Do you translate in your sleep?

Dmitry

translate sleep

So I have this recurring dream:

I'm in the middle of a translation assignment and it seems like the deadline is nigh. I'm translating, translating and translating and it seems like there's no end to this. And it doesn't seem like a good dream either, but rather an obsession. In that dream I always end up obsessing about this or that particular word or phrase or sentence and I'm struggling to get the bottom of its meaning. And this is where usually wake up (often exhausted).

What about you? Do you ever have dreams about translating something? Or does it mean I need to take a break? ?

eleonorang

WOW, @Dmitry! Are you particularly stressed lately?
I had nightmares about my old workplace because it was really stressful. It would be nice to dream of translation without having to worry about deadlines, at least in dreams ?

Dmitry

eleonorang Are you particularly stressed lately?

When I ever NOT stressed? ? But you're right, I'm just juggling to many tasks at the moment and keep thinking that I'm forgetting something when I go to bed. We also have some sort of a heat wave in Toronto that doesn't really help. ?

Teresa As far as I can remember, when I've been working too much or I'm particularly tired, I dream of translating sentences in my mind

Yep, that's the kind of thing that happens when I translate all day long and then go straight to bed. My brain simply can't stop translating, haha. ?

Teresa

As far as I can remember, when I've been working too much or I'm particularly tired, I dream of translating sentences in my mind, or switching from one language to another. But I don't think I obsess on how to best translate some word/sentence. I still have to reach that point, maybe ?