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Francisco Rocha
Francisco Rocha  Identity Verified
Brasil
Local time: 03:40
inglês para espanhol
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www.proz.com/polls/8012 comments Feb 13, 2010

Yes, specially when I'm overloaded with work, they're not always nightmares but I tend to wake up worried in the middle of a dream where I'm translating.
 
David Wheatley
David Wheatley  Identity Verified
Local time: 07:40
alemão para inglês
www.proz.com/polls/8012 comments Feb 13, 2010

No. Dreaming in the foreign language, yes, but not translating in and out of it whilst sleeping.
 
Nicole Schnell
Nicole Schnell  Identity Verified
Estados Unidos
Local time: 23:40
inglês para alemão
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www.proz.com/polls/8012 comments Feb 13, 2010

Only twice - as far as I can recall. Once I dreamed that I was supposed to paint my translation in large letters on the walls of a huge hall (I hate climbing on ladders...). Another time I dreamed that all the letters I typed came out in watery and runny ink on my computer screen, and that I ended up using a hair dryer to keep the letters from running down the monitor.
 
neilmac
neilmac
Espanha
Local time: 08:40
espanhol para inglês
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www.proz.com/polls/8012 comments Feb 13, 2010

No. It doesn't pay well enough...
 
Henry Hinds
Henry Hinds  Identity Verified
Estados Unidos
Local time: 00:40
inglês para espanhol
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www.proz.com/polls/8012 comments Feb 13, 2010

It is not very pleasant. Not only does it not pay, it robs you of sleep. In order to get proper rest, we need to get the brain "unwired" so it can recover properly. I have been struggling with that recently and hope to overcome it.
 
Anna Villegas
Anna Villegas
México
Local time: 00:40
inglês para espanhol
www.proz.com/polls/8012 comments Feb 14, 2010

I used to. Not any more. Don't know why. Probably I'm steadier and more secure about what I'm doing now... Might be.
 
Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
Estados Unidos
Local time: 23:40
Membro (2003)
espanhol para inglês
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www.proz.com/polls/8012 comments Feb 14, 2010

Henry, sometimes dreaming about a translation puts the mind at rest. Dearming helps with problem-solving. The point is that it shouldn't be a nightmare.
 
Ilary (X)
Ilary (X)

Local time: 08:40
www.proz.com/polls/8012 comments Feb 15, 2010

Sometimes I dream about doing a translation, or simultaneous interpreting (even if I'm no interpreter, I'm a translator). It used to happen more in the past, when I was an undergraduate student... actually, now I tend to dream about talking in a foreign language (English usually), no translating involved.
 


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