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ProZ.com Staff 
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "After completing a difficult and long assignment, how do you feel?".
This poll was originally submitted by Juliana Starkman. View the poll results »
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neilmac
Spain
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Member (2007)
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| | Top of the world, ma! | Jan 2 |
I will usually do a litle victory dance and sing something cheery...
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Julian Holmes
Japan
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Member (2011)
Japanese to English
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... Both elated and worn-out.
However, the exhausted feeling wears out when I get a big thank you from the client for a job well-done. 
That makes it all worthwhile.
Happy translating!
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Interlangue
Belgium
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Not so much because of the linguistic difficulty but rather because of the content/subject...
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Milena Nikolić
Montenegro
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both elated and worn out.
I feel good! (I knew that I would!)
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Ty Kendall
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:01
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Hebrew to English
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Just relieved.
I feel elated/ecstatic when the payment finally arrives a month or two later.
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José Antonio Rodríguez Martín
Spain
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neilmac wrote:
I will usually do a litle victory dance and sing something cheery... |
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Does it sound like a fanfare?
I always sing a Final Fantasy-like one.
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Isabelle Brucher
Belgium
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Ty Kendall wrote:
Just relieved.
I feel elated/ecstatic when the payment finally arrives a month or two later. |
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Well said !
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Bin Tiede
Germany
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Thayenga
Germany
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and...
Ty Kendall wrote:
Just relieved.
I feel elated/ecstatic when the payment finally arrives a month or two later. |
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Well said, Ty!
A Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2012!
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Jenn Mercer
United States
Local time: 18:01
 Member (2009)
French to English
MODERATOR | | Exhausted - but only briefly | Jan 2 |
I do feel exhausted after a long project, but I find it almost frightening how quickly I look forward to the next one. I have been tracking my feelings on this and it seems like even a month-long project leaves me wanting more after a day of rest.
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Tina Vonhof
Canada
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I often go through a few days of replays in my mind, making sure that particularly tricky parts were translated correctly, etc., until I hear from the agency or client that everything was fine. Then I am happy and move on to other things. Receiving payment also gives a sense of satisfaction.
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Hege Jakobsen Lepri
Canada
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| | Women are from Venus and men go blind from playing too much with themselves... | Jan 2 |
Mario Chavez wrote:
I bet a woman wrote this poll's question. Risking a backlash from fellow colleagues, I will say that it's typical of a woman to ask “how do you feel?”
Second, what's with the limited, almost unimaginative, range of feelings given as choices? So, if I don't feel elated, I have to feel the opposite? Some of my colleagues rightly indicated “relieved.”
For a portal devoted to translation, Proz polls come across as quite limited in scope and imagination. |
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I think "stunned", "no special feeling" or "other" pretty much covers what one might feel.
I usually feel exhausted, and my brain needs a day or two to stop going over certain segments.
The "thrill" (or should I say Thriller) usually comes when I'm about to get paid: Will they pay on time this time around?
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Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
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Member (2009)
Spanish to English
| | It's just a bit of fun | Jan 2 |
Mario Chavez wrote:
For a portal devoted to translation, Proz polls come across as quite limited in scope and imagination. |
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You are free to suggest less limited and more imaginative poll questions. You are also free to ignore the polls if they annoy you.
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