Poll: Which would you prefer: to travel for work, or to work while you travel? Người gửi thông tin lên tuyến đoạn: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Which would you prefer: to travel for work, or to work while you travel?".
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| | | | Ricki Farn
Đức
Local time: 07:05
English to German
| I prefer not to travel at all | Mar 7, 2019 |
I have the mental mobility of a mussel. One reason for being an e-lancer is that I can stay in one place. Even walking up the street to my employee workplace while I had one, was a PITA.
| | | | Marjolein Snippe 
Hà Lan
Local time: 07:05
Thành viên kể từ 2012
English to Dutch
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| Only for holidays | Mar 7, 2019 |
I prefer not to work when I am away from my desk. Not in the evening, not in weekends and certainly not when I am on holiday. I would have to have made a serious planning error if I were to take my work with me while travelling.
| | | | Muriel Vasconcellos
Hoa Kỳ
Local time: 22:05
Thành viên kể từ 2003
Spanish to English
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| Prefer not to travel at all | Mar 7, 2019 |
I work exclusively in my office at home. I've done my traveling. I used to work at conferences and travel all over Latin America, sometimes taking work along with me at the same time, but I'm not up to that anymore.
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| I prefer not to travel at all | Mar 7, 2019 |
I was an eager traveler for a long time and over the years I’ve visited 21 countries in Europe, some parts of the USA, 1 country in South America, 3 countries in Africa. Then from 2006 till 2015 I was a digital nomad between Brussels and Lisbon for family reasons. Though this arrangement suited me fine at the time, it also got a little tiresome at my age. That’s one of the reasons why I decided in 2015 to move back to Lisbon. Now I'm much happier sticking close to home and there are many bea... See more I was an eager traveler for a long time and over the years I’ve visited 21 countries in Europe, some parts of the USA, 1 country in South America, 3 countries in Africa. Then from 2006 till 2015 I was a digital nomad between Brussels and Lisbon for family reasons. Though this arrangement suited me fine at the time, it also got a little tiresome at my age. That’s one of the reasons why I decided in 2015 to move back to Lisbon. Now I'm much happier sticking close to home and there are many beautiful places to see and visit in my own country. Work-wise, I became extremely attached to my own space. ▲ Collapse
| | | | DZiW (X)
Ukraina
English to Russian
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I prefer to travel, no work)
| | | | Ricki Farn
Đức
Local time: 07:05
English to German
Lots of digital barnacles here!
Digital nomads might be more fashionable, but nothing beats an old-fashioned stationary desktop PC with an ergonomic keyboard big enough to hit over an intruder's head if need be. And I can see the butterfly bush grow while I work ("Now look at you, you must be growing a quarter of an inch a day" - no I haven't converted to imperial, it's a line from a song).
| | | | Anna Herbst
Úc
Local time: 17:05
English to Swedish
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ĐIỀU PHỐI VIÊN SITE LOCALIZER | I prefer to work while I travel | Mar 7, 2019 |
One of the best things with being a freelance translator is that you can work anywhere and any time you please. Working while travelling has given me the freedom to upgrade the holiday components more than once, and it allows me to feel more relaxed about spending those extra dollars on non-essentials while I am away.
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Thomas Pfann
Vương Quốc Anh
Local time: 06:05
Thành viên kể từ 2006
English to German
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| I prefer not to work at all | Mar 7, 2019 |
When I am travelling I prefer not to work. I am happy to fit in small requests and reply to emails etc. but proper work is best done at home in my office where I have everthing I need and where I can get into the right mindset.
| | | | neilmac
Tây Ban Nha
Local time: 07:05
Spanish to English
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While I enjoy being able to travel while working, for example to fill in a couple of hours when a flight is delayed, I much prefer working on my PC (not laptop) in my "office" at home. I have three fully equipped desktop PCs and, since my house was burgled at Christmas 2017, only one laptop, which I use when travelling.
