Poll: Does the weather affect your productivity as a translator? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| | | | | No difference | Sep 28, 2024 |
I don’t think my productivity is affected by the weather. I lived in Brussels for 30 years where the weather is known to be cold, gray, wet and gloomy and since 2015 I’ve been living in Lisbon where we have an average of more than 300 sunny days but I haven’t noticed any change regarding my productivity…
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| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 04:28
Spanish to English
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When it rains very heavily here, my electricity goes off, and I have to wait until it dries out a bit before it comes back on again. This obviously affects my productivity a bit. But it doesn't rain all that heavily very often, maybe three or four times a year.
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Before we moved into our house and I got my basement office/mancave, summers used to be a little tough on my productivity, but the perennially steady temperature in my basement has taken care of that.
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| The weather doesn't affect my work | Sep 28, 2024 |
I Never notice any change in my works.It's cold i work well, fast and efficient, it's Hot the same thing.
| | | | Brisa Pedroza
Mexico
Local time: 20:28
Member (2020)
English to Spanish
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| Power outages definitely affect productivity | Sep 29, 2024 |
I’ve certainly seen my productivity affected by the power outages and two “minor” floods in my area due to the heavy daily rain in Mexico City over the past few months.
While the high temperatures from March to May caused a few blackouts, July and August saw the heaviest rains, resulting in at least a full week without power and several others with intermittent outages. This has affected my daily translation output, forcing me to set longer delivery times, and virtually preven... See more I’ve certainly seen my productivity affected by the power outages and two “minor” floods in my area due to the heavy daily rain in Mexico City over the past few months.
While the high temperatures from March to May caused a few blackouts, July and August saw the heaviest rains, resulting in at least a full week without power and several others with intermittent outages. This has affected my daily translation output, forcing me to set longer delivery times, and virtually preventing me from committing to online interpreting as well. It has ultimately impacted my time management for other work-related activities. ▲ Collapse
| | | | WolfgangS
France
Local time: 04:28
English to German
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| Not in Lisbon | Sep 29, 2024 |
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:
I don’t think my productivity is affected by the weather. I lived in Brussels for 30 years where the weather is known to be cold, gray, wet and gloomy and since 2015 I’ve been living in Lisbon where we have an average of more than 300 sunny days but I haven’t noticed any change regarding my productivity…
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When living in Italy heavy snowfalls sometimes prevented me from reaching my office in Milan.
Now I live on the French Riviera and confirm Maria Teresas saying. Weather has never particularly affected my productivity, excepted when a thunderstorm causes a power outage.
| | | | Zea_Mays 
Italy
Local time: 04:28
English to German
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I am very weather- or rather light-sensitive and definitely work better with good weather and when the sun is shining.
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...I solely was depending on the current post editing rates, weather indeed would affect my productivity as I couldn't afford my own apartment then.
| | | | IrinaN (X)
United States
Local time: 21:28
English to Russian
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| The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain | Sep 29, 2024 |
It’s always safer to stick to the weather and your health.
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