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Poll: When I stay up late working on a translation I know it's time to stop when... Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "When I stay up late working on a translation I know it's time to stop when...".
This poll was originally submitted by Hikmat
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This poll was originally submitted by Hikmat
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| Typos for me | May 29, 2009 |
I stop when I'm making too many mistakes typing fairly simple and common words.
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C. Mouton 
France
Local time: 01:25
Member (2007)
English to French
| vongifuratoin | May 29, 2009 |
when configuration becomes "vongifuratoin", then I really AM ready for bed !!
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Hikmat Gumilar
Indonesia
Local time: 06:25
English to Indonesian
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| Multiple letters on the screeen | May 29, 2009 |
I stop when I suddenly see this on the screennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
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Deborah do Carmo (X)
Portugal
Local time: 00:25
Dutch to English
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| I never stay up late ... | May 29, 2009 |
... but, I start work very early -- normally by 5am at the latest -- different strokes for diferent folks, I guess. I just prefer to have my late afternoons and evenings to myself.
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Joan Berglund
United States
Local time: 19:25
Member (2008)
French to English
| I miss false cognates when I am tired | May 29, 2009 |
Like translating "porte" as port when the job is architectural and there is no question it means door - there are no ships in sight. I can't think of other examples right now, but there have been plenty.
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José Gralike (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 01:25
German to Dutch
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| I have to stop when left and right get mixed up | May 29, 2009 |
Left hand and right hand trying to take each others' place and I start ytpign liek thsi 
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Oleg Osipov
Russian Federation
Local time: 02:25
English to Russian
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| There is a time to start and to stop... | May 29, 2009 |
I've voted "other" because I do not drive myself to those late hours of the night, managing my time in a balanced way.
I understand the situation, though, that some of the colleagues may be bound by certain commitment or force major circumstances they cannot escape.)
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| Typos - me too! | May 29, 2009 |
Charlie Bavington wrote:
I stop when I'm making too many mistakes typing fairly simple and common words.
When I notice that I'm spending more time fixing the typos I casually see above the point where I am, than moving forward, I call it quits for the night.
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carol so
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:25
English to Chinese
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| my brain stop working | May 29, 2009 |
When I read the same sentence three times but still cant get a word of it, I know my brain just stop functioning...and coffee wont help in this case!
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Patricia Rosas
United States
Local time: 16:25
Spanish to English
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In memoriam | all of the above! | May 29, 2009 |
Any and all of the possible choices are signs that it is time to turn the PC off! Great responses from everyone -- a chuckle is always good!!
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Jenn Mercer
United States
Local time: 19:25
Member (2009)
French to English
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| Most of these are fixable | May 29, 2009 |
...but when the brain stops working, it's over.
blurry vision : eye drops/coffee
eyes hurt : eye drops/coffee/painkiller
body aches : painkiller or painkiller w/caffeine such as Excedrin = bonus!
someone wakes me up : this is a solution, not a problem
I do try to avoid these circumstances, but I am happy to have the ability to work late and make up my sleep at another time. I stayed up t... See more ...but when the brain stops working, it's over.
blurry vision : eye drops/coffee
eyes hurt : eye drops/coffee/painkiller
body aches : painkiller or painkiller w/caffeine such as Excedrin = bonus!
someone wakes me up : this is a solution, not a problem
I do try to avoid these circumstances, but I am happy to have the ability to work late and make up my sleep at another time. I stayed up till 2 am last night, but I was able to have a nice dinner with my family, give my daughter a bath, and read to her. I make my trade-offs willingly. ▲ Collapse
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| When HT looks like MT | May 29, 2009 |
I stop when my Human Translation starts looking like Machine Translation; even if it's just a draft.
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| My dear commas... | May 29, 2009 |
It's over when I notice that I am putting commas after every other word. When I am tired I sort of become comma-philic.
Typos are surprisingly not such a big issue. That only happens when I think of something else while typing and mix up the words and/or sentences. Making a silly one out of two or the like.
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Alvaro Aliaga
Australia
Local time: 09:25
English to Spanish
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| Funny one! :) | May 29, 2009 |
I so can relate to this question and at a first glimpse I was looking for "all the above" LOL but then I had to choose a answer based on my own statistics.
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