ProZ.com Translation Forums

Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working? | I see an even split between procrastination and social media

Richard Jenkins — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 19:11:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working?
Poster: Richard Jenkins
Post title: I see an even split between procrastination and social media

In other words, being distracted, which is no-one's fault but your own, or by being pinged by others and, as a massive book reader and a regular user of goodreads.com - one of my favourite sites - getting constant pop-ups telling me that person X likes your status update. I excuse goodreads as a 'professional' luxury linked to my role as a linguist.

Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working? | This

Tom in London — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:03:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working?
Poster: Tom in London
Post title: This

Q. "What is the worst time-waster when working?".
A. This.

Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working? | Clock-watching

Jennifer Levey — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 13:10:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working?
Poster: Jennifer Levey
Post title: Clock-watching

:)

Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working? | Aren't social media and procrastination synonyms? ;)

Edith van der Have — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:14:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working?
Poster: Edith van der Have
Post title: Aren't social media and procrastination synonyms? ;)

Oh well, procrastination is probably a hypernym of social media.

Now ... back to work!

Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working? | Another one

Lingua 5B — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 07:38:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working?
Poster: Lingua 5B
Post title: Another one

Another one is a client constantly emailing you to check on the progress. Some clients really behave as if you were their employee and they were your only client, so they can email you as many times as they want, just for the sake of it. This is not all clients, fortunately, just some.

Also the clients who want me to comment on the translation edits done by their $0.01 random proofreaders. Huge time wasters.

[Edited at 2024-07-25 07:40 GMT]

Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working? | .

Kay Denney — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 07:17:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working?
Poster: Kay Denney
Post title: .

If I'm on social media, I'm not working.

The worst time-waster is minor technical hitches.
I recently had to translate a file in a CAT tool there were tags everywhere. Like between every single word.
I struggled for too long, then finally gave in and asked if I could work in the original PowerPoint file.
I realised that the file had been created by someone who didn't know how to change fonts or format files: they had put tabs in between each word because the font and size they used made the letters overlap and all run together. No wonder the CAT tool couldn't handle it.

Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working? | My case

jyuan_us — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 07:09:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working?
Poster: jyuan_us
Post title: My case

The time spent with LinkedIn has proved itself to be a total waste.

Also, time spent in chatting with strangers who added me out of the blue would lead to nowhere in most cases.

[Edited at 2024-07-25 17:48 GMT]

Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working? | NDAs

Josephine Cassar — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 06:40:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working?
Poster: Josephine Cassar
Post title: NDAs

NDAs just prior to an "urgent" job please, especially if these involve multiple clauses and pages to print and scan and re-send. Why don't they think beforehand or issue one in PDF form where an online signature suffices?

Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working? | Software issues

The Shredder — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 06:11:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working?
Poster: The Shredder
Post title: Software issues

[quote]Michele Fauble wrote:

I have better things to do with my time. [/quote]
Yet here you are… 😉😂

I view ProZ/social media breaks as an essential part of the working process. You can’t concentrate indefinitely.

The only time waster I can think of is problems with CAT tools and other software.

Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working? | Phone calls

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 21:12:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: Phone calls

There’s a lot of misunderstanding surrounding the word freelance! Some of my friends and family members seem to not understand that the fact that I’m not obliged to keep a strict schedule doesn’t mean having no obligations at all and so being always free to talk at whatever time they want.

Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working? | Social media

Michele Fauble — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:27:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working?
Poster: Michele Fauble
Post title: Social media

I have better things to do with my time.

[Edited at 2024-07-25 19:04 GMT]

Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working?

ProZ.com Staff — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:10:05 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: What is the worst time-waster when working?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "What is the worst time-waster when working?".

View the poll results »