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Angola
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Very seldom (radio/CD), when invoicing and doing some other administrative tasks - or isn't that part of work?
Enjoy your day!
| | | | Nicole Schnell 
États-Unis
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In memoriam | Yes, TV. I need human voices around. | Jan 15, 2012 |
I like the white noise at very low volume without really watching anything. Otherwise working all by myself in a rather large building all day long without any other fellow humans around and no contact to the outer world except by email or telephone would be rather creepy, so I choose some quiet TV stations instead that don't bombard the viewer with action movies, shooting scenes or car chases. Works like a charm.
| | | | neilmac
Espagne
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The term "listen" is moot. I usually have the radio on in the background when working and I see it as aural wallpaper, just something in background to offset the silence, at what I find an unobtrusive volume. I am not usually actively "listening" to it.
The again, sometimes on a text that doesn't require great concentration, I might put on a CD with a jaunty rhythm to work along to - a current favourite is a 40-track reggae and ska compilation from Trojan, "Soundtrack to Jamaica" - ... See more The term "listen" is moot. I usually have the radio on in the background when working and I see it as aural wallpaper, just something in background to offset the silence, at what I find an unobtrusive volume. I am not usually actively "listening" to it.
The again, sometimes on a text that doesn't require great concentration, I might put on a CD with a jaunty rhythm to work along to - a current favourite is a 40-track reggae and ska compilation from Trojan, "Soundtrack to Jamaica" - or even some faster house/techno if I want to get my head down and go at it. More demanding translation tasks may be better served by Vivaldi, Pergolesi or similar soothing classics, for their more pensative pace.
As for the TV, I only usually have it on if it's a football match and I can still work away, only stopping for a quick look when I hear a goal or something more entertaining happens.
There are times when revising/proofing texts, or translating more complicated subjects than usual, I do prefer silence, but most of the time I can deal with a bit of background murmur.
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In fact, last night (yes Saturday, folks) I was translating a text about goat milking techniques while the Craig Charles Funk and Soul show was on radio channel BBC 6 Music, and I had the Valencia-Real Sociedad match on TV too, but with the volume down, so I could glance at it occasionally to keep up with the score (Valencia lost).
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PS: Does that make me a polymath?
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... some light fusion or jazz not too loud but loud enough to take my mind off the incessantly monotonous, hypnotic hum of the computers. 
Happy translating!
| | | | Nicole Schnell
États-Unis
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In memoriam | Totally agree - except on the classical music | Jan 15, 2012 |
neilmac wrote:
The term "listen" is moot. I usually have the radio on in the background when working and I see it as aural wallpaper, just something in background to offset the silence, at what I find an unobtrusive volume. I am not usually actively "listening" to it.
ore demanding translation tasks may be better served by Vivaldi, Pergolesi or similar soothing classics, for their more pensative pace.
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Aside from the fact that I consider listening to music in general rather distracting because I tend to listen to the lyrics, I can't have any classical musical by any great composer in the background without getting lost in this wonderful music and therefor losing my focus. Those guys wrote their hearts out when writing those pieces, and I think they deserve better than serving as a sound track.
| | | | Thayenga
Allemagne
Local time: 08:11
Membre (2009)
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| It all depends | Jan 15, 2012 |
Usually I'm listening to flute music at a low volume while working. It has a calming effect especially while editing or when I'm working on a quite demanding translation.
| | | | Angie Garbarino
Local time: 08:11
Membre (2003)
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Nicole Schnell wrote:
I like the white noise at very low volume without really watching anything. Otherwise working all by myself in a rather large building all day long without any other fellow humans around and no contact to the outer world except by email or telephone would be rather creepy, so I choose some quiet TV stations instead that don't bombard the viewer with action movies, shooting scenes or car chases. Works like a charm.
Seconded...