Ideally, it would be nice to be able to travel on holiday without taking any work with me, but I usually take my laptop with me anyway, as I don't mind having non-ur... See more While I enjoy being able to travel while working, for example to fill in a couple of hours when a flight is delayed, I much prefer working on my PC (not laptop) in my "office" at home. I have three fully equipped desktop PCs and, since my house was burgled at Christmas 2017, only one laptop, which I use when travelling.
Ideally, it would be nice to be able to travel on holiday without taking any work with me, but I usually take my laptop with me anyway, as I don't mind having non-urgent jobs that I can do to pass the time if I get bored. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Angie Garbarino
Local time: 07:05
Thành viên kể từ 2003
French to Italian
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I love to travel so both
I love working while travelling and travel for work
| | | | | One thing doesn't rule out the other | Mar 7, 2019 |
Ricki Farn wrote:
Lots of digital barnacles here!
Digital nomads might be more fashionable, but nothing beats an old-fashioned stationary desktop PC with an ergonomic keyboard big enough to hit over an intruder's head if need be. And I can see the butterfly bush grow while I work ("Now look at you, you must be growing a quarter of an inch a day" - no I haven't converted to imperial, it's a line from a song).
I bought a car that's big enough and now I'm travelling through France/Spain/Portugal/Germany for almost 2 years, living and working in airbnbs, and I am doing that with my desktop PC, two screens and even my favorite ergonomic work chair. And I also got a bonsai tree with me, it grows quite slowly, but hey, at least something
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| I prefer to travel for work | Mar 7, 2019 |
I love to travel!!!!
I prefer to travel for work, because normally as I translator I am sitting all day at my PC and don't go out much. When they hire me as an interpreter and then I have the chance to travel with all costs paid, I accept the job without hesitation. I always try to arrive or leave one or two days earlier/later to see more of the country. In this way, I am lodged at a 4 or 5 star hotel, have a nice breakfast and lunch, good transportation, I and have visited countrie... See more I love to travel!!!!
I prefer to travel for work, because normally as I translator I am sitting all day at my PC and don't go out much. When they hire me as an interpreter and then I have the chance to travel with all costs paid, I accept the job without hesitation. I always try to arrive or leave one or two days earlier/later to see more of the country. In this way, I am lodged at a 4 or 5 star hotel, have a nice breakfast and lunch, good transportation, I and have visited countries I never knew before, eg. Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, parts of the Netherlands.
When I save enough money and decide to travel on my own (with my family, of course), I am normally on holidays, relaxing, having fun, etc. so I decline all jobs.
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| | | | Mario Freitas
Braxin
Local time: 03:05
Thành viên kể từ 2014
English to Portuguese
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| Travel for work | Mar 8, 2019 |
When you travel for work, work is the reason why you travel. You are willing to work in that case.
When you travel for yourseld, leaving work behind is one of the main reasons to travel. I do not work when I'm traveling for leisure or vacations. I warn my clients and plan way ahead. At the most, I'll answer my emails. I travel so rarely, because work doesn't allow me, I'm not gonna take my working stuff with me.
| | | | Kay Denney
Pháp
Local time: 07:05
French to English
I used to have a job involving travel. I would make appointments for Friday or Monday and spend the weekend there too, it was great.
Not so sure I would like that now because it often involved getting up very early for flights then getting back very late.
I do travel quite often now, for pleasure. I take my laptop or USB stick at least and I do work for my favourite top-paying direct clients, the others are told I'm not available. The main problem being that roaming charges o... See more I used to have a job involving travel. I would make appointments for Friday or Monday and spend the weekend there too, it was great.
Not so sure I would like that now because it often involved getting up very early for flights then getting back very late.
I do travel quite often now, for pleasure. I take my laptop or USB stick at least and I do work for my favourite top-paying direct clients, the others are told I'm not available. The main problem being that roaming charges outside the EU are exorbitant.
Vaguely thinking I'd like to go on a long voyage before I'm too old to enjoy travelling any more, so it's interesting to read about travellers here. ▲ Collapse
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