Poll: On average, how much time do you spend on your computer each day? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "On average, how much time do you spend on your computer each day?".
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| | | | Julian Holmes 
Japan
Local time: 10:47
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
| Not exactly sure | Aug 16, 2012 |
Do you mean translating or otherwise, or a combination of both? 
| | | | Natalia Pedrosa
Spain
Local time: 03:47
Member (2012)
English to Spanish
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The computer has many uses, one of them translation.
| | | | Michael Harris
Germany
Local time: 03:47
Member (2006)
German to English
than 9 hours, usually up to 14 hours a day. Lots to do, not only translating, but admin as well.
Who only spends 1 hour a day translating on their computer??
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 03:47
Spanish to English
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What's to discuss? If only the screens didn't eat away at your eyeballs, everything would be fine and dandy...
| | | | | Many hours (probably too many...) | Aug 16, 2012 |
Pretty much all day: translating, researching, invoicing, reading e-mails, answering this poll… I’m a bit addicted!
| | | | Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 03:47
Member (2009)
English to German
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There's no average for me when it comes to time spend on the computer. There's only an avarage minimum of 5 hours. It depends on what I'm doing, translating or writing... 20 - 22 hours can easily accumulate in one day, normally for 1 - 3 days in a row. That's how it is when you love what you're doing. And no, there's still time for social activities.
| | | | Andrea Munhoz
Brazil
Local time: 22:47
Portuguese to English
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Try not to stay more than that, unless I have no choice.
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| Post removed: This post was hidden by a moderator or staff member because it was not in line with site rule | Sheila Wilson
Spain
Local time: 02:47
Member (2007)
English
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| It's not just for work | Aug 16, 2012 |
Teresa Borges wrote:
Pretty much all day: translating, researching, invoicing, reading e-mails, answering this poll… I’m a bit addicted!
Pretty much everything I want to do nowadays seems to involve the computer:
family contacts,
email exchanges with friends,
forums about Fuerteventura (where I've only lived for a few months),
shopping,
arranging holidays,
catching up with the news,
giving newbies advice on ProZ.com,
finding out about anything and everything - that's addictive.
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tseliot wrote:
The computer has many uses, one of them translation.
Now most of us are living with the Internet, doing jobs, shopping, chatting and playing games, etc. This might be the so-called cyber survivability.
| | | | Erzsébet Czopyk
Hungary
Local time: 03:47
Member (2006)
Russian to Hungarian
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SITE LOCALIZER | sleep/PC+eat/sleep mode | Aug 16, 2012 |
Michael Harris wrote:
than 9 hours, usually up to 14 hours a day. Lots to do, not only translating, but admin as well.
Who only spends 1 hour a day translating on their computer??
Just an hour...it would be my dream. This year I switched to sleep/work/sleep mode. Yes, sometimes my children bring me to eat.
It is the so called Swiss Franc loan credit mode but under nickname
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Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 21:47
English to Spanish
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| I stopped counting in 1996 | Aug 16, 2012 |
In 1991, I started spending 2-4 hours in front of a x386 IBM computer, a loaner, to play chess against the machine and learn the basics of DOS 5.0.
In 1992, I was spending 8-12 hours daily as soon as I received my IBM clone with Windows 3.0. There was so much to learn!
I lost count after the mid 90s. All I cared was to learn new software for work, translate, play with Photoshop and desktop publishing programs, shoot emails, scan all my documents to PDF format (to have ... See more In 1991, I started spending 2-4 hours in front of a x386 IBM computer, a loaner, to play chess against the machine and learn the basics of DOS 5.0.
In 1992, I was spending 8-12 hours daily as soon as I received my IBM clone with Windows 3.0. There was so much to learn!
I lost count after the mid 90s. All I cared was to learn new software for work, translate, play with Photoshop and desktop publishing programs, shoot emails, scan all my documents to PDF format (to have a paperless office) and edit all my photos.
This is like asking "How many beats per minute does your heart beat a day"?
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