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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...".

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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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Charlie Bavington
Charlie Bavington  Identity Verified
Local time: 06:19
French to English
Typos for me May 29, 2009

I stop when I'm making too many mistakes typing fairly simple and common words.

 
C. Mouton
C. Mouton  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 07:19
Member (2007)
English to French
vongifuratoin May 29, 2009

when configuration becomes "vongifuratoin", then I really AM ready for bed !!

 
Hikmat Gumilar
Hikmat Gumilar  Identity Verified
Indonesia
Local time: 13:19
Member (2005)
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

 
Deborah do Carmo
Deborah do Carmo  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 06:19
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.

 
Joan Berglund
Joan Berglund  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 02:19
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.

 
José Gralike (X)
José Gralike (X)  Identity Verified
Netherlands
Local time: 07:19
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

 
Oleg Osipov
Oleg Osipov  Identity Verified
Russian Federation
Local time: 09:19
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.)


 
José Henrique Lamensdorf
José Henrique Lamensdorf  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 03:19
English to Portuguese
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In memoriam
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.


 
carol so
carol so  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:19
Member (2008)
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!

 
Patricia Rosas
Patricia Rosas  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 23:19
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!!

 
Jenn Mercer
Jenn Mercer  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 02:19
Member (2009)
French to English
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
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...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.
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Claudia Alvis
Claudia Alvis  Identity Verified
Peru
Local time: 01:19
Member
Spanish
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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.

 
Christina Bergmann
Christina Bergmann
Germany
Local time: 07:19
English to German
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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.


 
Alvaro Aliaga
Alvaro Aliaga  Identity Verified
Australia
Local time: 16:19
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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