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Lydia Foster 
Spain
Local time: 20:45
Spanish to English
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| Spotify playlists | Jun 12, 2009 |
When my broadband isn't playing up, I generally switch on Spotify - like LastFm or iTunes but you can actually search and listen to streamed full albums by artist. Currently it's by invitation but I suspect in the future it will be paying.. (it's too good to be free!)
As regards my favourite music, it depends on what I'm translating and my mood at the time.. It ranges from U2 (of course, I'm Irish), jazzy Jamie Cullum, opera etc. to 80s throwbacks (anyone remember Mr Mister???!!) an... See more When my broadband isn't playing up, I generally switch on Spotify - like LastFm or iTunes but you can actually search and listen to streamed full albums by artist. Currently it's by invitation but I suspect in the future it will be paying.. (it's too good to be free!)
As regards my favourite music, it depends on what I'm translating and my mood at the time.. It ranges from U2 (of course, I'm Irish), jazzy Jamie Cullum, opera etc. to 80s throwbacks (anyone remember Mr Mister???!!) and Brit pop.
Currently I have a few playlists created based on Twilight (I know, shock horror! but I've become a major fan after reading the four books in the space of two weeks) that have been created by the author which is mostly Muse but with some other some great alternative rock music and even classical opera (Love La Traviata Prelude) - great for keeping you awake when trying to translate documents about XML messaging with lots of Java and C++ code - YAWN
Another great thing is that I can share playlists with my husband in work, so the variety is endless! ▲ Collapse
| | | | biankonera
Latvia
Local time: 21:45
Italian to Latvian
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| So many options | Jun 12, 2009 |
It all depends on the mood really (and the deadline which influences the mood now and then). Sometimes I listen to some radio and sometimes I even put some of my favorite movies as a background.
As for the choice music it can range from Vivaldi to 30 Seconds to Mars, from Andrea Bocelli to Max Pezzali and from Ludovico Einaudi to Within Temptation and New Age music like that of Medwyn Goodall.
ps: and yes, I am the victim of the Twilight saga as well and it has influen... See more It all depends on the mood really (and the deadline which influences the mood now and then). Sometimes I listen to some radio and sometimes I even put some of my favorite movies as a background.
As for the choice music it can range from Vivaldi to 30 Seconds to Mars, from Andrea Bocelli to Max Pezzali and from Ludovico Einaudi to Within Temptation and New Age music like that of Medwyn Goodall.
ps: and yes, I am the victim of the Twilight saga as well and it has influenced my taste in music for Ive come to love Muse
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| | | | liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:45
Member (2007)
French to English
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| Call me boring... | Jun 12, 2009 |
Hi
I never ever listen to music while I am translating. I just couldn't do it as the translations I do are too difficult and need my concentration. Also, I am useless at multi-tasking.
Liz Askew
| | | | Ilary (X)
Local time: 20:45
| I prefer no music | Jun 16, 2009 |
I find it difficult to listen to music and think in another language at the same time. This is why I usually don't listen to music while translating (or, when I happen to listen to it, I keep the volume down, otherwise I get distracted). I'd like to be 100% concentrated while doing a translation!
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| Wish I could, | Jun 16, 2009 |
but even if I put on instrumental music with zero singing, I still end up following it more closely than my text.
Sigh.
Would love to be more compart-mental-ized.
Stephanie
| | | | | Nine Inch Nails... | Jun 16, 2009 |
...or Tool seem to get me going pretty well unless the text is extremely difficult, in which case I like the sounds of drum&bass or electronic-background music (something with no real lyrics that might distract me).
| | | | Boris Rogowski
Germany
Local time: 20:45
Member (2008)
English to German
| Depends on the translation, but: | Jun 17, 2009 |
High Llamas, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Tortoise, The Sea & Cake, Eric Satie, J.S. Bach
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