Poll: How often do you use your phone for translation-related tasks? Autor vlákna: ProZ.com Staff
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If I have to go out for a couple of hours during the working day, I check my email notifications, that’s all!
| | | | Yuliya Sedykh
Ruská federace
Local time: 11:35
angličtina -> ruština
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I had to once for an urgent task on some web-based platform being stuck in a winter traffic jam... Never again, it's too bad for eyes.
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Nothing like an old-fashioned PC with a comfortable keyboard and a large screen.
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Alex Lichanow
Německo
Local time: 10:35
angličtina -> němčina
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The question is a little ambiguous. Does answering e-mails in a hurry count as a translation-related task? If yes, then I'm very much guilty. Otherwise, it wouldn't occur to me to actually work on a translation from a 6-inch touchscreen.
| | | | Josephine Cassar 
Malta
Local time: 10:35
Člen (2012)
angličtina -> maltština
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Yuliya Sedykh wrote:
I had to once for an urgent task on some web-based platform being stuck in a winter traffic jam... Never again, it's too bad for eyes.
I agree. I used it once but found it really tiring, my eyes kept stinging then and for a long time after. Also you tend to miss mistakes and the auto-correct function makes your work doubly difficult and time consuming. Definitely never again. I thought of trying it out so i could do it on the move in buses or while waiting for some appointment or other but regretted it.
| | | | | Not so ambiguous | Sep 30, 2024 |
Alex Lichanow wrote:
The question is a little ambiguous. Does answering e-mails in a hurry count as a translation-related task? If yes, then I'm very much guilty. Otherwise, it wouldn't occur to me to actually work on a translation from a 6-inch touchscreen.
There is a difference between saying "for translation tasks" and "for translation-related tasks".
| | | | Daryo
Local time: 09:35
srbština -> angličtina
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| Would never even consider it | Sep 30, 2024 |
There are things you don't need "to try to see if it works", like running on ice, or using a mobile phone for any kind of serious work.
A small screen, no finger sized keyboard, a battery that can die any moment and usually does when maximally inconvenient, an OS and user interface that feels dumbed down compared to a laptop or PC, why would anyone want a better "working tool"? All that spiced up by the ambient noise of some busy street ...
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:
If I have to go out for a couple of hours during the working day, I check my email notifications, that’s all!
And if I get an offer, I also reply to accept it.
| | | | Kay Denney
Francie
Local time: 10:35
francouzština -> angličtina
I once translated three words on my phone because of some computer problem.
I wouldn't ever envisage doing more than that.
Other than that, yes, I answer emails if I'm out when work comes in. Mostly to say something like "OK I'll look at this once I'm home, by 3pm at the latest"
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