Poll: Does the weather affect your productivity as a translator?
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ABIAS JEAN MARY
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugalsko
Local time: 16:32
Člen (2007)
angličtina -> portugalština
+ ...
No difference Sep 28, 2024

I don’t think my productivity is affected by the weather. I lived in Brussels for 30 years where the weather is known to be cold, gray, wet and gloomy and since 2015 I’ve been living in Lisbon where we have an average of more than 300 sunny days but I haven’t noticed any change regarding my productivity…

[Edited at 2024-09-28 11:00 GMT]

[Edited at 2024-09-28 11:02 GMT]


ABIAS JEAN MARY
Liviu-Lee Roth
WolfgangS
 
neilmac
neilmac
Španělsko
Local time: 17:32
španělština -> angličtina
+ ...
Other Sep 28, 2024

When it rains very heavily here, my electricity goes off, and I have to wait until it dries out a bit before it comes back on again. This obviously affects my productivity a bit. But it doesn't rain all that heavily very often, maybe three or four times a year.

Brisa Pedroza
Zea_Mays
 
Alex Lichanow
Alex Lichanow
Německo
Local time: 17:32
angličtina -> němčina
+ ...
No Sep 28, 2024

Before we moved into our house and I got my basement office/mancave, summers used to be a little tough on my productivity, but the perennially steady temperature in my basement has taken care of that.

 
ABIAS JEAN MARY
ABIAS JEAN MARY
Brazílie
Local time: 12:32
Člen (2024)
angličtina -> haitská kreolština
+ ...
The weather doesn't affect my work Sep 28, 2024

I Never notice any change in my works.It's cold i work well, fast and efficient, it's Hot the same thing.

 
Brisa Pedroza
Brisa Pedroza
Mexiko
Local time: 09:32
Člen (2020)
angličtina -> španělština
+ ...
Power outages definitely affect productivity Sep 29, 2024

I’ve certainly seen my productivity affected by the power outages and two “minor” floods in my area due to the heavy daily rain in Mexico City over the past few months.

While the high temperatures from March to May caused a few blackouts, July and August saw the heaviest rains, resulting in at least a full week without power and several others with intermittent outages. This has affected my daily translation output, forcing me to set longer delivery times, and virtually preven
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I’ve certainly seen my productivity affected by the power outages and two “minor” floods in my area due to the heavy daily rain in Mexico City over the past few months.

While the high temperatures from March to May caused a few blackouts, July and August saw the heaviest rains, resulting in at least a full week without power and several others with intermittent outages. This has affected my daily translation output, forcing me to set longer delivery times, and virtually preventing me from committing to online interpreting as well. It has ultimately impacted my time management for other work-related activities.
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Zea_Mays
 
WolfgangS
WolfgangS
Francie
Local time: 17:32
angličtina -> němčina
+ ...
Not in Lisbon Sep 29, 2024

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:

I don’t think my productivity is affected by the weather. I lived in Brussels for 30 years where the weather is known to be cold, gray, wet and gloomy and since 2015 I’ve been living in Lisbon where we have an average of more than 300 sunny days but I haven’t noticed any change regarding my productivity…

[Edited at 2024-09-28 11:00 GMT]

[Edited at 2024-09-28 11:02 GMT]


When living in Italy heavy snowfalls sometimes prevented me from reaching my office in Milan.
Now I live on the French Riviera and confirm Maria Teresas saying. Weather has never particularly affected my productivity, excepted when a thunderstorm causes a power outage.


 
Zea_Mays
Zea_Mays  Identity Verified
Itálie
Local time: 17:32
angličtina -> němčina
+ ...
Yes Sep 29, 2024

I am very weather- or rather light-sensitive and definitely work better with good weather and when the sun is shining.

 
Matthias Brombach
Matthias Brombach  Identity Verified
Německo
nizozemština -> němčina
+ ...
If... Sep 29, 2024

...I solely was depending on the current post editing rates, weather indeed would affect my productivity as I couldn't afford my own apartment then.

Alex Lichanow
 
IrinaN (X)
IrinaN (X)
Spojené státy americké
Local time: 10:32
angličtina -> ruština
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The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain Sep 29, 2024

It’s always safer to stick to the weather and your health.

[Edited at 2024-09-29 19:28 GMT]


 


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