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Reblog from TranslateCluj<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As freelancers, we are pretty \u2018free\u2019, meaning that we have the freedom to organize our work as we see fit. No bosses, no fixed office hours, no internet or messaging restrictions and no dress code. I mean, sure, we have clients, PMs and all of that, but if we deliver high-quality target texts by their specified deadline, they are perfectly happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, being free is not easy! Let me explain. So I\u2019m at my desk, casually translating a medical text of some sort, and I bump into a term or expression that I need to research. I scratch my head a bit, then I decide to go to my browser. Right, so now I have a browser tab in front of me open to a news article I was passionately reading, but never got the chance to finish because I got interrupted by\u2026 err\u2026 my work. \u2018Oh, right\u2019 I say to myself \u2018I didn\u2019t finish this article, let me just quickly\u2026\u2019 So I read through it, and I\u2019m still hooked by this when\u2026 ping\u2026 I get a text from Elvira: \u2018Hey, guess what I\u2019m doing right now!\u2019, \u2018What are you doing right now?\u2019, \u2018I\u2019m cooking asparagus\u2019 , \u2018Oh, cool, I should do this, too!\u2019\u2026 30 texts later I realize that I was actually translating something. Right, right, work mode back on! I go back to my translation and I start typing blissfully, my fingers typing at a remarkable speed! Wait a minute, wait a minute! This is not the translation I was working on, it\u2019s another task that I started earlier, open in another CAT tool or app that I have to deliver way later than the translation I was working on 10 minutes ago. Silly me! So back to translation task 1! I re-open the window, read the last segment and I remember that I have to research that bloody term or expression\u2026 Back to my browser, then. Hopefully, this time, I won\u2019t be distracted :).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re probably expecting me to give you some tips about how to avoid that, but I actually haven\u2019t got any, except for, maybe, don\u2019t do it! or refrain from doing that too often! Also, a tight deadline might help, because you would get more absorbed by the task at hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, let me simply confess: I\u2019m Thomas, and I\u2019m a clickrastinator!<\/p>\n

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