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Poll: When the workflow is low, how do you mostly spend your extra time? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Noura Tawil 
Syria
Local time: 10:52
Member (2013)
English to Arabic
Alexandra Speirs wrote:
The place gets sadly neglected when I'm busy, there is always plenty of cleaning, washing and ironing to do.
When that happens (which is often), I terribly miss the days when I was buried in translation work.
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Josef Šoltes
Czech Republic
Local time: 09:52
English to Czech
Mary Worby wrote:
I enjoy the peace while it lasts!
+1
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Marjolein Snippe
Netherlands
Local time: 09:52
Member (2012)
English to Dutch
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| ah yes, don't forget to panic | May 8, 2014 |
Julian Holmes wrote:
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Spare time is for enjoying until the slack period becomes uncomfortably long and then I start to...well...panic!!!
I am always so relieved to hear I am not the only one who starts to panic when quiet periods extend for longer stretches of time!
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| May I join the club? | May 8, 2014 |
Marjolein Snippe wrote: Julian Holmes wrote:
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Spare time is for enjoying until the slack period becomes uncomfortably long and then I start to...well...panic!!! I am always so relieved to hear I am not the only one who starts to panic when quiet periods extend for longer stretches of time!
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Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 09:52
Member (2009)
English to German
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| A realistic club | May 8, 2014 |
Teresa Borges wrote: Marjolein Snippe wrote: Julian Holmes wrote:
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Spare time is for enjoying until the slack period becomes uncomfortably long and then I start to...well...panic!!! I am always so relieved to hear I am not the only one who starts to panic when quiet periods extend for longer stretches of time!
Indeed, when the quiet period(s) become too long, I am seriously concerned (near panic). If there are only short quiet periods inbetween long periods of many jobs, then I use that time for admin work, a combination of all options listed in the poll, and for my writing work.
It's nice to have a few quiet days once in a while, but if they stretch out... I'll join your club, if I may.
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Julian Holmes
Japan
Local time: 16:52
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
| Membership is free! | May 8, 2014 |
Thayenga wrote: It's nice to have a few quiet days once in a while, but if they stretch out... I'll join your club, if I may.
I ought to add that I don't suddenly burst into an out-and-out panic and start pulling my hair out.
It starts out as a niggling itch which turns into mild fretting and finally into geunine worry.
Last month was dismally abysmal. 3 or 4 decent sized projects got trimmed down into miniscule jobs or postponed for budgetting reasons or whatever, and the 3-month project due to start mid this month got postponed until the 1st week of June. Aaaaaagh!
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Though I suppose I could file video games under "I improve my language skills" and "I improve my computer skills"...
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 09:52
Spanish to English
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Usually on household chores, gardening, shopping, admin and officialdom... for example I need to put my car through its periodic inspection in the next week or so and am waiting for a lull because the whole process takes a day or two here...
PS: I can go for about a week before starting to worry.
[Edited at 2014-05-08 14:15 GMT]
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I tend not to have slow days, for me it's more slow weeks.
I generally do not enjoy my free time, and after 1-2 slow days the panic phase begins. It gets bigger and bigger with time, and usually ends up the following week, with everyone calling at the same time and me insulting myself for being so stupid not to relax when I had the occasion.
Needless to say, the whole thing happens at least once/twice per quarter.
I love this job! ... See more I tend not to have slow days, for me it's more slow weeks.
I generally do not enjoy my free time, and after 1-2 slow days the panic phase begins. It gets bigger and bigger with time, and usually ends up the following week, with everyone calling at the same time and me insulting myself for being so stupid not to relax when I had the occasion.
Needless to say, the whole thing happens at least once/twice per quarter.
I love this job! ▲ Collapse
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| Industry research! | May 8, 2014 |
Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei wrote:
Though I suppose I could file video games under "I improve my language skills" and "I improve my computer skills"...
If you translate video games, it could be considered industry research and maybe even marketing This is my No. 1 excuse for playing video games in my free time
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Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 03:52
English to Spanish
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| Now I know who you are... | May 8, 2014 |
dianaft wrote:
phone my mum, do some gardening, build fences, pop around my neighbours for a coffee and chat, extend my daily walk a little more... and all the other things that I don't get around to often enough.
An extrovert! Proof: ...pop around my neighbours for a coffee and chat...
Not that there's anything wrong in thaat!
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Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 03:52
English to Spanish
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| Ah, videogames! | May 8, 2014 |
Triston & Gaby wrote: Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei wrote:
Though I suppose I could file video games under "I improve my language skills" and "I improve my computer skills"... If you translate video games, it could be considered industry research and maybe even marketing This is my No. 1 excuse for playing video games in my free time
I'm sticking to PacMan...or watching Wreck It Ralph
By the way, did you know that 2K is hiring?
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Arthur Godinho
United States
Local time: 03:52
Member (2009)
English to Portuguese
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| What do I do during the Down Time? | May 8, 2014 |
Take the extra day off graciously!
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Erzsébet Czopyk
Hungary
Local time: 09:52
Member (2006)
Russian to Hungarian
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SITE LOCALIZER | workaholic lifestyle | May 8, 2014 |
I provide free or voluntary translations, for example, currently on Twitter
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