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| No music at all | Aug 6, 2020 |
Usually, I don’t listen to music while working as it totally distracts me and interferes with my ability to focus on my work, but recently I've found myself listening to a lot of piano music just because I miss my mother terribly (she died last year at the very respectable age of 105) and she was a piano player. Funny enough, when I was young her playing used to annoy me when I wanted to study. Life goes around in circles...
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Robert Rietvelt 
Local time: 07:08
Mitglied (2006)
Spanisch > Niederländisch
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| The sound of silence | Aug 6, 2020 |
... and I am not talking about the song.
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neilmac
Spanien
Local time: 07:08
Spanisch > Englisch
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| Instrumental music | Aug 6, 2020 |
I usually prefer to have some sort of background noise while translating. Most of the time, I have BBC 6 music on, but sometimes the presenters prattle on too much and I have to either switch off or change to a station with less blather. And there are news bulletins almost every half hour throughout the day, which can end up irritating as well. Sometimes no news is good news
And I find instrumental music less intrusiv... See more I usually prefer to have some sort of background noise while translating. Most of the time, I have BBC 6 music on, but sometimes the presenters prattle on too much and I have to either switch off or change to a station with less blather. And there are news bulletins almost every half hour throughout the day, which can end up irritating as well. Sometimes no news is good news
And I find instrumental music less intrusive than music with lyrics. I use an online app called Radio Garden that allows you to tune into radio stations from all over the world free of charge, so it's easy to find something that suits you at any given time.
Occasionally, I may prefer to work on some texts in silence, but sometimes after a while the silence becomes oppressive and creepy and more of a distraction. I suppose it's a case of horses for courses, whatever floats your boat. ▲ Collapse
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| Other: either type of music | Aug 6, 2020 |
I translate with either type of music. When the lyrics do distract me, either it’s a welcome distraction or I skip to the next song. I can barely get any work done with actual talking around me though, be it TV or people.
For review and proofreading, I do tend to favour instrumentals, however.
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Thayenga
Deutschland
Local time: 07:08
Mitglied (2009)
Englisch > Deutsch
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Usually flute or gentle drums at a low volume. It's not only calming, but also inspiring.
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Tom in London
Vereinigtes Königreich
Local time: 06:08
Mitglied (2008)
Italienisch > Englisch
When working, I'm more productive if I'm listening to complete silence. I shall now await a long, pointless series of posts telling us all what kind of music they listen to.
[Edited at 2020-08-06 12:45 GMT]
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Lincoln Hui
Hongkong
Local time: 14:08
Mitglied
Chinesisch > Englisch
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...but that bores me quickly, so I usually listen to something.
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Elías Sauza
Mexiko
Local time: 00:08
Mitglied (2002)
Englisch > Spanisch
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| Music all th time | Aug 6, 2020 |
I have Jazz playing all the time in the background, most without lyrics. When I lsten other type of music, say soft rock or pop, lyrics distract me a lot and my mood is different. Jazz is quite neutral to me in regards to working.
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| How many times has this already been asked? | Aug 6, 2020 |
I think it's time to dream up new poll discussion topics
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Aline Amorim
Brasilien
Local time: 03:08
Englisch > Portugiesisch
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| Instrumental music | Aug 6, 2020 |
I learned with a colleague and sometimes I work with Music with lyrics.
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Mario Freitas
Brasilien
Local time: 03:08
Mitglied (2014)
Englisch > Portugiesisch
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| OK, let's answer again (fourth time?) | Aug 6, 2020 |
Either with or without lyrics, as long as there is music.
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| Film songs with lyrics! | Aug 6, 2020 |
While translating, I listen to film songs with lyrics. Music is not a distraction. Actually it inspires me to do translations faster and without any flaws. I love all types of music, western, Carnatic, Hindustani, folk, etc. But while working I prefer film songs only. I listen to Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and Bengali film songs.
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| All or nothing | Aug 6, 2020 |
Tom in London wrote:
I shall now await a long, pointless series of posts telling us all what kind of music they listen to.
It’s very tempting to add such a post when someone is being so dismissive, but I actually work in silence.
I couldn't have music on without actively listening to it. Maybe it’s because I’m a musician?
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Kaisa I
Kanada
Local time: 01:08
Englisch > Finnisch
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| My work is impossible with music on | Aug 6, 2020 |
As an audiovisual translator, I listen to my source material. If it happens to have music, then I listen to that.
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