Poll: Do you tend to procrastinate?
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 10:55
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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No Oct 7, 2017

I don’t procrastinate at work but I can’t say the same about some of my domestic chores (ironing, for instance). If I happen to have several projects with similar deadlines I always start with the one I find most difficult, just to get it out of the way…

laundry


 
EvaVer (X)
EvaVer (X)  Identity Verified
Local time: 11:55
Czech to French
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Yes Oct 7, 2017

e.g., by answering polls

 
Serge AWONO
Serge AWONO  Identity Verified
Cameroon
Local time: 11:55
English to French
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It depends on what has to be done Oct 7, 2017

As I said earlier in the poll, it depends on the task that has to be done. Almost everybody has this tendency to procrastinate.

 
Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 03:55
Member (2003)
Spanish to English
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Yes Oct 7, 2017

It's a big problem for me. I don't manage my time well and end up working late.

 
Michael Harris
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 11:55
Member (2006)
German to English
No Oct 7, 2017

Wow, somebody has discovered a new fancy word!

With regard to what??


 
Noni Gilbert Riley
Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 11:55
Spanish to English
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Procrastination is my middle name Oct 7, 2017

Mind you, since procrastination goes hand in hand with displacement activity, it means that if there's a project I'm putting off, for instance, the ironing may well get done.

 
mona elshazly
mona elshazly  Identity Verified
Egypt
Local time: 12:55
Member (2016)
Italian to Arabic
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I dont tend to do that Oct 7, 2017

I don't tend to do that , we cannot expect what will happen in the last minute. We cannot guarantee last minute problems ( electricity, internet, hang ups...etc)

[Edited at 2017-10-07 12:40 GMT]


 
Lori Cirefice
Lori Cirefice  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 11:55
French to English
I'm here... Oct 7, 2017

Need I say more?

 
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Yetta Jensen Bogarde  Identity Verified
Denmark
Local time: 11:55
Member (2012)
English to Danish
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No Oct 7, 2017

rarely

 
Nina Khmielnitzky
Nina Khmielnitzky  Identity Verified
Canada
Local time: 06:55
Member (2004)
English to French
Yes, for Mount Laundry Oct 7, 2017

I have been procrastinating folding my laundry for weeks now. A friend commented yesterday that it looked like my wardrobe vomited all over my bedroom. Pretty accurate description. But for translation, I'm not a procrastinator. Not too much at least.

 
Kay Denney
Kay Denney  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 11:55
French to English
yes Oct 8, 2017

I like to always get ahead with translations, at least to the point where they just need one more read-through before delivery.
It's the other stuff like billing and tax declarations and so on that I tend to drag my feet on. Let's not even look at the dust, ok?


 
Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 07:55
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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Not really, Oct 9, 2017

I usually take breaks on purpose, answering Quick Polls, for example, and sometimes I get distractions, but I wouldn't call either one procrastination.

 


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