of my time early in the morning. Definitely not before my first cup of black gold.

But the time between waking up and starting to translate varies, also depending on possible other appointments.


Christine Andersen
Bangyou Xiang
 
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