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Poll: Given the choice, which of these two would you prefer?
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Kay Denney
Kay Denney  Identity Verified
Pháp
Local time: 03:28
French to English
. Dec 24, 2022

What a weird choice. I would love to work with other translators, but no interpreters thank you!
Working with other translators was a very good thing for me, we could brainstorm stuff together and bounce ideas off each other. I learned a lot like that. And the rest of the time, we worked very quietly together.


Tanja Oresnik
neilmac
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Bồ Đào Nha
Local time: 02:28
Thành viên kể từ 2007
English to Portuguese
+ ...
On my own Dec 24, 2022

These days, I prefer working on my own. I did work in-house with other translators for 20 years but each had its own office. I often miss the camaraderie, the lunchtime chats, the teamwork... and the helpdesk support! At this stage in my life, I definitely prefer working on my own and being left to my own devices.

[Edited at 2022-12-24 13:03 GMT]


Philip Lees
 
Mr. Satan (X)
Mr. Satan (X)
English to Indonesian
Lone Ranger Dec 24, 2022

Nah, kid. I work alone.
You'll just become a burden to me.

Adios, boy.

[wild western music]


 
Samuel Murray
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Hà Lan
Local time: 03:28
Thành viên kể từ 2006
English to Afrikaans
+ ...
Depends... Dec 24, 2022

It depends on whether the other translators in the room have the same language combination as I have and if we can all access information about each other's clients. Otherwise sharing a room with other translators is no different than sharing a room with any other random strangers.

Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei
 
Nikolay Novitskiy
Nikolay Novitskiy  Identity Verified
Liên bang Nga
Local time: 07:28
Thành viên kể từ 2018
English to Russian
Information security Dec 24, 2022

There are information security issues when you share your working space with others. People act very stealthy when they need to, and you won't even notice confidentional data being stolen from you and your client.

 
neilmac
neilmac
Tây Ban Nha
Local time: 03:28
Spanish to English
+ ...
In a room on my own Dec 24, 2022

Because that's the way I usually work. However, I also have a PC in the spare room which my colleague/s can use whenever they are here. For example, last week my friend was working on a translation into Spanish and we would occasionally consult on translation options and some odd turns of phrase in the original text, which appeared to have been drafted in English by a committee of non-native speakers.

Sometimes hell is other people and sometimes it's not. "No man is an island..." (
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Because that's the way I usually work. However, I also have a PC in the spare room which my colleague/s can use whenever they are here. For example, last week my friend was working on a translation into Spanish and we would occasionally consult on translation options and some odd turns of phrase in the original text, which appeared to have been drafted in English by a committee of non-native speakers.

Sometimes hell is other people and sometimes it's not. "No man is an island..." (as they used to say in the old days before the male gender became anathema).

But let's not go there today.

Season's greetings to everyone out there.
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Philip Lees
 
Bruno Barbosa de Souza Moraes
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Braxin
Local time: 23:28
Portuguese to English
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Great poll Dec 24, 2022

This is the first time I come here to comment: great poll!

I had to think about it for minute. I love working in silence and without interruptions, but working with fellow translators would bring me so much experience (I've already been there) that I think it's worth it.


Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Chris Says Bye
 
Tom in London
Tom in London
Vương Quốc Anh
Local time: 02:28
Thành viên kể từ 2008
Italian to English
? Dec 24, 2022

"Given the choice, which of these two would you prefer?


These two WHAT?


Grace Anderson
 
IrinaN
IrinaN
Hoa Kỳ
Local time: 20:28
English to Russian
+ ...
This one Dec 24, 2022

Only cats and espresso machine are allowed. Brief periods of my in-house projects bring to mind nothing but distraction, disruption, loss of concentration and poor productivity, including wasted commute time, a lot of it with Houston distances. Poor by my standards, in comparison with working alone in peace and serenity of my very modest home corner office with a million-dollar lake view.

 
Samuel Murray
Samuel Murray  Identity Verified
Hà Lan
Local time: 03:28
Thành viên kể từ 2006
English to Afrikaans
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These two Dec 24, 2022

Which of these two would you prefer, Tom? "These" or "Two"?

 
Tom in London
Tom in London
Vương Quốc Anh
Local time: 02:28
Thành viên kể từ 2008
Italian to English
I need context Dec 24, 2022

Samuel Murray wrote:

Which of these two would you prefer, Tom? "These" or "Two"?


These what?
Two what?
These two what?


 
Merry Christmas Dec 24, 2022

Tom in London wrote:

Samuel Murray wrote:

Which of these two would you prefer, Tom? "These" or "Two"?


These what?
Two what?
These two what?


Would Merry and Christmas also be a binary choice for you? 😂😂


Kevin Fulton
 
Jared Tabor
Jared Tabor
Local time: 23:28
NHÂN VIÊN TRANG WEB
These threads are based on the quick polls Dec 26, 2022

Tom in London wrote:

Samuel Murray wrote:

Which of these two would you prefer, Tom? "These" or "Two"?


These what?
Two what?
These two what?


Each thread in the Poll Discussion forum comes from a quick poll. The question is included in the first post in the thread, but to see the options for each poll you'll need to follow the link in that same post, or see the poll on the home page.

https://www.proz.com/polls/20762


expressisverbis
 
Kay Denney
Kay Denney  Identity Verified
Pháp
Local time: 03:28
French to English
. Dec 27, 2022

Jared Tabor wrote:

Tom in London wrote:

Samuel Murray wrote:

Which of these two would you prefer, Tom? "These" or "Two"?


These what?
Two what?
These two what?


Each thread in the Poll Discussion forum comes from a quick poll. The question is included in the first post in the thread, but to see the options for each poll you'll need to follow the link in that same post, or see the poll on the home page.

https://www.proz.com/polls/20762

... while we have your attention, Jared, it might be nice to recap the poll at the top of such threads, so that Tom understands what the question is about and even vote!


Tom in London
Chris Says Bye
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