Poll: Since the start of the pandemic, the time I spend online has:
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Tarun Kumar
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 10:21
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
+ ...
Remained about the same Sep 21, 2020

Except for May, my work hasn’t decreased with the pandemic. I don’t spend much time online when I have no work at all. When I have work the time I spend researching terms online depends on the difficulty of the text. I’m so familiar with the material from some of my long-standing clients that I can cruise through many of their texts without any research…

 
Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 03:21
Member (2003)
Spanish to English
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Increased Sep 21, 2020

Several reasons:
- I haven't been spending time away from home on appointments, meetings, and get-togethers, so, when not working, my default has tended to be spending more time on my writing projects, research, news, etc. on the computer;
- Many of my previous appointments now take place on line, especially meetings and medical appointments;
- With so much to worry about in the world, I've become a news junkie.


writeaway
 
Yolande Hivart
Yolande Hivart
Austria
Local time: 11:21
Member (2016)
German to French
Decreased for a while and then went back to usual Sep 21, 2020

The "since the start of the pandemic" polls are sounding pretty useless over here because it had been months since the lockdown had been lifted and the industry started producing again. The work flow is back to normal as to what I was expecting for this time of the year.

 
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Yetta Jensen Bogarde  Identity Verified
Denmark
Local time: 11:21
Member (2012)
English to Danish
+ ...
Increased Sep 21, 2020

because some of my usual activities have now gone online

 
neilmac
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 11:21
Spanish to English
+ ...
About the same Sep 21, 2020

I'm always online when I'm working, unless the Wi-Fi crashes or there is a power cut. I'm also online sometimes when not working as well.
Perhaps the query means "wasting time online, browsing social media etc."


Liena Vijupe
expressisverbis
 
Elizabeth Tamblin
Elizabeth Tamblin  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:21
French to English
About the same Sep 21, 2020

I'm online most of the time regardless of work.

expressisverbis
Philip Lees
 
Barbara Cochran, MFA
Barbara Cochran, MFA  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 06:21
Spanish to English
+ ...
Increased Sep 21, 2020

I'm now answering more kudoz questions, attending classes and meetings with my professor every week on Zoom, and watching a lot of cable political talk shows online. Except in the first instance, I always find these activities to be a nice break from the massive translation projects I was involved in prior to the pandemic, not to mention very interesting and useful.

 
freezone (X)
freezone (X)
United Arab Emirates
Poll: Since the start of the pandemic, the time I spend online has: Sep 22, 2020

Online all the time! Like 70% unless I am sleeping

 
Mr. Satan (X)
Mr. Satan (X)
English to Indonesian
Increased ever so slightly Sep 22, 2020

It increased a bit since I had more time to spare, as I returned to my long-time love for languages. I couldn't really do that in my previous job.

 
María C Turri
María C Turri  Identity Verified
Argentina
Local time: 07:21
Member (2019)
English to Spanish
Diversified Sep 23, 2020

Until April I worked with 2 regular agency clients. One of them completely ghosted me until early September (after paying everything I had due), the other continued almost as usual. However, since it's not good to have all eggs in the same basket, I took several trainings, including some highlighted here, and got a few new clients to keep my income fairly the same. It helps to have my partner at home to take care of the kids full time!

 
Tom in London
Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:21
Member (2008)
Italian to English
the same Sep 23, 2020

Since the start of the pandemic, the time I spend online has....


...remained the same. My computer turns itself on at 0730 and normally, unless I'm busy, I clone my hard drive at 1700 and set the computer to shut itself down after that.

Those are the working hours (an hour ahead), in Italy, of most of my clients.

I like to NOT be on the computer in the evenings unless I have a Zoom meeting or something.

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