still alive
Jul. 26th, 2013 07:32 amStill here. Busy working on the translation, and staying sane dealing with my grandparents' idiosyncrasies. Looking forward to when my mother gets here (whenever that will be, supposedly she was planning on August 3rd, but I don't know it that'll happen), so she can take on some of the dealing with the family duties and I can actually have the time I need to work.
The translation is going well, but it's more tiring than I expected. They told us that conference interpreters, the ones who do simultaneous translation in like, booths at the UN and stuff, work about an hour at a time and then they have to take a break, because they need to rest and refuel. This isn't nearly that difficult, obviously, but it's still thinking in two languages, and translating prose (for me at least) really is like writing the thing from scratch. So I've been working in shorter chunks of time, taking breaks, but then when I take a break and go downstairs, I get distracted by having to help with dinner, or "come sit with me and watch TV," or whatever else. Plus it's been really hot lately, something I don't react well to, and it makes my brain all fuzzy and the work all but impossible to focus on. Going outside to work in the garden doesn't help either, because there isn't really a breeze to cool things down, so it's like sitting in a giant oven, with a really hot computer on my lap. /o\ I'm considering trying to switch to a more nocturnal work schedule, so at least I could think straight and maybe get more work done faster, but IDK how well that would work.
There are some uploads from this week that I haven't posted, but I've been busy with everything else, so... IDK, I'll try to get to that soonishly.
The translation is going well, but it's more tiring than I expected. They told us that conference interpreters, the ones who do simultaneous translation in like, booths at the UN and stuff, work about an hour at a time and then they have to take a break, because they need to rest and refuel. This isn't nearly that difficult, obviously, but it's still thinking in two languages, and translating prose (for me at least) really is like writing the thing from scratch. So I've been working in shorter chunks of time, taking breaks, but then when I take a break and go downstairs, I get distracted by having to help with dinner, or "come sit with me and watch TV," or whatever else. Plus it's been really hot lately, something I don't react well to, and it makes my brain all fuzzy and the work all but impossible to focus on. Going outside to work in the garden doesn't help either, because there isn't really a breeze to cool things down, so it's like sitting in a giant oven, with a really hot computer on my lap. /o\ I'm considering trying to switch to a more nocturnal work schedule, so at least I could think straight and maybe get more work done faster, but IDK how well that would work.
There are some uploads from this week that I haven't posted, but I've been busy with everything else, so... IDK, I'll try to get to that soonishly.
