| Pages in topic: [1 2] > | Poll: Where do you usually work from? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| | | Always from home | Dec 21, 2021 |
But where exactly depends very much on what I am doing. If I am translating I either sit at my desk in my little cozy study, surrounded by dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference books or, weather permitting, I’ll enjoy my garden table on the terrace. If I am proof-reading or editing my dining table is the most convenient option. If I am transcreating when I face a particular idiomatic turn of speech or a slogan I tend to walk around the apartment until in my head I find the right tone and r... See more But where exactly depends very much on what I am doing. If I am translating I either sit at my desk in my little cozy study, surrounded by dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference books or, weather permitting, I’ll enjoy my garden table on the terrace. If I am proof-reading or editing my dining table is the most convenient option. If I am transcreating when I face a particular idiomatic turn of speech or a slogan I tend to walk around the apartment until in my head I find the right tone and rhythm… ▲ Collapse
| | | | Ana Vozone 
Local time: 07:40
Member (2010)
English to Portuguese
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| Always from home | Dec 21, 2021 |
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| | | | | No beach option?! | Dec 21, 2021 |
I like to alternate between my private yacht and the beach, although as I get older I do find the glare off the screen more of a problem. And if I do sit in the shade, there’s still that annoying reflection of an increasingly shrivelled prune staring back at me. First-world problems I guess.
Waiter, bring me another cocktail.
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Ivana Kahle
Germany
Local time: 08:40
Member (2007)
German to Croatian
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Sometimes from my home office, sometimes from a coworking office.
| | | | Kay Denney
France
Local time: 08:40
French to English
From home, wherever that may be.
| | | | matt robinson
Spain
Local time: 08:40
Member (2010)
Spanish to English
Almost always, unless on "holiday".
| | | | Baran Keki
Türkiye
Local time: 09:40
Member
English to Turkish
I've never owned a laptop computer...
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From my laptop computer.
I've never owned a home 
| | | | Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 08:40
Member (2009)
English to German
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| Usually from home | Dec 21, 2021 |
I like the short "commuting" there.
| | | | Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:40
Member (2008)
Italian to English
| I used to do it in various places | Dec 21, 2021 |
Nowadays it's always from my dedicated workspace at home. In peace and quiet because I live alone and undisturbed except for when my cat decides it's time to jump up, sit on my keyboard, and demand some TLC.
Until a few years ago when I was still teaching in another city, I used to translate on the train coming and going, and during dead periods in my office at the university. I also used to take holidays in a historic country house owned by a rich friend of mine, in the hills just ... See more Nowadays it's always from my dedicated workspace at home. In peace and quiet because I live alone and undisturbed except for when my cat decides it's time to jump up, sit on my keyboard, and demand some TLC.
Until a few years ago when I was still teaching in another city, I used to translate on the train coming and going, and during dead periods in my office at the university. I also used to take holidays in a historic country house owned by a rich friend of mine, in the hills just outside Florence, where I was able to sit in the shade of a loggia overlooking a beautiful garden, translating. Alas, the rich friend has gone the way of all rich and spoilt people. So that ship has sailed.
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I have a private office at home. I almost never work in another place, maybe because my main computer is a desktop with two large monitors and an ergonomic keyboard. It is hard for me to limit myself to a laptop because I don't like to carry any gadget except a mouse.
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| I Work Anywhere I Go That Has The Internet But Use Caution In The Winter | Dec 21, 2021 |
Better for me to get out of the house to work, because even with traveling time, I tend to stay on task and be more productive in the end when I'm at a Starbucks, restaurant, or college or public library. Too many distractions here at home. But Ohio will soon descend into the deep freeze; so it's comforting to know I can stay right here at home to work, instead of hazarding falling on the ice or being surrounded by a sudden, unexpected snowstorm while I'm driving my car.
[Edited at 2021... See more Better for me to get out of the house to work, because even with traveling time, I tend to stay on task and be more productive in the end when I'm at a Starbucks, restaurant, or college or public library. Too many distractions here at home. But Ohio will soon descend into the deep freeze; so it's comforting to know I can stay right here at home to work, instead of hazarding falling on the ice or being surrounded by a sudden, unexpected snowstorm while I'm driving my car.
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| | | | | From home but.. | Dec 21, 2021 |
but once I translated on a bus when I was going to university on my mobile but it is an experience I wouldn't repeat- the movement of the bus upset me and the small screen of the mobile made my eyes water and I finished up with a terrible headache and stomach upset but like that, I didn't miss the lecture and I finished the work on time and with time to proofread it well. But I definitely won't repeat the experience.
| | | | | From my private tower | Dec 21, 2021 |
I bought an empty office building for 14 million Euro in the financial district of Amsterdam, so I have all the necessary space and quiet to work.
NO, OF COURSE NOT! 99% of the freelancers are working from home! Follow the news, and you know. What kind of open door question is this? (and not for the first time).
All dear respondents, haven't you got anything better to do then anwering these kind of nonsense polls?
I am wondering.
[Edited at 2021-12-2... See more I bought an empty office building for 14 million Euro in the financial district of Amsterdam, so I have all the necessary space and quiet to work.
NO, OF COURSE NOT! 99% of the freelancers are working from home! Follow the news, and you know. What kind of open door question is this? (and not for the first time).
All dear respondents, haven't you got anything better to do then anwering these kind of nonsense polls?
I am wondering.
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