| Pages in topic: [1 2] > | Poll: Do you ever work overnight? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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I have never worked the whole night even when I was starting out (the only time I did something close to that the consequences were disastrous!). I do work quite often until 11 or 12 pm when a translation is flowing well and I like getting up very early in the morning to revise, but it's of my choosing...
| | | | Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 20:07
Member (2010)
French to English
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| yes, sometimes | Apr 29, 2014 |
It really doesn't bother me. I'm more of a night owl than an early bird so if I have a deadline for 7 or 8 a.m. I prefer to finish and send than try to get up early and try to proof when I'm half-asleep.
| | | | Marjolein Snippe 
Netherlands
Local time: 21:07
Member (2012)
English to Dutch
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For me, that would be extremely inefficient and it would give terrible results. It would also make me feel awful - is it just not for me!
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Julian Holmes
Japan
Local time: 04:07
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
Quite frequently when I was starting out and still trying to learn the ropes.
Fortunately, the 'good old days' are long and far behind me. Even so, working till around 2 a.m., which I sometimes have to do for unforeseen reasons such as computer trouble, takes a heavy toll on me and knocks the wind out of me for a few days.
Definitely not to be recommended when you get cross the 50 sound barrier! 
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More often than I would like. I'd say it happens maybe 3 times a year.
I feel great when I deliver a job at dawn. I go out with the dogs and have a good time. Then it hits me, and the rest of the day I'm miserable, unless I take a long nap.
| | | | Tim Drayton
Cyprus
Local time: 22:07
Turkish to English
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I used to about 12 years ago, but I am too old for that game now. On the other hand, when things are very busy, I sometimes get up at 4-5 am and make a very early start.
| | | | Ventnai
Spain
Local time: 21:07
German to English
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| At the beginning | Apr 29, 2014 |
I worked through the night on one or two occasions when I first started, having bit off more than I could chew. Nowadays, I'll very rarely work beyond 9 pm as I just won't function properly, but I will get up very early for a final proofread.
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Helen Hagon
Local time: 20:07
Member (2011)
Russian to English
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Sometimes I work until quite late, but I would never work all night. Quite apart from feeling terrible the next day and knowing that I will still have to do the school run, the housework etc, my brain starts to get tired after a while and I start writing rubbish. When I switch my computer on the next morning after a late work session, I am horrified by what I have written and find myself having to rewrite quite a lot.
| | | | Al Zaid
United States
English to Spanish
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| I've done it once or twice... | Apr 29, 2014 |
but all-nighters are a real bust for me. Even when it's at a party, the next day I feel miserable. I'm just not a night person and I stay awake all night if I have to, but it takes me a looong time to recover afterwards. It takes me a lot of trouble to fall asleep after an all-nighter, probably due to the adrenaline levels.
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I have actually never worked ALL night, but have worked very late on a couple of occasions. Usually it's because the deadline was in Europe time.
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 21:07
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Never through choice, but if working all night happens to be the only way to meet an agreed deadline, then yes.
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Peter Motte
Belgium
Local time: 21:07
Member (2009)
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| Sometimes, but not always. | Apr 29, 2014 |
Never the whole night, of course. I once worked till 5 o'clock in the morning, and the next day I felt as if I was drunk all the time.
Nowadays it happens sometimes that I'm still working at 1 or 2 o'clock, but that's usually for the finishing touch of things which are almost finished, to send away e-mails, or because a last proofreading round takes longer than expected.
Sometimes computerproblems during the day can stretch working hours, but I have to say that computerproblems are ... See more Never the whole night, of course. I once worked till 5 o'clock in the morning, and the next day I felt as if I was drunk all the time.
Nowadays it happens sometimes that I'm still working at 1 or 2 o'clock, but that's usually for the finishing touch of things which are almost finished, to send away e-mails, or because a last proofreading round takes longer than expected.
Sometimes computerproblems during the day can stretch working hours, but I have to say that computerproblems are rare these days. Some years ago that was much more frequently.
Anyway, working really late is not interesting, because then I'm crap the next day. So it's better to avoid it, and that also explains why it only happens during the last day I work on a job. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | At least two nights a week | Apr 29, 2014 |
As a mother of 5 and having a partner with PTSD, I somehow have to organize my work around them. My toddlers are tough, as is my partner. I love the serenity of the night, no phonecalls, hardly any emails. I sleep as soon the 8 o'clock movie starts and around eleven I get up to work. I take naps during the night and during the day I am that cake baking mom, and the hard worker with her own business. In the military I worked the exact same way.
| | | | Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 15:07
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| For naps, do what cats do | Apr 29, 2014 |
Muriel Vasconcellos wrote:
More often than I would like. I'd say it happens maybe 3 times a year.
I feel great when I deliver a job at dawn. I go out with the dogs and have a good time. Then it hits me, and the rest of the day I'm miserable, unless I take a long nap.
On Sunday night/Monday wee hours, I had to finish a medical translation (about 8000 words) that started in SDL Trados Freelance 2009 but ended in Deja Vu X3.
You see, DVX3 is far more efficient dealing with termbases and repairing (i.e. completing or assembling) portions (sentences, phrases) straight from the translation memories assigned to the project...unlike SDL products. Still, I had to work through the night. At 6:30 a.m. I was done, delivered the project (and the juicy invoice) and went to bed.
Still, I depend on my cat to take naps through the day. You're right, Muriel.
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