| Pages in topic: [1 2] > | Poll: Does your workload affect your sleep? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| | | | Trinh Do 
Australia
Member (2007)
English to Vietnamese
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| It used to, but affected my health | Feb 27, 2011 |
I used to work 12-16 hours per day. Now my maximum daily work hours are 12. Quality translation is what counts.
It's best to regulate sleep no matter what reason you might think of. Not even the global financial crisis counts, as sleep deprivation leads to heaps of medical problems like heart disease, fainting fits, etc. and it disturbs your circadian rhythm. It's not worth sacrificing your sleep for a large urgent project. By being kind to your body, you're kind to translator colle... See more I used to work 12-16 hours per day. Now my maximum daily work hours are 12. Quality translation is what counts.
It's best to regulate sleep no matter what reason you might think of. Not even the global financial crisis counts, as sleep deprivation leads to heaps of medical problems like heart disease, fainting fits, etc. and it disturbs your circadian rhythm. It's not worth sacrificing your sleep for a large urgent project. By being kind to your body, you're kind to translator colleagues and in a way, help solve the economic crisis. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 18:48
Member (2009)
English to German
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| Yes, sometimes | Feb 27, 2011 |
It does happen that I need to postpone my sleep for a few hours or even till the following day.
It usually happens when a customer needs a translation or editing job done by - let's say - 3 p. m., but lives on GMT + 12 hours. These are the moments when...the day is dawning and the translator is yawning.
Happy Sunday to all ProZians.
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 18:48
Spanish to English
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The heavier the workload/more pressing the deadline/s, the sooner I may get up or later I might go to bed...
Needs must. Wouldn't make it a habitual modus operandi though...
| | | | Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:48
French to English
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| Try not to but... | Feb 27, 2011 |
Yes, I do sometimes find myself working into the small hours to finish something on time or to squeeze in another job I really should have said no to... However, there's no way I'd ever get up early to work - I'm just not wired that way! I often feel I work better late at night - there are fewer interruptions from 'phone or e-mails and I actually feel awake at the time. I know if I do it too many nights on the run it starts to affect my health (skin, digestion, etc.), so I do try hard not to do ... See more Yes, I do sometimes find myself working into the small hours to finish something on time or to squeeze in another job I really should have said no to... However, there's no way I'd ever get up early to work - I'm just not wired that way! I often feel I work better late at night - there are fewer interruptions from 'phone or e-mails and I actually feel awake at the time. I know if I do it too many nights on the run it starts to affect my health (skin, digestion, etc.), so I do try hard not to do it too often if I can. It's a problem when you do a job you enjoy though! ▲ Collapse
| | | | Interlangue (X)
Angola
Local time: 18:48
English to French
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No longer in terms of quantity, but sometimes, when I get very (too much?) involved in the subject of a translation, I "live" with it day and night and the quality of my sleep may be affected.
| | | | Tim Drayton
Cyprus
Local time: 19:48
Turkish to English
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The reason being that I drink a lot of tea to stop my concentration flagging when I have a heavy work load, and this stops me from sleeping at night.
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| I try to limit it | Feb 27, 2011 |
... but like Claire, I sometimes work late into the night.
And am hopeless at getting up early.
More often, though, I just watch less TV and go to bed at the normal time if deadlines are piling up.
Coffee is my drink. As a friend and colleague in an earlier job once put it:
I can't drink coffee when I'm asleep. It's not a problem.
But if I overdo the lack of sleep, I get migraines, ... See more ... but like Claire, I sometimes work late into the night.
And am hopeless at getting up early.
More often, though, I just watch less TV and go to bed at the normal time if deadlines are piling up.
Coffee is my drink. As a friend and colleague in an earlier job once put it:
I can't drink coffee when I'm asleep. It's not a problem.
But if I overdo the lack of sleep, I get migraines, and I am quite good at avoiding them otherwise. Although with medication I barely know I have migraine, I am not fit to work - I make stupid mistakes and even more typing errors than usual - and I don't see them when proodfreading.
It is never worth it, but it happens now and then...
It's called earning a living, so don't forget to live! ▲ Collapse
| | | | inkweaver
Germany
Local time: 18:48
French to German
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I never work late in the evening or at night. I do tend to sleep little (5-6 hours) but that's got nothing to do with my work, it has just become a habit I think. I like to start work early and take a longish break and do some more work in the afternoon, but never after 8pm. After a certain number of hours of work I just can't concentrate any more and since I attach great importance to quality I have to stop working before the quality of my work deteriorates.
I do work on weekends ... See more I never work late in the evening or at night. I do tend to sleep little (5-6 hours) but that's got nothing to do with my work, it has just become a habit I think. I like to start work early and take a longish break and do some more work in the afternoon, but never after 8pm. After a certain number of hours of work I just can't concentrate any more and since I attach great importance to quality I have to stop working before the quality of my work deteriorates.
I do work on weekends though. This is actually my first weekend off since Christmas and it does feel good... ▲ Collapse
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Inkweaver, I could have written the same post. I've been sleeping better lately (waking up at least after 5 am) because I'm taking a valerian root concoction at bedtime; but in terms of working late, I can only manage it in an emergency, because I'm one of those morning people everyone hates
[Edited at 2011-02-27 13:28 GMT]
| | | | Anja Weggel
Local time: 18:48
Member (2007)
English to German
I usually don't work late "willingly", i.e. I usually do not take jobs where I know beforehand that I have to work late. However, there are times when I under estimate the workload, something takes longer than I think because of formatting or errors or some text that proves more complicated on second sight. I am one of the late birds though (like most translators it seems), I simply to not function before 8.30am.
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Sleeping is sacred for me. No job can prevent me from sleeping, and if I don't sleep for a long time I become really grumpy. No good for anybody around me
| | | | Luca Tutino
Italy
Member (2002)
English to Italian
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| Inhuman conditions | Feb 27, 2011 |
Amazing results: 84% of the respondents admit translation work recurrently deprives them from sleeping! Many are even "permanently disturbed".
And we all know that this is not due to life saving nor exceptional individual or collective advance endeavours, but is just connected with paying monthly bills.
Sleep deprivation is a torture! No social organization should ever allow this to happen in a civilized country. No employer would be allowed to do this to his wor... See more Amazing results: 84% of the respondents admit translation work recurrently deprives them from sleeping! Many are even "permanently disturbed".
And we all know that this is not due to life saving nor exceptional individual or collective advance endeavours, but is just connected with paying monthly bills.
Sleep deprivation is a torture! No social organization should ever allow this to happen in a civilized country. No employer would be allowed to do this to his workforce. Even in Italy, when the media discover these situations scandals are broken and police start arresting employers for their wrongdoing.
Internet of course is not a civilized country and our services can be freely sold and bought at inhuman conditions... ▲ Collapse
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I work fast enough to be able to cover my daily workload and still get my 8 hours of sleep.
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