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Ümit Karahan 
Türkiye
Local time: 20:37
English to Turkish
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| Unfortunately not! | Aug 27, 2014 |
I would love to, but i can not because it distracts my concentration on work and slows me down.
But, working in a music-free environment becomes very boring after a while.
I mean, i am not happy with it but i have to shut down the music.
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It depends on what I'm working on. If it's something that demands my full powers of concentration then I go for complete silence. If it's something relatively routine or I'm rereading and editing a file then music actually helps my mind not to wander. For best results I try to listen to either music without words (classical mainly), music I'm very familiar with or music in a language I don't understand.
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Rarely while translating to avoid distractions, but I usually do listen to soft music when I need to get boring office work (invoicing, filing, taxes, etc.) done.
Tuned to online radio right now --Tracy Chapman's on air
| | | | | Sometimes I need to... | Aug 27, 2014 |
...if I'm translating a libretto I find it helps to find the right tone!
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Anthony Baldwin
United States
Local time: 13:37
Portuguese to English
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During daylight hours, I prefer to work in silence most of the time,
although sometimes I will put on NPR or an online streaming Baroque music radio channel ( http://avrobaroque.rad.io is quite excellent).
(while I listen to anything from Swedish death metal to bluegrass music in the car or when not working, etc.)
At night, I like to put the TV on, oddly, just as background noise.
... See more During daylight hours, I prefer to work in silence most of the time,
although sometimes I will put on NPR or an online streaming Baroque music radio channel ( http://avrobaroque.rad.io is quite excellent).
(while I listen to anything from Swedish death metal to bluegrass music in the car or when not working, etc.)
At night, I like to put the TV on, oddly, just as background noise.
I work around the clock when there's work to be had, because as we all know, sometimes there isn't any. ▲ Collapse
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Instrumental relaxing music helps me to be in the right mood to work. Without music, life would be a mistake.  )
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