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Poll: Do you use two monitors to work? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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and I would like to have the possibility to use 3 ...
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Henry Hinds 
United States
Local time: 06:36
English to Spanish
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In memoriam
I mistakenly answered "more". There are times I use two, but only two. Sometimes I will put a .pdf on the screen of a desktop monitor that is perched high and translate it below on my laptop.
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Yaotl Altan
Mexico
Local time: 06:36
Member (2006)
English to Spanish
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Perhaps when I have 4 eyes or more I'll acquire a second monitor. To me, it's a waste of resources we, translators, do not need. A good configuration is enough to split horizontally or vertically the screen.
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:36
Russian to English
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In memoriam | Two (from about three years ago). | Feb 7, 2011 |
I managed for many years on a single monitor, but since getting the second one, I cannot imagine going back to only one. I put the original on one screen and my translation on the other.
It seems to me that if you are working on two documents (the original, and the translation you are producing), you should have one screen for each. I feel it is like automatic transmission in cars. There is a school of thought that believes you should use only the right foot for both pedals. But to me,... See more I managed for many years on a single monitor, but since getting the second one, I cannot imagine going back to only one. I put the original on one screen and my translation on the other.
It seems to me that if you are working on two documents (the original, and the translation you are producing), you should have one screen for each. I feel it is like automatic transmission in cars. There is a school of thought that believes you should use only the right foot for both pedals. But to me, it seems that with two pedals, and two feet, one foot should be used for each pedal. ▲ Collapse
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Emma Goldsmith
Spain
Local time: 14:36
Member (2004)
Spanish to English
| 2 monitors are a must for me | Feb 7, 2011 |
Jack Doughty wrote:
since getting the second one, I cannot imagine going back to only one.
Two is so much easier! I can't imagine that anyone could go back to one after they have seen how versatile two are.
The possibilities are endless:
CAT on one, source on the other.
Translation on one, PDF on the other.
Translation on one, browser on the other....
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Emma Goldsmith wrote: Jack Doughty wrote:
since getting the second one, I cannot imagine going back to only one. Two is so much easier! I can't imagine that anyone could go back to one after they have seen how versatile two are. The possibilities are endless: CAT on one, source on the other. Translation on one, PDF on the other. Translation on one, browser on the other....
absolutely!
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Samuel Jiménez
Spain
Local time: 14:36
Member (2010)
English to Spanish
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| Desktop and Laptop | Feb 8, 2011 |
But I'm thinking of getting a 27-inch iMac
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So far one is enough, but I hope to have a bigger one, too.
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Anne Wosnitza wrote:
One from my former desktop computer and my laptop. This is much more comfortable, no more silly switching and loosing track of where in a text I was. I use my laptop monitor for internet research, reference texts etc. and the other one for translation/revising - just perfect!
I use exactly the same configuration and I am now so used to it that I feel a bit "umconfortable" whenever I have to work with only one screen.
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Interlangue (X)
Angola
Local time: 14:36
English to French
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2 right in front of me, hooked to the desktop I work on... quite usefull as I have 20-30 windows open most of the time. I am considering getting bigger screens: 19 inches seem a bit small now that I am used to them.
Other screens are close at hand - laptop on the right (for music, another Messenger/Skype account, etc.), another on the left with other (older) desktops - scanner, printer server, Web server ...
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RominaZ
Argentina
English to Spanish
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| Share your workspace with the community | Feb 28, 2011 |
Hi all,
Would you like to share a photo of your workspace? See this thread.
Romina
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