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Isabelle F. BRUCHER (X)
Belgique
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| No, but I used to constantly listen to Madonna's CD "Ray of Light" as a screen against outside noise | Jan 15, 2012 |
I always translate with earplugs on as, in apartment buildings, you always hear your neighbours walking, talking, listening to the TV/radio, moving furniture around and what have you.
When there is also outside noise (ball games, music,...) I add a second screen by having music on.
I highly recommend Madonna's CD "Ray of Light", which is not tiring to listen to and not distracting, it's very soft music and Madonna has a very soft voice (she has even been criticized for ... See more I always translate with earplugs on as, in apartment buildings, you always hear your neighbours walking, talking, listening to the TV/radio, moving furniture around and what have you.
When there is also outside noise (ball games, music,...) I add a second screen by having music on.
I highly recommend Madonna's CD "Ray of Light", which is not tiring to listen to and not distracting, it's very soft music and Madonna has a very soft voice (she has even been criticized for having a narrow range of octaves!).
From 2004 to 2010, I translated in an apartment with single glazing, above a public playground, 7 days a week, and it was the only way to survive!
I listened to that CD constantly, on and on, without getting tired of it.
I partly compensate for the well-known translator's loneliness by having my meals during the news on TV (13:00, then 19:30 (Belgian news) and/or 20:00 hrs (French news)) - which is also an opportunity to learn potential neologisms in my mother tongue (e.g. the Merkozy couple,...) and expressions which are in fashion, which later allows me to understand jokes about "turning the triple A into a BB (bébé)", and so on...
On second thought, I also like to leave the TV on, but in another room (and with my earplugs on). It just costs a lot of electricity and wears out my TV set, but...
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| | | | | Internet radio | Jan 15, 2012 |
I can only listen to music that doesn't have any lyrics....otherwise it is too distracting, as I would otherwise get caught up in the words, taking away from the words I'm typing!
I started listening to Pandora internet radio about a year ago...it is FANTASTIC. You can create your own radio station based on a music genre, an artist, or even a song. Then you can "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" if they play a song you don't like, then it remembers that and fine-tunes your custom station ... See more I can only listen to music that doesn't have any lyrics....otherwise it is too distracting, as I would otherwise get caught up in the words, taking away from the words I'm typing!
I started listening to Pandora internet radio about a year ago...it is FANTASTIC. You can create your own radio station based on a music genre, an artist, or even a song. Then you can "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" if they play a song you don't like, then it remembers that and fine-tunes your custom station even further!
I've created a station based on some smooth jazz (Paul Hardcastle, Dave Koz, Ronny Jordan, etc.) mixed in with some groove (Four80East, Little Big Bee). The rhythm is just enough to keep my mind energized without putting me to sleep, and the volume is kept fairly low.
Funny, I don't listen to this type of music at all in my spare time...I'm a rock and roll girl!
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| | | | Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
États-Unis
Local time: 23:11
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| No - language has its own rhythm | Jan 15, 2012 |
I lose the rhythm of my text if music is playing.
| | | | Nicole Schnell
États-Unis
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In memoriam | Indeed a highly important point, Muriel. | Jan 15, 2012 |
I absolutely agree.
Muriel Vasconcellos wrote:
I lose the rhythm of my text if music is playing.
There is more.
Music and/or any other influences affect my mind-set. I can't write about accident prevention at a nuclear plant with canned laughter in the background, and I can't write PR texts about the most recent entertaining and hilarious video game for teens while listening to Bach's Toccata and Fugue in d minor.
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I don't lose any rhythm at all...
edited for typo... no, it wasn't rhythm...
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Nicole Schnell wrote:
I like the white noise at very low volume without really watching anything. Otherwise working all by myself in a rather large building all day long without any other fellow humans around and no contact to the outer world except by email or telephone would be rather creepy, so I choose some quiet TV stations instead that don't bombard the viewer with action movies, shooting scenes or car chases. Works like a charm.
| | | | Rosa Grau (X)
Espagne
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