| Pages in topic: [1 2] > | Poll: Do you listen to the radio while working? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| | Ana Vozone 
Local time: 12:47
Member (2010)
English to Portuguese
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Music brightens up my day, and I have a good app on my iPad (myTuner Radio) that lets me choose what type of music I want/"need".
| | | | | Not the radio but... | Sep 24, 2016 |
CDs and the YouTube channel of my favourite modern piano composer, the great Ludovico Einaudi.
I find his music so relaxing and energetic at the same time, it speeds up my work so much as I'm able to concentrate better.
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Not to the radio, but my TV is always on during the day, I do need some sort of background noise, I don't actually 'listen' to it but I must have it on while working...
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Julian Holmes
Japan
Local time: 20:47
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
If it is talk radio.
Yes, if the programs are purely instrumental and the music is not too intense or distracting.
I've lost count of how many times we've had "Do you listen to music while you work?" kind of polls. Just saying...
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 13:47
Spanish to English
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Usually BBC Six Music. However, last night we had a tremendous electrical storm here that knocked out my electricity supply and Internet until today, so I was obliged to entertain myself the old-fashioned way... which was actually quite refreshing. No Internet, no TV, no lighting, just me and my guitar. And early to bed!
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I don't listen to radio at all.
But, like Teresa, I need background noise, so either You Tube or a CD is on.
| | | | Katrin Bosse (X)
Germany
Local time: 13:47
Dutch to German
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| Most definitely "No" | Sep 24, 2016 |
Because of serious I-am-still-distracted-by-the-sound-of-my-blood-flowing-through-my-veins-despite-professionally-plugged-and-earphone-covered-ears issues.
I know. I'm weird.
E.t.a:
Exception: If the job requires only half a brain and is tedious-to-a-fault, some well-known Bach might help me not to be too impatient.
[Bearbeitet am 2016-09-24 09:40 GMT]
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| All day long | Sep 24, 2016 |
I don't like silence, but regular radio is too distracting. So I listen to classical music while working.
| | | | | On the subject of split or divided attention | Sep 24, 2016 |
For the human brain, listening to music, the radio or having the television on amounts to multitasking. Psychologists describe this as divided or split attention.
Whilst we can do it, in order to remain efficient in one of the tasks, the major task at hand, the other(s) basically have to be on automatic mode. That's how we drive and talk and the same time, for example.
By way of illustreation, for a number of reasons essentially linked to self-protection and survival, we are ... See more For the human brain, listening to music, the radio or having the television on amounts to multitasking. Psychologists describe this as divided or split attention.
Whilst we can do it, in order to remain efficient in one of the tasks, the major task at hand, the other(s) basically have to be on automatic mode. That's how we drive and talk and the same time, for example.
By way of illustreation, for a number of reasons essentially linked to self-protection and survival, we are programmed to give priority to certain things, such as the human face, the human voice and so on. This is why using the telephone increases the risk of accidents when driving. Having someone in the car with you can be distracting too, but it is easier to blot out the voice of someone in your car so that it becomes part of the audio scenery as it were, than it is to block out the voice of someone on the telephone.
Back to translating. When we are working at our computer screen, background music becomes audio wallpaper, the TV in the background can provide company too. But as soon as the music becomes interesting or annoying, as soon as the TV becomes more than someone wittering away in the background, priority attention is not given to translation and we become less efficient.
So, what about teenagers plugged into their iPod and revising for exams? Are teenagers human?
P.S. I love my kids, really! ▲ Collapse
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I can't do a proper job if there's any sound in the background. My work requires my full attention. I am distracted by any kind of music, because I listen to it.
[Edited at 2016-09-24 10:48 GMT]
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I don't listen to the radio to begin with (except during the holidays), but I couldn't work with people talking in the background as I would pay too much attention. Same with anything that has advertisements, since they're designed to grab your attention. That doesn't leave many radio stations.
I do have music on most of the time, though.
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| not the radio | Sep 24, 2016 |
I listen to CD's or YouTube videos... Radio distracts me.
| | | | Luiz Barucke
Brazil
Local time: 08:47
Member (2013)
Spanish to Portuguese
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I need to work while listening to silence.
| | | | EvaVer (X)
Local time: 13:47
Czech to French
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| How can anyone? | Sep 24, 2016 |
Katrin Bosse wrote:
Because of serious I-am-still-distracted-by-the-sound-of-my-blood-flowing-through-my-veins-despite-professionally-plugged-and-earphone-covered-ears issues.
I know. I'm weird.
E.t.a:
Exception: If the job requires only half a brain and is tedious-to-a-fault, some well-known Bach might help me not to be too impatient.
[Bearbeitet am 2016-09-24 09:40 GMT]
Exactly the same, except for the Bach. I could not work with any such noise around. My distraction is silent - to release tension, I interrupt my work to play Scrabble on the net.
[Edited at 2016-09-24 14:20 GMT]
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